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Hamburg (Germany)E-mail: chhottas@debitel.net Website: http://www.hottas-privat.de Occupation: physician (general & sports medicine, chiropractor) Height: 171 cm Weight: 86 kg Birthplace: Essen (Germany) Date of birth: 05.03.1956 Years running: 14 Years running ultras: 14 Shoes I wear: Asics, Lunge Favourite Running Surface: Everything: trail, track, indoor, road Some ultras I have completed: Grand Union Canal 145 Mile Trail Race Birmingham to London (Longest & hardest race in UK), 72 hours Deventer/NED 2000, 48 hours road Cologne/GER 1998&1999, 48 hours indoor Brno/CZE 2000, UltraCentric 48 hours track Dallas/TX 2000, 24 hours Scharnebek/GER 1996&1998, 24 hours Basel/SUI 1993, 100 K Unna/GER 1988&1990, South Downs Way Run 80 M (England) 1996&1997, Compton Downland Challenge 40 M (England) 1997&1998, Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos/SUI 78 K (5 times), 100 K Biel/SUI (4 times), Georgsmarienhütter Null 50 K (Germany, 17 times), Lübeck to Hamburg 75 K (Germany, 5 times) PBs: Marathon 2:59:20 (1990) - 50 K 3:54:20 (1990) - 100 K road 8:14:51 (1990) - 100 K track 8:41:58 (1992) - 100 M indoor 25:01:03 (2000) - 200 K indoor 33:53:51 (2000) - 150 M indoor 45:30:11 (2000) - 250 K indoor 47:08:51 (2000) - 6 hours road 59.513 K (1998) - 6 hours track 53.998 (1999) - 12 hours road 122.765 K (1989) - 24 hours road 166.110 K (1996) - 24 hours indoor 155.000 K (2000) - 48 hours track 234.000 K (2000) - 48 hours road 234.918 K (1998) - 48 hours indoor 256.973 K (2000) - 72 hours road 286.137 K (2000) Best Performances: 4th place 1991 & 5th place 1992 in the German 100 K track Championships -- 11th place (men) in the IAU World Championships 48 Hours 2000 in Brno/CZE -- German team record 12 hours road (since 1996) Ultra Achievement: 3rd unsupported finisher all-time in the Grand Union Canal 145 Mile Race Birmingham to London 1998 -- one of only two unsupported double-finishers all-time in the same event (1998 & 2000) Typical training week: Often nothing - just one or two marathons/ultras on a weekend, but now (with the Virtual Races Across Ontario and Around Australia) 16 K on Wednesday and 6-10 K on the other days. Injury history: Nothing serious. Favourite ultra foods: Hot soup, cake. Favourite ultra beverages: Coke, juice, "Malzbier" (German sweet alcohol-free beer) Things I like most about ultras: The atmosphere and the friendship among the runners, running often more together than against each other. The respect shown for other runner's results. To challenge my limits. Things I hate most about ultras: Should I hate something? What got me started on ultras: Just to prove how it feels running more than marathons. Ultras I would like to do: Hardrock, Rocky Racoon, Badwater, Spartathlon (Greece), West Highland Way Race (Scotland), Spreelauf (Germany), Pieter-ROG-pad (Netherlands), SCMT 6-day-race NY Ultra Heroes: Nobody - Honour for everybody because everybody is a winner. Ultra Quotation: Not being crazy is also not normal. (Gar nicht verrückt, ist auch nicht normal!) Other comments: I am Vice-chairman, statistician & RD of the "100 Marathon Club Germany" -- 450 marathons/ultras from April 1987 to April 2000 -- 35 marathons/ultras (29 marathons, 3 50 K, 2 60 K & 1 100 K) with a stroller with my daughter Jana 1992-1995. Recently finished the 1st marathon ever run in a mine: the 100 year old salt mine in Sondershausen (GER), 700 m under the surface and 500 m under sea level which means that this is the deepest (previously the Elbtunnel-Marathon in Hamburg/GER whose RD Christian is) and the lowest (previously the Dead Sea Marathon in Jordan) marathon in the world . The conditions: 27-31°C. 30-40% humidity, about 720 metres climb and descent, often steep and slippery; result: 23rd place, 5:08:46 h. Mar 2001 |
