Team Schnitzel to fundraise for Facing Africa!

Teams Hurt2Help and Schnitzel prepare for the 2010 TransAlpineRun

in aid of the Facing Africa charity.

Let's get to know our new fundraisers a little better .. 

Hurt2Help with Shawn Matthews (tallest!) and Dave Mather 

Pic courtesy of Sarah Heaney Photography

30th July 2010

Hey guys

Thank you for agreeing to bare your soul in an attempt to make our blog a little more glamourous by featuring TEAM SCHnitzel .. and thank you for agreeing to help fundraise for Facing Africa! Good to know people will benefit from all our exertions!!

OK. Here we go ..

* what other endurance events have you done? not necessarily "races" so to speak but anything slightly mad and possibly painful is good to know

SM ..... Mt Stewart next to Townsville RAAF Base a couple of times. Once the long way on the road on a pushbike and once "straight line bushbashing" on foot (hard to tell which was more painful, probably the bike. No planning, no preparation, no puncture repair kit! It was the last 10 kilometers running with the bike the makes it the winner!) @2005 - Alps climbing / Matterhorn (hardest single day thing I've ever done!)@ 2008 - Various Jebels West of here (not hard necessarily, just stupid) @2009 - Jordan Marathon @2010

DM .....clearly the MdS - with you guys. Have you forgotten already? I was just ahead of you!

*when did you decide to do this race? SM ...... your garage (Australia) - foose ball and beer @Feb 2009?

DM ...... 18 Sep 2009, about 9pm and I was in the bar (pissed). You twisted my arm.......... the rest is just hearsay

* how long have you been training for this race?

SM ........ Jan 2010

DM ....... since you convinced me it was about time I got off my arse and stopped eating all the pies

* what is your typical day? how often do you train and doing what?

SM .... midweek: an hour gym (weights) and an hour treadmill or tyre dragging - weekend: extended period of time "on feet"; 3 - 4 hours running or hiking hills or yomping with heavy pack or tyre dragging etc

DM .... to avoid working for a living. Regular interval training using minimal effort and maximum intervals. About 11 o'clock, wibble.

* what is your favourite training session?

SM ......... I like the rest day

DM .........anything followed by pizza. The TransAlp is merely an excuse to finish an overly-long training session in Italy.

* what is your nutrition strategy?

SM ........ training: stop smoking cigars 6 weeks before the race - racing: at least one Schnitzel every day!

DM ........ eat to stimulate at least 4 bowel movts before the race and then gorge myself like it's Ramadan afterwards

* what will be your next event after this one?

SM ........ 6 foot track run Feb 2011

DM ....... much easier

* assuming you are happy to be essentially running for the Facing Africa charity now .. how do you feel about that?

SM ....... any raising of awareness as to the plight of those less fortunate than us "fat, soft westerners" is a good thing

DM ...... I'm doing what??

* a little-known fact about you is .. ??

SM ...... why, what have you heard

DM ..... I've only got big known facts

* what is the first thing you will be doing once you have conquered the TransAlpine??

SM ........ Beer and Schnitzel

DM .......conquering my wife

Thanks kids .. I think we all know you a little better now .. frighteningly so!!

Now let's hope this soul baring brings in the cash for Facing Africa ..

Shell  ;-))