All News Is Local ...
... but this is a little ridiculous:
That's the front page of today's (Sunday) Monterey Herald sports section. On a normal week, I'm tucked comfortably around page 5 or 6, somewhere between the golf roundup and the baseball box scores. But yesterday, for the first time - and for some reason that remains inexplicable - my article was on the front page, centered and above the fold.
See the guy pictured in the article below me? That would be Michael Phelps. He's a swimmer you may have heard something about.
Don't worry, I'm not letting this go to my head. I realize that this was some crazy mistake, and next week I'll be back to my regular slot behind the high school football training camp reports. But I'll always have this: from now on, I can somewhat truthfully say that for one day, I ranked just ahead of Michael Phelps.
As to the topic of the article ... it's the latest installment of my Western States Diary, resurrected from the ashes in preparation for my 100-mile race in Marin County next weekend. I'll post the article in its entirety here sometime tomorrow.
