Name: Claudia

Nationality: German

Profession: Marketing Communications Manager

Kids: Two radiant children.

Current city of residence: Munich (Laim)

Place of origin: Medebach, a small village in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany

Places I’ve travelled: USA, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa, Egypt, Philippines, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, France, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Moscow, Russia, Hungary… sure I forgot something. ;) 

Sports: Running, Dancing (unfortunately mostly only in our living room with the kids, but I used to dance Tango Argentino regularly and would love to go again more often and take ballet or other dance classes)

Focus: Staying physically and mentally healthy and kicking butt in general.

Favorite discipline: 5 to 10k runs

Recent races: Salzburg 10k 2019; Tegernsee 10k 2018; Munich Marathon Relay 2019 and 2018; München Olympia-Alm Crosslauf Barfusslauf, Novebmer 201; ISPO Munich Night Run, 10k, 2020, Ostermarathon München 2020 (virtual race, marathon distance in 4 days); 1. virtueller Wettkampf HelpAge Deutschland - Half marathon distance, May 2020; and with the virtual half marathon, I achieved a new PB: 2:05:26.

Hardest part of being a Momlete: Finding the time to run or do other sports and not eating my kids’ chocolate when they are out of the house.

P.R.: Half Marathon: 2:12; 10k: 56:57; 5k: 25:58 .

Favorite city to run: I prefer running in nature, but if I have to choose a city... I’d go for Barcelona. And Munich is really great for running because of the beautiful parks. I live close to Nymphenburg park and love to run there.   

Favorite quote: I have a couple of favourite ones, but this one is great for busy moms: “Someone busier than you is running right now”

Most surprising thing people don’t know about you: When I was a student, I won a cooking show against a professional cook. :)