The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon may just be six-years old, but it has already started getting entries from marathoners who have completed as many as 190. u00a0 The organisers have confirmed that German Guenter Heyer will be the first participant ever to grace SCMM with these many full or ultra marathons to his credit. 
<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y-FpZhzi_5Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y-FpZhzi_5Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> The 71-year-old Heyer, who will be competing in his 191st marathon on Sunday, was inspired by famous German singer Freddy Quinn's song 'Once to Bombay, once to Hawai'. "Mumbai is a very good place and the people here are nice," said Heyer, a friend of another centurion marathoner German-based Indian Hirendra Kurani. Kurani will be running his 131st marathon. u00a0 Heyer, a retired marine officer, first ran his full marathon at the age of 61 in Hamburg. "I did another a few months later just to see whether I could do it again. And since then I have just got addicted," he said. "In the last year, Heyer has done close to 80 marathons," informed Kurani. Heyer was inclined towards sports but he never thought running would become his passion. "I was an avid boxer. I would run 5km races but a 42km race was unimaginable," he said. Diet details... Heyer's food mainly comprises a lot of whole multi-grain bread. He also consumes a lot of fresh fruits. Germans generally eat a lot of meat, but Heyer prefers eating less meat as he believes that in endurance running, a lot of carbohydrates and less of protein is required. Training schedule... heyer runs five times a week covering a distance of nine kilometres each time. Apart from that, he swims a lot and even does gymnastics to keep up his fitness levels.

The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon may just be six-years old, but it has already started getting entries from marathoners who have completed as many as 190.

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