Werner Sonntag (journalist)

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Werner Sonntag at the Graubünden Marathon 2003
Werner Sonntag at the 2004 Elbtunnel Marathon

Werner Sonntag (born June 22, 1926 in Görlitz in Lower Silesia ) is a German journalist , running pioneer and author. As an apologist for adventure and ultra long distance running, he dealt extensively with the psychology of running.

Born in Görlitz, he switched to journalism after completing his training as a new teacher . In 1952 he moved from East Berlin to the Federal Republic of Germany .

He worked as a newspaper and magazine editor until 1991, including 17 years for the Stuttgarter Zeitung . He was also an employee of other papers - including ZEIT , Spiridon , Volkssport and "Runner's World" - and editor-in-chief of Condition. Since 2002 he has been writing a weekly column in the Internet magazine "LaufReport".

In 2003 he was awarded the Media Award of the Munich Marathon , in 2006 with the Adolf Weidmann Prize, and in 2014 with the Horst Milde Award.

Running career

Werner Sonntag started running on medical advice in 1966. His first two marathons were in Baarn and in the Black Forest in 1968 .

  • In 1972 he first took part in the 100 km from Biel .
  • In 1981 he took part in the Deutschlandlauf (pilot study by Prof. Jung) over 1092 km in 20 days.
  • In 1993 he became European champion in the M 60 age group at the 1st Veterans Championship in the 100 km run in Palamós .
  • 1989 finisher of the Spartathlon in 35:21:19 hours, 1990 in 35:37:14. Both times he was the oldest participant. In 1992 he ended the Spartathlon with a delay and was therefore not rated.

Werner Sonntag ran 339 marathons and ultramarathons.

He also set up the first running club in Stuttgart in 1974 and helped found the Schönbuch Marathon .

Publications

  • At some point you have to go to Biel. Confessions of a hundred-kilometer runner. Edition Spiridon, Düsseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-922011-00-4
  • Have fun running. Jogging for Health. Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen 1979, ISBN 3806804702
  • More than a marathon. Handbook for ultra cross-country skiers. Meyer and Meyer, Aachen
  • Fit with running. Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen 1988, ISBN 3806823154
  • Challenge marathon. Reports, experiences, advice. Pietsch, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3613500876
  • Operations in progress. “Sometime you have to go to Biel” and other literary texts about running. Publishing house Laufen und Leben, Ostfildern 1996, ISBN 398028350X
  • Fighting lust. About the eroticism of body encounters in a duel. Description of a scene. When women fight and men watch: emancipation, stimulation, obsession? Publishing house Laufen und Leben, Ostfildern 2002, ISBN 3980283526
  • with Ilse Gutjahr (ed.): Sport and wholefood nutrition. emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 2004, ISBN 3891891083
  • Biel June nights. The 100 km run in Biel / Bienne. Facets of a running anniversary. A guide for first-time riders. Publishing house Laufen und Leben, Ostfildern 2008
  • More than a marathon - ways to ultra running. Sportwelt Verlag , Betzenstein 2013, ISBN 9783941297289

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Athletics: Werner Sonntag received the Horst Milde Award ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) in: DOSB-Presse No. 43, October 21, 2014 (pdf, 406 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dosb.de
  2. ↑ 100 Marathon Club Deutschland eV: Download statistics. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sunday, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and long-distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz