TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN ORIGINAL USING GOOGLE TRANSLATOR - The history of the marathon race is filled with curiosities, tragedies and triumphs athletics like no other discipline. Even in modern times produces the race over 42.195 kilometers dramas and surprises. So, for example, made it 2004 with the London Marathon a hobby runner up for the British Olympic team to qualify: Tracey Morris boosted their record at that time to over an hour in 2:33:52 hours and took place in Athens team alongside Paula Radcliffe Weltrekordlerin again . She was in Greece even before the superstar in the target, because Radcliffe abandoned.The comparison to Tracey Morris does not fit completely, but there is a similarity: Tobias Sauter (SG Spergau) is the fifth man of the German marathon team at the World Championships in Berlin at the starting line. Who is Tobias Sauter? The 25-year-old marathon runner has no association classical background but comes originally from the group of ambitious amateur runners. Since last autumn, however, is his coach Waldemar Cierpinski latest and Tobias Sauter has worked professionally for the target World Cup participation. "To achieve the possible, must always be attempted the impossible" - this slogan of the writer Hermann Hesse Tobias Sauter has a slogan on his website, to match the current development of his career.
With 2:17:27 hours, which Tobias Sauter in Dusseldorf in early May in ninth for the World Cup qualifying, playing in an international men's marathon course a long time does not matter. You know Tobias Sauter and Waldemar Cierpinski only too well. But it is the current path of the runner from Leonberg near Stuttgart, the hope for further significant gains can be.
As a young child and played Tobias Sauter, in the Stuttgart region has become a big, first football and tennis. By running a long time, he had nothing in mind. "My first run was a 5-kilometer race in Stuttgart. At that time I had Gehpausen appeal, "says Tobias Sauter, when this race still has 14 years old. But the ambition had him boxed in, especially since neither he nor the football right at the tennis success. Marathon has been fascinated by him at that time, on television, he the big city runs. "It was quickly clear to me: I wanted to marathon running. But when 15-year-old organizer had me not to run. "At 16, shortly before its 17th Birthday, then he ran his debut at the Frankfurt Marathon. "I had for a time around 3:30 hours and was then trained after 3:16 in the target," says Tobias Sauter, then the training plans from RUNNER'S WORLD advantage. Thus, he had success, because in his next marathon in Hamburg as he ran 17-year-old already 2:52 hours. Tobias Sauter, 2006 was arrived at 2:26:54. "I always knew that I still can improve."
On the possibility of qualifying for a World Cup has Tobias Sauter for the first time in the summer of 2007 thought. In Essen he made in October 2008 and the next step was the first time under 2:20 hours (2:18:24). Had previously contacted him Waldemar Cierpinski and cooperation offered. "This possibility of course I could not take leave," says Tobias Sauter, who now also with the nearby resident Martin Beckmann (LG Leinfelden-Echterdingen) cooperates. Together with Falk Cierpinski (SG Spergau) were the two this year in the training camps.
The change to the club Cierpinski SG Spergau and the support of his parents allow Tobias Sauter, who is studying sports management, is currently fully committed to the running to concentrate. Waldemar Cierpinski, the three German runners carefully build. The World Cup in Berlin is the next step will be to look at the European Championships in Barcelona 2010 directed. The ultimate goal is to say, but Olympic 2012 in London.
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