Who I am
My name is
Sonja Savic, I am Serbian living in Italy (Pozarevljanka living in Trieste, to be more precise), 27 years old and I like challanges.
I would describe myself as an ambitious, organized and goal-oriented person.
Why triathlon?
I have been working, studying and doing sports (at the amateur level) for years. Whereas recently I have finished my post-graduate studies, all of a sudden I have plenty of spare time I haven't been used to have. Therefore, I decided to try my hand at triathlon.
Previous experience
...with triathlon
It's not that it's the first time I heard about this sport. On the contrary, I trained with Triathlon Club Pozarevac in Serbia and finished one cross triathlon race in Kragujevac (Serbia) on Saturday, 02 June 2012. Apparently, I was the last arrived. I was bad at swimming (15:21) because I started last, behind the others, in order to avoid being hit by someone. I was bad at cycling because I wasn't practicing cycling, I didn't have my own bike and the one I borrowed for the race was bad. Moreover, I didn't know how to change gears and the track started with a hill. It was a really awful experience. I wanted to quit! The running went bad because I was out of energy. In my opinion my lack of energy was due not only to my scarce preparation, but also to the fact that I had never done two or more diffrent sport activities at once.
..with swimming
I would describe my technique as poor. My father taught me how to swim when I was little and then Mateja Markovic (the coach of TK Pozarevac) gave me some advice, but that's it. I swim occasionally. Very occasionally, like a few times during the year. I like swimming, though.
..with running
I have been running for some years now. My PBs are: 5K 24:31 (25/09/2015); 10K 54:06 (04/11/2014) and 21K 1h58 (19/05/2015). I participated in a few races during my lifetime.
..with cycling
I have never had my bike (well, I did, when I was 7, maybe, but that doesn't count). A very few times I went cycling with Mateja Markovic (TKP), borrowing a bike from him every time. Once (17/08/2015) we went by bike from Pozarevac to Kladovo (160-170km). I was on a city-bike. With no cycling shorts (nor shoes, obviously). I remember it as a very painful experience.
Starting from.... today!
There's one thing I have always hated: starting from tomorrow, or, even worse, monday. As for me, today is always the best day to start! This evening I will go to the gym and I will consider this training as a start of my new way of living.
Why blog, why going social?
I have always wanted to share something from my life with others, to tell a story, to discuss, to advice and be adviced, but, first of all, I didn't have time to write and second of all, I didn't feel like I had something special to write about continuously. I just wanted to share a thought from time to time. I don't know how it is going to be, how often I will write and what I will write about, but I am sure it won't be all about triathlon. I would really appreciate if you could leave your comments, share your opinion and/or give me some advice, so that I could know that you read me. I will try to keep this blog for my personal motivation, hoping that some of you will join me on my trip and make dialogue from my monologues.
