The next event where you can spot the “Running Carrot”…
… has still to be found – stay tuned for further news
My last run was…
… the 38th Potzberg Mountain Race from Gimsbach to Pigletts Hill over 8,2km and 350m in altitude in 54min24sec on Nov 11th, 2023
Total number of official road races up to now: 799 runs
In 2024, I have run so far 328 km of which 0,0 km were accomplished in official road races (in 2023, I ran 1362 km on 170 days of which 90 km came from road races)
When it all started
I am running since I was a youngster – first to support my soccer fitness training and later own, it became normal.
I ran my 1st marathon ever as a result of a bet in 1985 – without any training (not recommendable!): I finished the Potteries Marathon at Stoke-on-Trent and won the bet. In 2003, I ran my last marathon – the “original” one from Marathon to Athens. All-in-all – and counting the ultra marathons as well – I completed 50 marathons.
While staying in South Africa, I definitively became addicted: 3 months upon arrival, I ran the Johannesburg Marathon and 9 months later, I ran my 1st Comrades.
I ran on all continents: from the East (Tokyo) to the West (San Francisco) and from North (Sundsvall/SWE) to South (Melbourne).
In these days, I am focusing on any distance below the half marathon one. I ran my last half marathon (my 211th) on July 10th, 2022, at Altenglan in 2h10min.
The older I get the faster I was……..
All-in-all, I have run over 51556 kilometers…….
| The BIG 1s in 2019: | On May 19th, I ran the 3 country half marathon at Basel in 2h 4min: luckily, the weather was good and the scenery rather nice – pity that there were not too many spectators ;-( On September 29th, I finished the 58th Route Du Vin Semi-Marathon at Luxembourg (the oldest half marathon in the world) in 1h 58min. On November 8th, I won the half marathon in the jungle around Angkor Wat in 2h 17min. |
| The Big 1s in 2018: | I enjoyed the 38th Berlin half marathon on April 8th, coming in as the 12024 runner out of 25000 finishers (35000 registered though?!). And I have completed the desert run over 18,8km in the Sahara desert close to Erg Chebbi, Morocco in 3h20min2sec on Oct 23rd. The race was organized by Wichart Hölscher with whom we traveled & ran on the Big Chinese Wall, through the desert in Oman, through the Highlands of Myanmar and on Cyprus. Boy-oh-boy, the run was tougher than thought: we ran up the dunes, down the dunes – all in the sand – at mid day. I had to walk the last round of approx. 2,3km but I finished in 2nd position Men and 3rd overall. |
| The Big 1 in 2015: | the half marathon across the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco on July 26th in 2h8min13sec. The top of the bridge was in the clouds and the view onto the city was foggy but it was still a great experience! |
| The Big 1 in 2014: | my 10th Trollinger half marathon in succession at Heilbronn: this time, I did it in 2h5min23sec (PB 1h45min). On each of the runs, I had a sip of the Trollinger red wine at km 20! |
| The Big 1 in 2013: | the 16th CARROTS Run at Hiddestorf over 21,1km on Sep 22nd in 1h54min22sec – being the Carrotking, I HAD to run that one 😉 – very good event with a lot of fun: the Carrotking was very much welcomed http://www.ruebenlauf.de |
My Runs
| Distance | How often |
PB (year) |
PB in the past 36 months |
| 5km | 7 x | 19:42 (1999) | – |
| 10km | 229 x | 39:43 (2000) | 49:34 |
| 15km | 99 x | 1:03:36 (1987) | 1:21:02 |
| 21,1km | 211 x | 1:29:12 (1992) | 1:57:37 |
| 32km | 21 x | 2:33:16 (1993) | – |
| 42,2km | 37 x | 3:30:05 (1993) | – |
| 56km | 3 x | 5:09:04 (1992) | – |
| 90km+ | 3 x | 9:50:47 (1993) | – |
