Career
Four years later he placed 12th over 5000 m and 9th over 10,000 m. Schade was a baker by profession. In 1958 he retired from competitions and puiblished an autobiography Als Leichtathlet in 5 Erdteilen (As a Track and Field Athlete in Five Continents).
He then coached long-distance runners at the national level and took various administrative position in German regional athletics associations.