Hello, I am Thomas De Bock, 31 years old and working as a doctoral student at the research group of sports management at UGent. In between working hours I run a lot of kilometres, mostly in preparation of a marathon. In the past, I have already tasted European and World Championships but I still have two major goals in my athletics career, namely to run under 2h10 at the marathon and qualifying for the Olympic marathon in 2024.
My discipline
Athletics - marathon -> Runners' lab Athletics Team
Number of hours’ training per week
20 hours
My personal records
- Marathon: 2h10'17
- Half marathon: 1h03'25
- Ten miles antwerp: 48min15 sec
My greatest sporting achievements
42nd World Championship Marathon in Doha
