7/1/08

EUGENE, Ore. -- WHAT DID YOU SAY? HUH? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU! COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP?! NO, THE CONNECTION IS FINE, BUT I'M AT A TRACK MEET IN EUGENE! IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING AT A CAR RACE IN TALLADEGA!

There. That's a little better.

I'm standing inside a porta-potty outside Hayward Field. Actually, it's a porta-potty suite. Seriously. That's what it says on the wall. A suite. And it does have multiple stalls and urinals, which are all necessary considering that each day here at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials more than 20,000 Microbrew-drinking, Pinot-sipping, track-loving fans have packed a stadium that officially holds 16,000.