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My story:
My weighing scale pointed around 245 lbs (approx. 111 kg) on June 24th. 2012. It was clear, that this was too much. I gained more than 67 lbs (approx. 30 kg) over the last ten years. I started the ambitious job immediately. No more Coke (I drank more than 2.5 liters a day), no sweets and no more fast-food. My goal was to slim down around 45 lbs (approx. 20 kg) over the next two years and to have the ability to run a minimum of 5k apiece. My first training lessons started with 12 minutes spinning and I increased it up to 20 minutes by August and 20 – 40 minutes by September 2012. I also did some extended walks (more than 20 minutes) in September. A serious illness threw me back and I stopped exercising. I resumed training by end of September and lost some lbs but a great impact followed on October 23rd.. I had a triple fracture in my right upper ankle joint and I had to undergo three surgeries (I got two implants/plates and 12 screws to fix the bones) in the course of the following two weeks. The doctors told me, I would never have the ability to make sports with this broken bone again. On November 10th I left the hospital but I was bedridden for the next four months. In the mid of February I started the first small steps with crutches and over the next few weeks I learned to walk again like a baby. Many times I stumbled and fell down but I always stood up again, it was a tough experience. My first two steps without crutches I made on March 15th 2013. I increased the daily training units significantly and by mid of May I worked out between three and four hours on a spinning bike. My average weight was around 183 lbs (approx 83 kg) and I started to regain my leg brawn. After an intensive training I completed my first 5k walking competition on June 1st 2013 in less than 43 minutes. I participated in a few other walking competitions within the next few weeks and months and I extended the distance up to 10 and 15 kilometers. On September 21st I started slowly jogging at a 10k running competition in New York (USA) followed by another 10k in Inverness / Scotland at the end of September. I finished the Inverness 10k in around 69 minutes. After some more hard training lessons I went to Miami / Florida for a 10k in the beginning of December. On December 8th I successfully finished my first Half Marathon in 02:31 hours.
Conclusion:
You can achieve everything, if you really want!
Special thanks to my parents and friends, they supported me all time and gave me the power to catch this result
September 1st. 2012
November 1st. 2012
June 29th. 2014
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE WEBSITE
1. All other pages are in German language.
2. Website / pages explanation:
-Translation - pages:
Last races = Die letzten Läufe
Next races = Die nächsten Läufe
Next travels = Die nächsten Reisen
Pictures = Die Bildergalerie
Videos = Die Videos
Media & Internet = In den Medien
Photo books = Die Bücher
Running shirts = Die Laufshirts
Medals = Die Medaillen
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