Why did you start running: I stopped smoking and was looking for a way to compensate…luckily I did it that way
Your best race ever: CCC 2022
The good: Community, friendships, balance, creating memories
The bad: Not having time to run
The ugly: Digestive problems during a race
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Beyond Zipper & Lumberjack Shirts.
Top5 Running Songs:
At The Drive In – Napoleon Solo
Terror – Always the Hard Way
Placebo – The Bitter End
Doomriders – Come Alive
Smoke Blow – Dancing With The Dead
Top5 Ever Songs:
La Dispute – King Park
Slime – Sein Wie Die
Good Riddance – Weight Of The World
Bad Religion – Skyscraper
Sohodolls – Bang Bang Bang Bang
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Banana Pancakes
Favorite Post-Race meal: Pizza
Wanna share a recipe?
Banana Pancakes: 3 Bananas, 1 apple, 3 cups of flour, 3 cups of water, a pinch of salt. Just mix it and bake it in the pan.
Running Mantra: Relax and take things as they come!
]]>First race ever: July 2018, 10k race through the city center of beautiful Dortmund (KOPFSTEINPFALSTER and 35°C), can’t remember the time
Why did you start running: my soccer coach always told me to start running – so that’s what I did when I stopped playing soccer
Your best race ever: ZUT 2019
The good: freedom, independence, silence und being in nature as well as running with friends, it shows that you can achieve things that you never thought possible
The bad: injuries and stomach issues
The ugly: toenails und calloused skin
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: RUN TILL DEATH Hoodie (grey)
Top5 Running Songs: I never listen to music while running
Top5 Ever Songs: these are my evergreens:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: espresso and oats with banana and peanut butter
Favorite Post-Race meal: massaman-curry and rice
Wanna share a recipe? of course! Here are my chocolate-PB energy balls. You’ll need:
Start by blending oats und dates until you have a sticky dough. Add the rest of the ingredients und blend until well combined. Form the dough into (around 12) balls and store in the fridge.
Running Mantra or favorite quote: I don’t have a mantra. I appreciate every run and am grateful to be able to do it.
]]>First race ever: I can´t remember, I think it was a local 5k race here in Bottrop
Why did you start running: Basically because of a duty to do so to prepare for my muay thai (thaiboxing) fights
Your best race ever: Big Dog´s Backyard WM satellite 2020
Favorite race event: CCC
The good: Independence
The bad: The lack of time to do anything else (because once you´re a runner you don’t want to do anything else ;))
The ugly: Loosing toenails
Favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Run Till Death Hoodie
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Ever Songs:
Cant really decide which 5 songs are the best, so here a some of my all time favorites:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Porridge in the morning, pasta in the evening
Favorite Post-Race meal: Indian food (I know one of the best indian restaurants)
Wanna share a recipe? I know too much to share
Running Mantra or favorite quote: „Wer will findet Wege, wer nicht will findet Gründe“
]]>First race ever: München Marathon (2010), 3:48
Why did you start running: In 2010 my uncle, a runner, asked me if i wanted to run a marathon with him and i said yes. This was my first contact with this wonderful sport. But then it took antoher two years until i fully committed myself to running. Since then it has been an integral part of my life and i love it.
Your best race ever: Südthüringen Trail (2017) Mozart100 (2018) SaintéLyon (2019)
Favorite race event: I don’t really have any favourite races. I like fast 10k’s as well as (half) marathons and (ultra) trails.
The good: It helps clear your mind and stay healthy. Sometimes it can change your life.
The bad: For me sometimes stomach problems during ultras. And of course injuries.
The ugly: The inner voice that asks you why you are doing all this (sometimes during lows in a race).
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: RUN TILL DEATH Hoodie
Top5 Running Songs: I don‘t hear any music while running but this is my alltime top5:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Bread with raspberry jam and a cup of tea
Favorite Post-Race meal: Pizza, Salad, Soda water, Cola Running
Mantra/ favorite quote: Be yourself, do what you like and run!
]]>First race ever: Berlin Halfmarathon (2017), 1:41
Why did you start running: did Track&Field (60m,100m) when I was a teenager so just started again with running as it is the only thing I am really good at.
Your best race ever: Zugspitz Ultratrail 2019 (Basetrail XL)
Favorite race event: Zugspitz Ultratrail (so far)
The good (about running): meeting such beautiful and likeminded people
The bad (about running): Injuries
The ugly (about running): loosing toenails over and over again
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: "Run Proud" Racing Longsleeve
Top5 Running Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Porridge, Manner Waffles and Coffee
Favorite Post-Race meal: any vegan Pizza
Wanna share a recipe?
Kanelbullar:
* 21g fresh yeast
* 250ml warm Oatmilk
* 75g coconut sugar
* 50ml swedish Albaoil
* 500g flour
* 1EL cinnamon
* 1/4TL cardamom
* 1TL salt
well, you know how it works. its all about letting the dough rise high
Running Mantra/ favorite quote: HARDLOPEN!
]]>First race ever: 20.12.2015 - 3-Länner-Trail Luxembourg -17K
Best race ever: München Marathon 2016 (first marathon; best race because of the willpower family <3)
Favorite race event: München Marathon
Favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Hotpants
Top5 Running Music: Smoke Blow, Kettcar, Tomte, The xx, Good Riddance
Pre-Race meal: Banana, porridge
Post-Race meal: Burrito, pizza, burger, cake
Mantra / Quote: „Warum leben wir nicht, wo wir doch wissen, dass wir nur ein einziges Mal da sind, nur ein einziges und unwiederholbares Mal, auf dieser unsagbar herrlichen Welt!“ (Max Frisch 1937)
]]>First race ever (date, place, time): May 1995 Rennsteig-Marathon (43k) 3.56h (1st real race)
Why did you start running: vanity...and the only thing I can really do ! ;)
Your best race ever: 3rd place Vuurtorentrail Ameland 2015 (60k)
Favorite race event: TRANSALPINE RUN
The good (about running): You can run anywhere, anytime !
The bad (about running): The hype (of trailrunning)
The ugly (about running): Runners who take care of themselves.
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: the RUNNING WITH ATTITUDE T-shirt AND the T-shirt with the little pocket print
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Ever Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: crunchy cereals with protein, soymilk and a black coffee
Favorite Post-Race meal: Fried potatoes, sweet potatoes with vegetables and smoked tofu (+salad)
Wanna share a recipe? I can send you the FRISCHKORNBREI-Rezept
Running Mantra or favorite quote: "Running is freedom!"
First race ever (date, place, time): Hamburg Halbmarathon (2012), 1:42
Why did you start running: Get to know a girl (who was a runner)
Your best race ever: my first 100 k trail race (Festival des Templiers)
Favorite race event: I want to race Western States Endurance Run
The good (about running): It's a true sport that shows your strengths and weaknesses. Mentally as well as physically.
The bad (about running): It's a true sport that shows your strengths and weaknesses. Mentally as well as physically.
The ugly (about running): Often input (in training) and output (in races) do not stand in a direct relation. You invest hours, weeks, months and years of training to make a race as short as possible – and the possibility to fail is always there.
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Trucker Foam Mesh Cap (of course)
Top5 Running Songs: I don't listen to music while running
Top5 Ever Songs: changes every couple of weeks
Favorite Pre-Race meal: curry with rice, pasta, ... whatever I can get (the evening before) ; porridge and coffee (in the morning)
Favorite Post-Race meal: Lay's chips (salted) and a Clif Bar (coconut chocolate chip)
Wanna share a recipe? Bohnen a la Afrika. Tasty as fuck but not a good pre race meal at all ;))
Running Mantra or favorite quote: I don't have a mantra but I really like "Run till death". To me it has two main meanings which I both strive for.
]]>First race ever (date, place, time): GutsMuths-Rennsteiglauf 72,5 km // 17.05.2014 // AK M40: 189 // 8:54 h
Why did you start running: Various reasons. Mainly to change my habits. To become a healthier and clearer version of myself than I was the years prior.
Your best race ever: Depends on how one wants to define „best“. I would not go for “best“ as in finishing time. But rather: experience. Hence: Transylvania One Hundred (100 k (ROU)), NUTS Pallas (134 k (FIN)) and Persenk Ultra (160 k (BUL)) for each of those took me way beyond my own physical and mental limits.
Favorite race event: Bleilochlauf (GER) – Because this one has all I wish for from a race event. Superb organization, beautiful landscape / course and the most badass, honest, good and cordial people ever. Plus superb hang-out and meeting friends from all over.
The good (about running): Almost everything.
The bad (about running): Almost nothing.
The ugly (about running): Feet (no further explanation).
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Classic: „Run til Death“ T-shirt. „Run down Racism“ T-shirt.
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Ever Songs:
(Reducing to 5 is quite the challenge – anyways, these here held up throughout the years)
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Food (non specific as long as it’s plant-based).
Favorite Post-Race meal: Same as above.
Running Mantra or favorite quote: "In it for the long run." – Self
]]>First race ever: 5k. SportScheck Altstadtlauf Köln. Juli 2012. Time: 26:12 min
Why did you start running: to simply lose weight
Your best race ever: Rodgau 50k. 2016. 3:32:16h
Favorite race event: CCC & TRV
The good: The silence
The bad: The Noise
The ugly: My Feet
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: The Rain Jacket Prototyp from 2016 ;)
Top5 Running Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Erdnussbutter-Marmeladen Toast
Favorite meal during Long Runs: Clif Bar
Favorite Post-Race meal: Pizza & Vego Chocolate Bar
Wanna share a recipe?
https://kichererb.se/2020/02/mungobohnen-dal/
Running Mantra or favorite quote:
"You’ll Feel Good Again, Someday"
]]>Running since: 1981
First race ever (date, place, time): 1981, XC Skiing, City Championships Black Forest, 2. Place
Why did you start running: 1981 - Trimm Dich fit, Monday was running day, so no questions, just run
Your best race ever: Chiemgauer100
Favorite race event: Tromso Sky Race
The good (about running): freedom
The bad (about running): asphalt
The ugly (about running): radlerhose
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: RDR Sweater
Top5 Running Songs: no music while runnig
Top5 Ever Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: nothing
Favorite Post-Race meal: Icecream, Raspberry Cake, Tirola Kola
Wanna share a recipe? low carb pizza: 200g ground almond, 50g butter, 2 eggs + tomatoes, cheese, spices al a gusto > 160° C, ca. 20 min
Running Mantra or favorite quote: "it's all about focus"
]]>“The secret isn’t in your legs, but in your strength of mind.”
Sporadically dragged into the Amsterdam Rembrandt and Vondelpark, Jean-Paul got in his early 30’s introduced and simultaneously forced to get off the couch and start running by his girlfriend - the hard way.
He took running to the next level when moving from Amsterdam to the city of Haarlem about 10 years ago. And looking back, that makes total sense when having the luxury of calling dunes and beach your backyard.
Fast forward about 15 years he runs wherever and whenever he can. Whether that is on streets, tarmac or trails. However, the latter is what he enjoys most lately and also introduced him to the world of endurance sports.
Running (fast) half marathons had to make room for (ultra) trail events all over the place. Must be said that Jean-Paul picks his race events wisely and doesn’t sign up for a race every other week. He likes the adventure involved in running events and loves traveling places to participate in an event. Especially when there are mountains involved. Years ago you’ll found him shredding on his snowboard down mountains. Nowadays it’s the other way round and is it the elevation by running up mountains to refocus and what makes him stoked to participate in an event.
If not running, you’ll find Jean-Paul either visiting hardcore shows, expanding his vinyl collection buying wax on the world wide web, spending time with family and friends, or traveling places to eat the best plant based food you can possibly think of.
„Winning isn’t about finishing in first place.
It isn’t about beating others. It is about overcoming yourself.
Overcoming your body, your limitations and your fears.
Winning means surpassing yourself and turning your dreams into reality”
- Kilian Jornet
First race ever (date, place, time): Like pretty much everybody else you’ll never forget about your first race. My first race was a half marathon in a small place called IJsselstein. Saturday May 26th, 2012 was the day. The hottest day of the year. And for that I had to pay the price. Nine or ten km into the race I ended up having the worst allergy attack you can possibly imagine. Completely destroyed while running in the middle of meadows, freshly clipped grass and hay bales. Had a hard time breathing and making it through these 8 or so never-ending kilometers until being back on the road running the final stretch far away from meadows and back to normal breathing. Despite the not so proper introduction it tasted like more. So I continued training and setting new goals. In the beginning I was mostly running street races, but over the course of years switched to running more off road from spending countless hours running loose sand, beach, dunes and the infamous Dutch mountains in Zuid-Limburg.
Favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Easy one and obvious answer; each and every item that futures one of my designs. Just kidding of course. Pgwoodcraft items I really like are more functional ones as the Adventure Bag and Top Loader Backpack.
Favorite race event: So far all races were great and come with a good story. I guess I pick my races wisely and do not show up at the start of a race every other week.
The good (about running): Exploring (new) places & taking things to the next level by challenging yourself.
The bad (about running): Injuries
The ugly (about running): The moment that everyone bumps into, especially when in a long race; the moment you encounter the man with the hammer.
Top5 Running Songs: I barely run while listening music. When I do it’s during a recovery run or when working my way back into shape from an injury. When listening to music it has to be stirring and preferable hardcore or punk influenced music. However, occasionally singing a long to music from Dave Hause, Cave In or Rise Against while out running might also happen.
Top5 Ever Songs: Music has always played a big role in my life. Always eager to dig into new music. Grew up listening to new wave and dark wave music in the 80s. Tape trading is what we did back in the day which led to receiving a tape one time of which one side was songs by acts like The Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim & Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. On the flip side of that same tape I got a 45 minutes introduction to punk and hardcore with bands like Minor Threat, Negazione, CCM, Dead Kennedies, Discharge and so on. From that moment on it went all downhill with my taste in music. From new wave to punk and eventually hardcore. Picking favorite songs is a difficult task for sure. I just like too many styles and think that each genre has flawless bands. Since hardcore music easily is my driving force for the past 30+ years I should stick to this genre and drop names of bands like Bad Brains, Gorilla Biscuits, The Hope Conspiracy, Cro-Mags, Unbroken and Youth Of Today. All great bands that stood the test of time in my humble opinion.
Favorite Pre-Race meal: There is not really a pre-race meal that works best for me. But I learned during the course of years that I have to make sure to eat my own food and not rely on food from others. Usually I eat rice mixed with sweet potatoes, a lot of veggies and some sort of tofu or seitan chunks in the mix. Aside from training on eating food while running, I usually start changing my way of eating a week prior to a race.
Favorite Post-Race meal: When done racing I can’t eat for quite some time and basically live off water for the first couple of hours. But, when I start craving for food it’s mostly salty natural chips, candy and ice cream. Loading up on salt and sugar. Speaking of sugar, a Vitamalz always works top notch for me after a race. Basically making up for all the greasy junkfood I missed out on while prepping for a race.
Wanna share a recipe? Am a sucker for good salads. Here’s one of my favorites, a salad with quinoa and chickpeas.
We are taling 4 portions here. This is a great dish for lunch or dinner. It contains good fats (olive oil), green vegetables (broccoli), whole grain cereals (quinoa) and proteins (chickpeas).
Ingredients
- 100 g quinoa
- 240 ml of water
- 425 gr chickpeas, drained
- 110 gr broccoli, chopped into small florets
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- pinch of dried tarragon
- 2 tsp coarse mustard
- 3 pinch of salt
Preparation
Boil quinoa with water in a small pan over high heat. Lower the heat, put a lid on the pan and let the quinoa simmer until it is tender and the water has been absorbed. This takes around 20 minutes.
Put the cooked quinoa in a mixing bowl. Add cickpeas, broccoli, garlic, lemon juice, tarragon, mustard and olive oil, plus a pinch of salt. Stir until everything is mixed.
Bon appetit!
]]>First race ever: Sport Scheck Run - Nürnberg - 03.10.15 - 59:53
Started running because: Not enough TIme for Cycling
Best race ever: Berlin Marathon 2017
Favorite race event: Bleilochlauf
The good (about running): Freedom
The bad (about running): Blisters
The ugly (about running): Bleeding Nipples
Favorite Pgwoodcraft item: StreetJustice Singlet
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Songs ever:
Pre-Race meal: Buritto
Post-Race meal: Buritto
Mantra / Quote: “Talent lies not in our genes but in our minds.” (Bernd Heinrich)
Running since: 2005
First race ever: 2006, 5km in Brugge, during a holiday
Why did you start running: Because of the stupid reason that I wanted to loose some weight
Your best race ever: Oliebollenloop in Gorredijk. 10 km: 41:43 (2014)
Favorite race event: Not one in particular but I like small races. Nothing big, nothing fancy, just some runners and the clock.
The good (about running): clearing the head
The bad (about running): I really don’t know.
The ugly (about running): my toes
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: running with attitude singlet
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Ever Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Pasta
Favorite Post-Race meal: Pie
Wanna share a recipe? No
Running Mantra or favorite quote: "It is simple: just put one foot in front of the other and keep going."
]]>Running since: 2006 but not like real running...
First race ever (date, place, time): Bleilochlauf 2009, 22km
Why did you start running: Because I had the time to do it.
Your best race ever: Hamburg Marathon 2018
Favorite race event: Bleilochlauf, Challenge Prague, Whew100 Run‘n‘bike
The good (about running): Freedom, Nature, selfdetermination, Crewrunshangouts, can always eat a lot
The bad (about running): Having to eat a lot
The ugly (about running): Feet and toes
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: Waistbag (thanx Henning!)
Top5 Running Songs:
Top5 Ever Songs:
Favorite Pre-Race meal: Green Smoothie, Milchreis
Favorite Post-Race meal: Hummussausage, Proteinsmoothie
]]>Running since: I started running when I was in grade school.
First race ever (date, place, time): EVER? Grade school.
Why did you start running: Because I liked the idea of a sport that I could challenge myself with and do by myself.
Your favorite Pgwoodcraft item: The mugs, sports bra and varsity jacket!
Top5 Running Songs: Hiking/Climb/Mountaineering/Cycling Songs: Truthfully, I do more hiking, climbing, cycling and mountaineering these days. So, these would be for those days! I like more chill stuff when I’m doing anything physical. Mostly post-rock.
Top5 Ever Songs: Toughest question EVER. I’m just going with lately! This changes with mood, age, everything!
Favorite Pre- Hike/Climb/Ride meal: Sorry! No carbs! Usually anything that involves lots of coconut oil and dark chocolate!
Favorite Post Hike/Climb/Ride: same as above!
Wanna share a recipe? Ketogenic friendly brownies!
Favorite quote: “The best alpinist are the ones with the worst memories.” Jimmy Chin - this quote speaks to me and I’m sure with many people on so many levels.
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