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I ran my first marathon in 1991 at the Napa Valley Marathon when I was a post-doctoral student at UC Berkeley. I made many rookie mistakes during that first marathon: my longest run up to that point had been about 15 miles, and I went out and tried to run my 10K pace and hold it for as long as I could. Needless to say, I crashed badly at 35K and ended up injured. Although I had no intention of ever running another marathon again, I later realized my errors and ran my second marathon a year later in Portland, OR. After noticing that my first three marathons were in three different states by chance, I decided to set running the states as a goal, not knowing that there was actually a club of runners doing that. But in 2007 we had to move to Germany. I therefore decided to postpone my goal of finishing the states and I began to run countries and Summer Olympic sites in Europe, starting with Helsinki, followed by Amsterdam, Antwerp, Prague, Reykjavik, and Berlin in the first year. When I realized that I had already qualified for Marathon Maniacs, I joined in 2011 and have since achieved iridium status. I have been a member of Marathon Globetrotters since the beginning, signing up when the club was launched. In addition, I also belong to the 50 States + DC Club and the Country Club. My short-term running goals were to get to 50 countries, finish the Summer Olympic sites in Europe, and after completing my 100th marathon, join the 100 Marathon Deutschland Club. Two of these three goals are now completed. I completed my 100th marathon and 50th country at the Vatican City Marathon in 2023, and recently joined the 100 Marathon Deutschland Club. Now I want to go back and finish the US states.
Marathoning has become my lifetime hobby. Professionally I work as a research chemist at Bayer AG in the Pharmaceutical Division in Wuppertal, Germany. I am married and have one son living in the US. When I was not running, I enjoyed taking care of our Bichon Frise. Unfortunately, Ju Ju passed away in 2022.
- Member since March 4, 2014
- Full Member
- Male
- Nord-Rhein Westfallen,
Germany | Citizenship:
United States
- 6 Flags
- 6 Continents Completed
- 60 Countries Completed
- Club Role: Director of Electronic Media
- Also a member of: 100 Marathon Club of the Americas, 100 Marathon Deutschland Club, 50 States + DC Marathon Club, Country Club, Marathon Maniacs
- Upcoming Races: Malbun Marathon
6 Continents Completed: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
60 Countries Completed: last updated October 23, 2023 @ 3:31 pm
American Samoa
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
China
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Fiji Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Northern Ireland
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
Samoa
San Marino
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Tajikistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan