Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

I love bikes and I love riding them. Cycling completely changed my life and made it much more interesting. Cycling gives me the freedom to embark on new adventures, discovering new places and conquering new challenges. So, when this year I decided to go back to where it all started for me, mountain biking, and tackle one of the toughest one day mountain biking races in the world, Leadville 100, I couldn't possibly think of a better way to do it and a better team to do it with.   I am supporting World Bicycle Relief, an organization providing access to independence and livelihood through The Power of Bicycles, with a personal fundraiser ( Team World Bicycle Relief - Sharon Shachar ). The money raised through my fundraiser helps to provide specially designed, locally assembled bicycles to students, healthcare workers and entrepreneurs in rural Africa; connecting them with education, healthcare and economic opportunities. While for me cycling is about life changing experien

I have been fortunate this year to have some exciting travel opportunities for work. As I wrote in my past post ( here ) such travel can be disruptive to my training (oh yeah, of course to family life as well, but this blog is all about my adventures so I'm leaving that aside, at least for now).  On my  morning run - Jal Mahal, Jaipur, India  My goal has been and still is to not let my travel schedule interrupt with my training. In fact, I feel that I need to run, bike and yes probably even swim to be able to stay focused and in good mood especially while traveling. Those of you who do a lot of work travel know that when traveling we tend to spend long hours in meetings or other work commitments and usually don't really get the opportunity to actually see more than just the meeting room. This is exactly the reason why I view my workouts when traveling for work as an opportunity to explore and discover new places. It's a little brake in the long days of meetings and