Born in 1965 in Germany, I migrated to the Netherlands in 2004. Here I took up running again and until 2022 I will participate in a large number of running events with distances such as Marathon, half Marathon, 15k, 10k-quarter marathon, 5k at home and abroad. As a certified running trainer, I provide training to a running group within PAC Rotterdam on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on Saturday mornings to a group of runners, some of whom are following a 12-week course, for example in preparation for the Rotterdam quarter marathon or the Bruggenloop.

Every runner is unique. That can make group training difficult. And yet I always try to combine both, the social aspect of group training with the individuality of each runner within the group. Integrating the personal goal of the runner into group training, the observation of the group but also of the runner himself, a view of safe training and the monitoring of the running economy of a single runner... that makes training so beautiful and alternately and then the smile when the goal is achieved... this is why I do it