Category Archives: Travel

Back to the Future to Tokyo

Posted on August 18, 2013 by

Jetlag is still what it used to be. That is why I was up and running 6 miles at 5am on my last day in Kyoto. Dawn starts very early here and the empty streets in the city normally swarming … Continue reading →

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Rise and Shrine

Posted on August 17, 2013 by

Kyoto’s thousand temples present a new kind of challenge. In 2 days what can I possibly see. Well, I did my best after a 10-miler walk day I at least covered all major tourist traps WOD 3-mile hill run 10-mile … Continue reading →

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Back in time to the city of 1000 temples

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

Going from Tokyo to Kyoto feels like traveling back in time. I ended up in the city’s historic district surrounded by over 1000 buddhist and shinto temples, incredible parks and one of the biggest bicycle cities in the world. The … Continue reading →

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Resting it out in Tokyo

Posted on August 15, 2013 by

It was lucky coincidence to have my all-day travel from London to Tokyo fall on a Thursday, i.e. rest day. My hotel had a Zen garden so I headed down there and did the proper meditation at the koi pond. … Continue reading →

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Asia Bound and Hungary Recap

Posted on August 13, 2013 by

Another great sports weekend in Hungary, home of the European CrossFit champion Lacee Kovacs (#25 in the Games) and also my birthplace… Budapest has clearly taken over this year from Prague as the place to be in the East. More … Continue reading →

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