Bernd Heinrich

Bernd Heinrich ( born April 19, 1940 in Bad Polzin ) is a retired German - American professor of biology at the University of Vermont. He has become known worldwide through his research on bumblebees, wild geese and ravens. In addition, he is also a successful marathon and ultra-long- distance runner.

Life

Bernd Heinrich's family came from West Prussia. His father was the biologist Gerd Heinrich. The family had to flee from Poland in 1945 and lived after the Second World War, five years in a small cabin in the woods Hahnheide at Trittau near Hamburg until they emigrated in 1950 to Maine (USA).

Bernd Heinrich has a PhD in zoology and received two honorary doctorates. He is the author of several fiction and non- among other winners of the John Burroughs Medal.

Bernd Heinrich is a U.S. citizen. He lives in Hinesburg, Vermont, and in a log cabin in his forest in Maine.

Career as a marathon and ultra-long distance runners, records

Bernd Heinrich is an excellent long-distance runner. 40 - year old, he ran a marathon in 2:25.

A year later, at his first participation in a 100 - km race he won in 1981 in Chicago in a time of 6:38:21, which at that time meant a world record on the road and a U.S. record, which held 14 years old. In 1983 he turned 156 miles and 1388 yards ( 252.327 km ) a new U.S. record over 24 hours and on May 19, 1984 a new U.S. record in the 100 miles ( 160.9 km, cinder track ) in 12:27:01 which has not been undercut today.

In 2007 he was admitted as the second man after Ted Corbitt into the Hall of Fame of the American Ultrarunning Association. His own experience of running and comparisons of human and animal endurance events he describes in his book "Running ".

Writings

The books by Bernd Heinrich are original published in English. The following table shows which books have been published in German translation.