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:
Just two weeks after 100 miles of Istria and with those 170k in my legs I went to Jonsered, just outside Gothenburg, to run another race! Yes, I know, it’s pure madness to even try to push my body when It’s actually still recovering! But once again I was impressed how the human body …
Coming soon…. Tomorrow, Friday 12/4 at 16:00 the @istria100 (100 Miles of Istria) race will start! This is my first 100-mile race in 2019! If you want to follow me during this adventure use the following links. My start number is: 136 https://stotinka.hr/hrv/utrka/2213/popis_prijavljenih?q=sasinka Live result passing the control points: https://stotinka.hr/eng/race/2213/total_rank …
Me running in Änggårdsbergen near the city of Mölndal in July 2018 My “BIG” races for 2019 are now scheduled! My goals are really high and the expectations close to unreal! ? Problems with that? Not at all! I love challenges, my daily training is going well, I feel great, my family …
The Sandsjöbacka 89k – 2019 race will result in a DNS (Did Not Start)! The virus I got last Monday was a nasty one and just today my body felt good! I went into the woods to cheer my friends running the 50k course and “feel” the trails a bit! It felt …
Hallo my friends! Christmas is behind us, the New Year is approaching and…. the first race in 2019 is the Sandsjöbacka Trail race. The distance I will race is the 89k course. This edition will be my 3rd Sandsjöbacka winter trail race! I still remember the first one, my very first …
The start of the Tjörnarparen 2018 race Tjörnarparen 2018 went not as I have planned! I had to DNF due to some kind of chaos in my body. For 3hrs I had nasty a stomach ache and abdominal pain that caused a huge energy collapse. I felt very drained. Still, even like …
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6 October 2018 Hyssnaloppet 2018 This was my third Hyssnaloppet! After the first one in 2015 where I managed to finish the race with a serious knee pain in 05:46:33 and the year after when I returned with the intention not to only finish strong but to crush my result! And I did that …
22 September 2018Orust Tvärs Terränglopp 2018 The last year after a really tough UTMB race I decided to sell my spot in this race. This year I wanted to race this lovely race. It’s situated on Orust – an island in western Sweden, and it’s Sweden’s third or fourth largest island and just an …
“3 peaks in 3 days” powered by Dynafit “This awesome adventure will always remain in my heart. Thanx to you I love the mountains even more, I pushed myself beyond my “comfort zone”. I had to fight my fears and make those small steps to the top. But each and every step …
My first ultra-race was the 100 miles of Istria in April 2015. I ran the 110 km course and finished the race in 24:56:13! That was one of the toughest experiences up to these days but also one of the best revelations I had in life! I recognized how much loved trail, running in …