Going on a limb to pick the US Olympic marathon team...

Bellingham's Jake Riley
(Paul Merca photo)


There is and always will be a special place in my heart for the US Olympic Marathon Trials, which happens this Saturday on a loop course through the streets of Los Angeles. 



The 1984 women’s marathon trials in Olympia kicked off my career in the sports media business. I was the assistant media relations director for the Olympia organizing