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:
Today I wanted to try my Salomon S-LAB Ultra on my fav CityTrail here in Gothenburg. It was fun! The funniest thing about city trails is the fact how people react when you speed on almost everything like being chased, avoiding icy parts of the trail, the nasty asphalt, jumping from/to obstacles and so on…. …
Run to work Running home from work A really nasty run in rain, chilly, windy conditions…. Still I enjoyed every single step! Do I have masochistic tendencies??! 🙂
This was a different run…. a faster one with my Merrell Trail Glove 2 barefoot shoes on. The nasty weather – rain, cold, wind – helped me running faster and stronger…. Still, after 5km I was too tired of the weather conditions. Need to get back to work too! 🙂
Finally a great winter day here in Gothenburg! And yes, i went out for a lovely winter run. It was snowing a lot and the wind didn’t make things any easyer 🙂 Still I was never worried about slipping on sliding on the snow and ice, there are still ways you can get outside and …
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If somebody told me just a year ago that I would run a 34km trail race I would have laughed loudly! But yes…. after my first race (may 2014) something happened. I started running trails, got inspired and I noticed one thing: I love trails and I love challenges! So…. after just 7 months here …
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Bridges in Göteborg: Älvsborgsbron and Göta älvbron A great run today! It was 15°C shiny and warm! 🙂I planned this trip a few days ago, today I tested it with a few adjustments due to “work in progress” or just because somehow I run without looking at a map and just enjoyed the weather …
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