Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

Red Bull gives you wings, at least that's what the commercial say. Perhaps it's true, I don't know, as the Vodka that is mixed in usually creates the opposite effect on me. Running, however, gives me just that - wings, I mean. The freedom to discover new places, to disconnect from reality, find my zen moments. Finding the balance between the crazy pace of life in general and my work travel schedule. Those moments of sanity come among the different time zones, geographies and cultures that my work takes me to. For a billion Chinese, 2016 was the year of the Monkey, for me it was the year of the Travel. At least once a month, and in most twice - I found myself packing my suitcase and heading to the airport. Traveling for work is fun, at least in the beginning, but soon after it becomes just another routine, or more like routine killer. Messing up the day-to-day routine and even worse my training routine. So how do I maintain my training routine in my non-routinish life? ...

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 an...