Me and my two boys have booked two weeks in Europe and I will be reporting back on the meets we attend. I saw Malmo last night, will be going to Zurick on Friday and will end with Linz on the 19th. Malmo was a fairly small meet (though some events had great fields) I am definitely a distance fan, so this meet was a little short. The first event of the afternoon was the steeplechase. Americans Tom Chroney and Robert Gary were the only runners I recognized, and Gary completely dominated. He led after 200 meters and had close to an 80 meter lead by 1k. For some reason the steeple was earlier in the day (it was a fairly weak field?). His biggest opponent was both the wind and about 200 fans in there. I actually jogged down with him (the real meet didn´t start for 2 hours) and he said the wind was terrible, but worse yet was the abscence of a clock or someone reading splits. He will be running in Linz and said he really feels like he could run 8:15. I would say due to the wind that the steeple was worth low 8:20s. I wish him the best of luck and must admit that if all "elites" are this cool, I am going to love meeting the other runners on this trip. The 1500 was the only other distance race. The wind had died down a little bit, but it was still pretty strong. Rabbit was out in 56 with Julius Achon (george Mason?) right behind them. Aden was in 2nd, along with a guy from Britain and Graham Hood slightly off. That is how they stayed (1:57) AND Hood dropped out (looked like his left hamstring). Achon powered home with the guy from TCU getting passed for 2nd by the guy from Briatin the last 6o meters. I would drop perhaps a second or two from the time due to wind. Also a note was the 110 womens hurdles. Jenny Adams is a babe and she ran fast (can´t believe it was legal because the wind still had not died down totally - close to the last event) I was sitting at the finish and had the 2 Kallur sisters and Jenny Adams running right towards me. Also as a side, if this country is not the most beautiful ladies in the world, then there must be heaven on earth. Anyhow, the distance races were a little weak; I am sure Zurich will more than make up for it! If anybody wants me to report anything elae, let me know! GO MUSKIES!