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Tour de France 2007. What a disaster! As a former cyclist myself I can only say: these guys don't win or even survive the toughest race on a cream cheese bagel! Wake up and get real. There is more to it than extremely hard training, strong will and the ability to deal with severe pain. The question is: where is this fine line between what's legal and what;s not. Doping is certainly the dark spot of an otherwise great sport. And it was one of the reasons why I quit in 1989. I salut all my former cycling buddies who competed in this great race like Erik Zabel, Enrico Poitschke, Bert Dietz and Thomas Liese. Key successes during Uli's cycling career: German Youth Time Trial Champion 1985 German Youth Individual Pursuit Champion 1985 (Track) Winner Youth Spartakiade Road Race 1985 3rd International Juniorensternfahrt 1985 3rd German Junior Time Trial Championship 1986 Winner Team Time Trial Junior Spartakiade 1988 German Record 50km Time Trial Juniors 1988 Various races for the German National? Team. ... Uli's participation in recent events: 1/25/09: Miami Half-Marathon: 1:38:54 9/16/07: Phiadelphia Distance Run (13.1 mls) 1:37:49 5/6/07: Broad Street Run (Philadelphia) 10 mls 1:14:44 (ran as "Kirwan Elliott") 11/26/06: Malvern 5k: 20:55 (3rd in age class, 23rd overall) 11/19/06: Philadelphia Halfmarathon (hilly): 1:39:15 (20th in age group, 187/1954 overall) 10/29/06: Radnor Run (5mls, hilly): 37:06 10/8/06: Delaware Distance Classic 15k 1:09:42 2/26/06: WAWA stair climb 9:14 for 53 floors 10/30/05: Radnor Run (5 mls, hilly) 36:34 11/21/04: Philadelphia Marathon 3:34:49 pics Finally did the Philly Marathon. Even with the little prep, it went surprisingly well. 9/19/04: Philadelphia Distance Run (13.1 mls) 1:35:16 3/14/04: Half-Marathon in Wilmington, Delaware 1:36:04 - ooops, that one was quite hilly... 10/12/03: Chicago Marathon 3:23:25 I felt great until mile 14, good until mile 18, okay until mile 22, miles 23 and 24 were painful and mile 25 and 26 seemed to never end.... 9/21/03: Philly Distance Run (13.1 mls) 1:36:44 1/12/03: 15K in Rheinzabern, Germany 1:07:26 11/3/02: New York City Marathon (Uli's dream came true) 3:36:46 9/15/02: Philly Distance Run (13.1 mls) 1:42:05 2001: Baltimore Marathon 1996 Berlin Marathon 1994 Hamburg Marathon Frankfurt Marathon (twice) Whats else: Mountainbiking, roadbiking, scuba diving, sailing,... You'd rather like to see Bettina in action as a certified Pilates Teacher? Visit Main Line Pilates and Yoga in Paoli, PA or Club La Maison in Wayne, PA. You may also want to check out the words best dance school