One of the story lines at this year's USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, which begin Thursday in Sacramento, won't have anything to do with the competitors.
It's going to be hot, so hot the USATF is reconfiguring the meet schedule. Thursday's men's 10,000-meter final has been pushed back to 10:09 p.m.
Much of the pre-meet attention has been focused on how the blazing temperatures might or might not impact the athletes.
I'll be more interested to what the conditions do to the crowds.
I was at the USATF Championships in 2014, the last time they were in Sacramento.