Late night records

Watched an incredible final of the speed skating World Championships last night. Dutch Sven Kramer broke the world record on the 10k with a marvelous acceleration in the final kilometer, promising room for improvement in next season. His most dangerous challenger Chad Hedrick disqualified himself due to an unbelievably stupid beginners' mistake: he forgot to change lanes! This action rendered his spectacular 1500m battle with Shani Davis useless. The latter only had to finish to win the title, which he did. In the women's championship Canadian Cindy Klassen was unbeatable. She won the title through a grand slam, finishing first on all four distances, including a world record on the 3km! And what to think of 18 year old Sablikova from Czech Republic almost taking home the victory on the 5km? The whole spectacle had its prize: I had to stay awake til 1:30AM, while I had to wake up at 6AM this morning to catch a plane to Hamburg again to work for Airbus. Merijn was smarter than me, she decided to go to bed in time. Why do I do such things? If I want to run a marathon in three weeks from now, why don't I make sure I get enough sleep? Gistermiddag met mijn ouders en Merijn op bezoek bij mijn nichtje Renee. Ze vierde haar 24e verjaardag voor familie en kennissen. Als altijd bepaalde de ontspannen Rotterdamse nuchterheid de gastvrije sfeer. Sinds ongeveer een jaar woont Renee zelfstandig in haar ruime woning in Barendrecht. Alles is zo aangepast dat ze met haar rolstoel prima uit de voeten kan. Met veel energie, ook van vrienden, heeft ze er met vrolijke kleuren een frisse, open entourage neergezet. Volgens mij is ze er reuze blij mee.