In the Land of Resilience: Serbia Is Falling in Love with Endurance Sports

A country where endurance is much more than a sport gets into the endurance sports craze While endurance and the national pride in “inat” (spite) has been crucial for Serbian history and have saved the nation several times – including during a treacherous trek through Albania in WWI – endurance sports in Serbia have been on the back-burner and the country is more famous for … Continue reading In the Land of Resilience: Serbia Is Falling in Love with Endurance Sports

Srdjan GarcevicApril 4, 2025April 4, 2025Leave a comment

Best of Belgrade, The Belgradist

Best Belgrade Runs 2: Do you even run, bro?

As a keen long distance runner preparing for the Athens Marathon, I had to venture outside of my favoured easy routes and up my game. Belgrade’s hilly profile in addition to flat runs by its rivers is great for training, although our very hot and humid summers are not exactly helping the aspiring athletes. Anyhow here are some of the nicer runs I did in … Continue reading Best Belgrade Runs 2: Do you even run, bro?

Srdjan GarcevicJuly 25, 2023July 25, 2023Leave a comment

Life

Running and Falling

Yesterday, on the last night of being 30, I decided to go for a run around Belgrade to clear my head a little (as I’m one of those people who have an ambivalent relationship to no longer being kids), and also lose a few calories ahead of birthday celebrations. Although I’ve been running since 2011, I really got into it regularly last year after losing … Continue reading Running and Falling