Kiev

There were no races yesterday so a few of us Canadians went in to town instead to check out some sights. Kiev has a beautiful downtown (much nicer than most North American cities); big wide boulevards, buildings, churches, squares, etc. and everything is very clean. On the other hand, the further away you get from downtown, the dirtier it gets and garbage everywhere. Definitely a city with two faces. The opening ceremony took place yesterday as well in a central park. The speeches were short and the entertaining was good. Of course, there was some cossack dancing of course. The food in Ukraine has also been better than what I expected (I was here back in 1989 and back then we only ate candy and drank Pepsi Cola - the only food that a bunch of high school kids trusted). Most restaurants have a self serving system where there is plenty to choose between and at the cashier they weigh all the food and you pay. A decent meal cost about $5-6. A beer cost about $1 I have heard. Another good thing with Kiev is the subway. Again, very clean and the trains come pretty much every minute or so. If you like Isak enjoy going upd and down escalators, Kiev is the place. So far, the longest escalator ride took almost three minutes.

Idag blev det en svang ut till medeldistansfinalen. Det var lika svart som kvalet (givetvis inte lika knepigt...;-)) men bade Thierry och Simone visade Hysenklass och utklassade faltet. Jag sprang det mesta av finalbanan efterat och kunde konstatera att det hjalpte lite att ha sprungit i den har typen av terrang en gang nu. Nagra bommar blev det men jag hade inte blivit sist i finalen i alla fall.