Hi there!
I have to say that Sweden helped me a lot finding my loved and forgotten hobbies and my love for sports and competition.
In 2008 I weighed 128kg, in august 2013 I weighed “only” 98kg. Still, something was not right! I started to do what I left years ago…. training! And I loved it (not really)!
July 2013 – The picture below is the one that made me understand that something is very… I mean very, very “Wrong” with me!
Well I accepted the fatty, slow, acid, negative dude in me?! Was that possible? I had pain… always. Well, this is one of the things affecting me in a particular tough way – the pain.
In 2003 I worked in Italy and helping my colleagues with an IT cargo (computers) I managed to get myself a wonderful disc herniation…. well, not just one as later on emerged…. but two nice beasts squeezing my nerves! Just great!
And when I thought like: “Well…. could it be worse?!”….. the answer was of course: “YES”!
The fact that I have asthma resulted in a constant excuse used by fat, lazy, smokers…. What? Smokers!? YES! I smoked too…. a lot! So, pain in my back due to the hernia, the smoking due to depression or the sore fact that almost everybody in my family used to smoke and yes… somebody states that smoking is kind of hereditary too! Well…. Could it be worse now?! YES! Of course! :)
A day before Christmas 2008 I planned to do the last IT service before heading back home to my family… I was driving to the location while speaking to my wife on the phone (using a cable of course)… the traffic was horrible as always at the well known “Tangenziale di Mestre” and….. BAM! A guy did not see my car I guess due to the mist…. That hurts! Trust me!
OK…. I was lying on the couch watching the TV and drowning in my pain and sorrow, my wife was doing pretty much everything,,,, and I was really asking myself on how much more could she take of this crap and watching me complaining about this and that and not doing actually anything to change a single thing in my pathetic life!
I knew I had to change something…. maybe everything….
I tried, a lot. But something was wrong all the time. I was large… too big with my 113kg!
So we decided…a change was needed! Not only for me, but for the whole family! We needed a better and a smarter life!
We moved to Sweden! :)
Feel free to read the whole article here:
https://sasinka.se/lifestyle-evolution
Feel free to read my “running evolution that eventually evolved into a lifestyle evolution:
A really nice evening running the relay race Staffettvarvet with these guys! We got our #stena outfit from the company where I work (thanx) and we smashed the course! The idea was that I should take an easier pace and run around the 4:20 pace…. me and my teammates did much better! I …
Race info Ultra Trail 161k Date: 2018-04-28 Start time: 05:00 Silver medal time: 24 hours Maximum time: 30 hours Distance: 100 miles, 161 km Ascent: 3200 M+ ITRA qualifier: Yes, 6 points UTMB qualifyer: Yes Checkpoints: 8 with water/snacks/energy/food Dropbag: Yes, 1 at 82 km checkpoint Pacers: Yes Personal aidstations: Yes …
DEFINITION: Ultramarathon Pacers “Till skillnad från andra pacers som sätter takten och håller dig på rätt spår, får ultramarathon pacers inte tillåtas att gå med dig tills 50 mil marken, vid en hjälpstation. I det här fallet matchar pacemattan din takt, hjälper dig att stanna på stigen på natten, så att …
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I will both mark 20k of the course in the area I usually train and run the race days after – the 28th Aptil 2018! My BIB number is: 19 LIVE Timing by: http://www.eqtiming.no Being this a second 100-mile race in one single month this represents a new challenge for …
Everybody knows that I just love the The 100 Miles of Istria race! I’m connected to it in a very special way. I’m born in Rijeka and my mother still lives in Istria while my sister in Rijeka and the race was my first ultra-race! So, to race at “home” and …
My Race Report on YouTube! The text version will be soon available here! 😉 […]The race was quite challenging with snow on the high mountains and a lot of sticky mud and high water levels along the course. The course was altered a lot from the one I ran the last year. …
The 6th April @ 5p.m. the 2018th edition of the “100 Miles of Istria” will start! You may follow my adventure using the following links: LIVE COVERAGE DURING THE RACE You will be able to follow the race on-line, both live results and as a TV coverage. LIVE VIDEO …
I will run the 170k long RED course! Just two weeks left! My training went not as planned due to that foot injury from July 2017. Still, I could train and race with small adjustments, modifications and learn to embrace the pain to another level! How am I going to approach to …
This was my very first time that I actually had fun running on icy surfaces! ? Great clip Branislav! Thanx m8! ? A long easy run in Änggårdsbergen on icy trails with Brane and Veso the first part and after that I tried to run even faster on brutal ice surface alone …
This is my first watch review and it’s about the Suunto Ambit3 Peak which is the second GPS watch I’ve owned. The first was a Garmin Forerunner 110 however the Suunto Ambit3 Peak is much, much better in all segments and it fits my training, races and it looks good as well! The …