For those of you who will be spending tomorrow afternoon and evening either A. Bored at work or B. Lamenting your life of unemployment or C. Trying to wash the sin from the past weekend of debauchery off your skin (tip: You’ll need something stronger than Irish Spring), we have something to pass the time:

A LIVE BLOG!

Jeremy and I will be sitting in the Eugene08 festival zone all day tomorrow letting you poor saps in other parts of the world know how its going down in Eugene.  The festival zone is full of great things like fans, beers, food, and booths where I can play Nintendo Wii.

We will spend the day posting pictures and videos as well as letting you know JUST what it’s like to be here in Eugene soaking in the fantasticness of the trials.  If you are just watching the races on TV and listening to the “amazing” “coverage” that your favorite track announcers always provide, you are gonna be missing out. Just saying…

Also, you’ll be able to interact with the blog by sending us comments, insults, and fashion tips.  When was the last time you could send in a comment to Carol Lewis?  All the excitement will lead up to the men’s 5k which is scheduled for 9:40 pm.  So get ready to tie on that bib extra tight tomorrow morning because it’s gonna get SLOPPY.

–ben

On the first day of competition Galen Rupp did something to stir the pot a little. I like that. Throwing up the number one sign in a prelim is a strategy that has rarely worked out. It takes guts. His post race interview showed that he is pumped up right now. The guy is geeking out big time.  I don’t know if that means he will race well in the 5k and/or 10k or not, but he’s acting like this is the most fun thing he’s ever done. I think we can all learn a little something from young Galen.

Some so-called “old school” track fans always get upset about crap like this. “Young whippersnappers don’t have respect and blah and blah.”

First of all, throwing up the “number one” sign is as old school as it gets. There have been some great premature “I’m number one” gestures in history. New England Patriots fans before the Super Bowl, Custer before the Battle of Little Big Horn, Lucifer to the archangel David, to name a few.While Patriots fans are, by and large, huge douches, Custer and Satan?  Talk about bad ass.  And it doesn’t get much more old school than Custer’s mustache.

The 5k final tomorrow is going to be nuts.  We will be live blogging from the Eugene08 Fan Festival outside the stadium where the beer will be cold and the hotties at the Party will be shaking their bodies.   We are finally getting our bearings here in Eugene and I have given my phone number out to every hot chick I have seen, so “business”, as they say, will be picking up soon.

–ben