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:
01 oktober 2015 kl. 19:00 – Terränglöpning i Änggårdsbergen. Tempo sätts efter den som känner sig långsammast, vi kommer gå mellan 5-10 kilometer, eller ungefär en timme ute. Alla välkomna, och bjud gärna in fler. Meddela gärna om ni dyker upp – och om ni INTE gör det. Sätt hellre ett “Kanske” …
I planned to run just a little bit, capture the runners with my actioncam and have fun… I took my medical kit with me with some bandage strips, wipes, anti-biotic ointment, emergency blanket and elastic adhesive tape, an extra lamp… just to be sure to have the necessary to use if somebody should need help …
After a tough race the last week in Hyssna I intended to enjoy this shorter race (18.7k): Risveden Terräng – 2015. The weather was great, warm and lovely clouds in the sky. Just perfect! This time my family was with me. It’s always nice to have my family cheering loudly… my daughter is the best …
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Hello. I am a crazy dude! Why? First of all I have to say: please do not attempt to do something like this! Seriously, I’m not joaking! You have to know your body, your limits and still the outcome may result in a disaster. Do not race injured!. I tried to fight a nasty knee …
I found online this intreresting article issued by Trail Magazine.Feel free to click the cover image below to view the PDF file.
25 July 2015: Sisjön, Oxsjön, Sandsjöbacka, Gothenburg, Sweden ca. 30 km Mikael Lyckeklint, me and Niclas Gällentoft near the Sisjön lake Almost 30k trail running today. Fresh (ca. 12°C) and quite rainy….. As always it’s really lovely to run the Sandsjöbacka Naturreservat trails.Thanx to Niclas Gällentoft and Mikael Lyckeklint…. we had …
18 July 2015: Bohusleden, Gothenburg, Sweden ca. 52 km What a great event! Somebody invited me into this 50k trail event on Facebook. The Lonesome Runners group once agains proves to be one of the best online (and offline) running grups on this planet! Great folks! 🙂 The idea was to run …
Hi there, Yes, I was in Croatia with my family. We managed to enjoy one week all together. One thing is sure…. to watch all those fine mountains and not being able to run there because I could not just jeave my family on the beach and say: “Ciao… see you in a coule of …
Hi there! As mentioned before, I gave myself this present. A great 42k present for my 42th birthday! 🙂 The day started really slow, it was a little bit chilly, a nice early saturday morning (6:40) – the 20th june 2015…. A new day ahead! By the way, feel free to check …
Hi everybody! This saturday, the 20th of july is my birthday and guess what… I’ll be 42 yrs old (already!!??)! My family has already prepared a nice trip and scheduled a great meal and a lovely party or something… it’s a kind of a suprise! Looking forward to that! 🙂 But something was …