Coffee with Larry, July 30, Mt.SAC Cross Country course changing, World's fastest man and women a matter of opinion? 48 hours until track & field starting in Paris 2024!

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This is Coffee with Larry for July 30, 2024.

Our topics today:

1. Mt.SAC announcement on changing iconic course on high school cross country. We have some issues with the announcement.

<img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-94875" src="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-75x75.jpg 75w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-350x350.jpg 350w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-750x750.jpg 750w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTgQyRaXcAAjKug.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px"/> The recent announcement on changing cross country course at Mt.SAC, courtesy of Mt.SAC. 2. Rai Benjamin, after seeing Michael Johnson’s comments on the World’s fastest man or woman, and MJ noting, “it is a matter of opinion,” noted that he was the world’s fastest man. I love Rai, sounds good to me!

<img decoding="async" class="wp-image-94571 size-large" src="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--1024x666.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="666" srcset="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--1024x666.jpg 1024w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--300x195.jpg 300w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--150x97.jpg 150w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--768x499.jpg 768w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--1536x998.jpg 1536w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--2048x1331.jpg 2048w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--750x487.jpg 750w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rai-Benjamin--1140x741.jpg 1140w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/> Rai Benjamin, photo by Diamond League AG 3. The Olympic track and field days, August 1-11, 2024, are just about here!

<img decoding="async" class="wp-image-94649 size-full" src="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th-2753446402.jpg" alt="" width="474" height="321" srcset="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th-2753446402.jpg 474w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th-2753446402-300x203.jpg 300w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th-2753446402-150x102.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px"/> The 1900 Paris Olympics, photo courtesy of tr.olympicsworlds.com 4. Watch for our daily previews, reviews and commentary on all things, Olympic track & field!

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-94508 size-large" src="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--1024x658.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="658" srcset="https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--1024x658.jpg 1024w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--300x193.jpg 300w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--150x96.jpg 150w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--768x493.jpg 768w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--1536x987.jpg 1536w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--2048x1316.jpg 2048w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--750x482.jpg 750w, https://www.runblogrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Val-Allman--1140x732.jpg 1140w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/> Valerie Allman, the finest discus thrower in the world, wins in Paris DL, photo by Diamond League AG See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry