hold x tight

one year anniversary

holdxtight — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:07:58 +0000

take a moment today and think about all those who ve been fighting for their freedom while u sit in your cosy house, drinking cafe and feeling safe!

Tagged: arab revolution, arab spring, man lifting banner, syria

Sunday session

holdxtight — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:07:34 +0000

I did a 17 km run today. Run in a Skaryszewski Park for the first time ever. This place is full of runners which provides me with an extra motivation. As snow is kinda melting due to weather conditions, it is hard to run (wet socks, etc). Tomorrow a day off and 1 hr + intervals day after tomorrow. My knee started to hurt again and it is getting, both, frustrating and scary.

Tagged: first marathon, vegan runners, vegan running, warsaw, Warsaw marathon, winter

Run

holdxtight — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:55:28 +0000

Had a really nice run this morning, here in Warsaw. Perfect weekend kick off! Cleared my head a bit. Tomorrow will have longer run. Everything according to my training plan. Running first half-marathon of 2012 in a bit more than a month.

Tagged: running, training, vegan runners, warsaw

old school vs. new school

holdxtight — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:12:23 +0000

switching from new balance to brooks. they bought me with their pro vegan and pro environmental policies. I still love new balance and wear their non leather sneakers, but hoping that brooks will bring some relief to my knees.

Tagged: 2012, brooks, new balance, running, running shoes, vegan runners

my 2011 in music

holdxtight — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:45:17 +0000

according to last.fm, this is my artist’s top ten for 2011

1	Fugazi	698
2	The National	590
3	The Gaslight Anthem	360
4	Talib Kweli	306
5	Wugazi	303
6	Hot Water Music	284
7	Looptroop Rockers	217
8	OFF!	215
9	Atmosphere	211
10	The Horrible Crowes	208

Tagged: 2011, chart, last.fm, music, top ten

2012, here I come

holdxtight — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:09:34 +0000

This is my main project for 2012. I hope to move into this piece in October. Pls, keep your finger crossed for me (us) as I need good fortune to be connected with this building on daily basis. Secondly, running will be my other focus for 2012. I am have already planned two half marathons (one at the end of Feb. and the second just month later). Both of those events will take place in Warsaw. September will be a month of my biggest sporting/mental challenge so far as I am going to complete my first marathon ever. It will happen in Warsaw too. Wish me luck.

Tagged: 2012, first marathon, house project, househunting, running, vegan runners, Warsaw marathon

not finished yet

holdxtight — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:09:08 +0000

I have not given up on this blog. I have lots of news to share with all of you and I am just waiting for a good moment to announce all those things. Be patient, pls.

Tagged: 2011, new year, plans

Househunting

holdxtight — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:01:19 +0000

Tagged: househunting, looking for a new house, warsaw, wawer

Warsaw’s Olympic Race

holdxtight — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:42:07 +0000

: me crossing the finish line

: medal of honor

So I did run in a Warsaw’s Olympic Race yesterday (8 km in 46 min). It was a side event of the Warsaw’s Marathon. It was my second organized run ever too. The first was the Broloppet half marathon that I did last year. After quite good and easy run I came to conclusion that I want to run a full marathon in 2012. It wont be easy, but after seeing all those runners who run more than 41 km yesterday, I simply feel I must achieve this too.

Tagged: Olympic Race, running, vegan runners, warsaw, Warsaw marathon

My Dad’s Birthday

holdxtight — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:33:19 +0000

: Mum & Dad

: Dad & Bro

Today was my father birthday and this is the reason why we arrived from Warsaw to Gdynia. Like always, on this special day we went to our favourite Chinese restaurant in Gdynia and shared the birthday meal with the loved ones.

Tagged: birthday, father, gdynia

end of summer ;(

holdxtight — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:33:21 +0000

Italy was a blast. Returned to Warsaw abt 3 weeks ago and I m still not able adjust myself to a “normal” life here. It has been a long time since my last European holidays. I got used to to long-haul destinations so I felt like I was risking a lot when we choose Italy as our holiday target. But seriously, It all worked really fine and we had a really great time.

: Rome

: Amalfi

: Vatican

: Vieste

Summarizing those over 3 weeks trip: I scratched my car and lost all my shoes. I did not make any new friends. We laugh a lot and I did not get sunburned this time. I did not shave for 3,5 weeks and I was only wearing slippers (talking abt footwear only:) and no shoes (as those were stolen/lost) at all. I ate too much pizza and spaghetti al pomodoro, however we did find some some good vegan/vegetarian restaurants. Dolce Vegan in Florence was defiantly a winner. Amazing place to eat. Speaking of favourites – Venice, Rome and Amalfi were the best spots we visited during this tour. I don’t have idea how many kilometers we did with my Kia. Actually, I dont care about numbers

Here are my two flickr’s sets of photos taken during our road trip.

Set 1 and Set 2 . Enjoy.

PEACE

Tagged: Amalfi, end of summer, holidays, holidays 2011, Italy, Rome, summer, Vatican, Vieste

a road trip

holdxtight — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:45:45 +0000

: Graz – Austria

: Duomo Milan

: a view from Florence’s Duomo. instagram pic

: Dolce Vegan – Florence

We re driving through Europe with a desire to reach Amalfi’s cost (south of Napoli). Today we re in Florence, Tuscany. Dolce Vegan was discovery of the day! It is probably one of the best (if not THE BEST) vegan restaurant I ate. And you know that I visited lots of vegan places around the globe, right? Great italian vegan food and amazing sweets, cakes, doughnuts + positive vegan propaganda. Is there anything more we want from places like this?

Pisa and Siena tomorrow. Ciao!

Tagged: Austria, Dolce Vegan, Florence, Graz, holidays 2011, instagram, Italy, Milan, road trip, Tuscany, vegan

Warsaw’s preparation to Euro 2012

holdxtight — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:15:42 +0000

Tagged: Euro 2012, iphone, poland, soccer, warsaw

another wonderful weekend in Gdynia

holdxtight — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:42:15 +0000

Gdynia's marina

Tagged: baltic sea, gdynia, marina

holiday plans

holdxtight — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:06:29 +0000

Havent been on European vacation since couple good years so I decided to hit Italy this July/August. Looking forward to driving around this country and swim into the sea. No jet lags, no long flights

Tagged: driving in Italy, holidays 2011, instagram, Italy, lonely planet