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:
Göteborgsvarvet 2023 After completing the last race (Österlen Spring Trail 60k) I felt that I had the needed confidence to get ready for the new race. A race that I did not race since 2017 when my wife’s dad passed. The 21k half marathon in Gothenburg is nothing new to me. Despite the fact that …
Österlen Spring Trail – The Test After a nasty foot injury in December 2022, this was actually the first race of the season for me. I wanted to check the overall fitness of my body and assess the status of my foot, ligaments and tendons that got severely injured. The race went …
Hi there! UESCA Certified Endurance Sports Nutrition Coach » More Information I’m super excited to announce that I am now a: UESCA Certified Endurance Sports Nutrition Coach ? ? Being a family man with a full time job and training hard in order to be a better athlete this was not …
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Yeah! I’m in! After a HUGE disappointment after the e-mail that informed me that I did not get a spot in the UTMB race for this year: “Hello Aramis, Unfortunately, your name was not selected in the lottery to participate in the 2023 UTMB World Series Finals.” a few days after …
Sandsjöbacka Trail Marathon I had many interesting moments during the 2022. Both high and low as every year. The difference is that this year I learned to learn from tough situations as well. I had nice moments, lovely races and nice experiences, but I had to experience low moments as well, huge falls, …
A short stop to enjoy the amazing view from the Texelberget top I was a bit worried before the start of the 85k course of the @satilatrail race. I didn’t know what to expect of my body and mind after two months of rehab an limited training. I hiked a lot and did some …
This year I applied for this race after the lousy performance during my last Backyard race that I finished after reaching the 100 miles distance and more than 12hrs of struggling with pain and energy loss issues. This race was intended to be a nice race for me. Just to boost my running and enjoy …
Months ago I did my third presence running the Bunketorp Backyard Ultra race. My training went quite well and despite a weeks of family vacation I was quite confident with my training and with the expectations that I had on me with this race. Winning the race the year before was not easy …
On August the 13:th 2022 IK Uven will arrange the fourth edition of Bunketorp Backyard Ultra Trail, BBUT. The race takes place in Bunketorp, a beautiful, scenic and nicely hilly area near Lindome just a few miles from the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The concept for Backyard Ultra is simple: run …