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Mile 26 at the 2006 Rio Del Lago 100 Mile Endurance Run.	Name:  Jakob Herrmann Gender:  Male Profession:  Senior Web Programmer Age:  37 Height:  5'10" Current Weight:  170 lb Goal Weight:  160 lb Location:  Anaheim Hills, CA Home page:  jakob.smugmug.com/Sports
About me:  One day, for no particular reason, I went out into nature for a run and never looked back. That day was in mid-April 2005. I was 195 pounds on a 5'10" body frame, 29% body fat and had not done any sports whatsoever in over 20 years. To add more insult to this I am a computer programmer who's sitting on his butt for hours at a time. Why do I run:  Things have changed a little bit since mid-April 2005. Within 2 weeks, on May 1st, 2005, I ran my first 5K. Thirdy days later my first 10K. Only a week later I couldn't resist and tried my first half marathon. I liked it so I did it again 3 weeks later. All this was fun but I wanted more so I ran my first marathon one month later on July 29, 2005. It was fun and I've finished in 4 hours 59 minutes and 58 seconds. In October I ran two more marathons and I wanted MORE. Why I started running:  I didn't bother with first running a 50K and did my first 50 miler (JFK 50) in November 19, 2005. I was sadisfied or was I? I don't think so. Only 4 months later I ran my first 100K in France. And about 6 months later, pretty much 1.5 years after starting running, I ran my first 100 miler, the Rio del Lago 100, which I finished in 28 hours and 55 minutes. My dream running goal is to finish Badwater in less than 48 hours -->SOON<--