100km walk? Done!

[Fatt Max]

Yes indeed my lovelies,

Just back in Auckland now after completing the 100km OXFAM Trailwalk with the team Shaken Not Stirred, jeez that was fecking hard work.

We started at 7.00am on Saturday and all in all the walk took us 30 hours and 30 minutes to complete including 7 check points to replensih water and food supplies, pop blisters and general running repairs.

The terrain was paddock, track and trail with some facking HUGE hills. one in particular would have been only slightly easier if we had a ladder.

We walked all day Saturday, through Saturday night (fecking cold) and into Sunday. I celebrated my birthday in the pitch black in some fecking paddock just outside Taupo on the Napier highway....not a single beer in sight....

We all picked up some pretty nasty injuries, mine in particular will keep me off the bike for a few days but we battled through it and made the finish line in one piece.

The man aim of this was to raise money for OXFAM. Our team pledged $2,500 and we managed to exceed that so thats all good.

So thats it, walked 100kms at the weekend and have got myself a medal and blisters the size of my arse.....and that is huge.

Thanks for all the support from you lovely people at KB, all I need now is a dozen beers and a good nights kip.....oh, and a shower would be nice...phew.....

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Good on you that is bloody awsome. Mind you i'll stick to 1/2 maratons that is about all i could handle. Oh and happy birthday i hope you at least got a pie. lol

[DJSin]

Congrats!!!! That is an awesome achievement :)

[Maha]

3.3 Km per hour? thats pretty good considering the terrain Mark!!
Well done buddy, now if the White Lady Pie Cart god only knows what the time might have been....:rockon:

[quickbuck]

Great Stuff Fatt Max.
Take my hat off to you.

[Genie]

Wow, I'm impressed...that is one hell of a walk and all for a worthy cause. You're a true stand up awesome fella ....enjoy the beer

[Hopeful Bastard]

Glad you walked that for me! Wonder how many steps that was.. Go do it again FM and take your Step-o-meter with ya!

Well done btw! :2thumbsup:

[SMOKEU]

Even a 1km walk is enough of a mish.

[quickbuck]

Wonder how many steps that was.. Go do it again FM and take your Step-o-meter with ya!



We could quite safely assume the average step (on the flat) is 70cm...
Believe me, thousands of troops march to a 70 cm pace....

This would make it 142847 steps...

There aren't many pedometers that would count that high....

[Edbear]

Was that you on the TV1 news asking where the bakery shops were..?

[Mudfart]

did you swap out the st johns support vehicle for a mr whippy?
congrats dude thats a long walk.

[Oakie]

Good job fella. Shame your football team couldn't quite live up to your example.

[Fatt Max]

Was that you on the TV1 news asking where the bakery shops were..?

Ha ha, yep mate that was me on the Close Up programme. I saw the film crew on the course but didnt think for one minute that they would put this fat bastard on National TV. The chick doing the interviewing was very nice though, shame that poor girl had to pull out at 65km but thst is still an amazing distance gawd bless her

And no, there was not a single pie in sight although I did get a sausage roll at 1am Sunday morning at check point 4........mmmm

[Fatt Max]

Good job fella. Shame your football team couldn't quite live up to your example.

I know, what a bastard. Still, good on Pompey, they deserve a break them lads

[Edbear]

Ha ha, yep mate that was me on the Close Up programme. I saw the film crew on the course but didnt think for one minute that they would put this fat bastard on National TV. The chick doing the interviewing was very nice though, shame that poor girl had to pull out at 65km but thst is still an amazing distance gawd bless her

And no, there was not a single pie in sight although I did get a sausage roll at 1am Sunday morning at check point 4........mmmm

LOL!!! I pointed you out to the Missus! I was sure it was you, especially with a comment like that! Well done, I couldn't walk that far if my life depended on it!

[MSTRS]

Ya done good. Any excuse to get on the telly eh?

[FJRider]

Bloody well done mate ...

[Hopeful Bastard]

Ha ha, yep mate that was me on the Close Up programme. I saw the film crew on the course but didnt think for one minute that they would put this fat bastard on National TV. The chick doing the interviewing was very nice though, shame that poor girl had to pull out at 65km but thst is still an amazing distance gawd bless her

And no, there was not a single pie in sight although I did get a sausage roll at 1am Sunday morning at check point 4........mmmm


I just had to to tvnz on demand just to watch ya on Close up. hahaha. Gotta love the Bakery shops now eh matey?

[Mom]

Nice! I have the grin too now. Well done you!

[quickbuck]

I just had to to tvnz on demand just to watch ya on Close up. hahaha. Gotta love the Bakery shops now eh matey?

Gotta love how the reporter put the "Some not so focused" spin on that.....
Was obvious Max was VERY determined, and just having a laugh.

Wastching it reminds me how bloody cold it was up there in the weekend.
Again, it was a top effort!

[Pixie]

Ha ha, yep mate that was me on the Close Up programme. I saw the film crew on the course but didnt think for one minute that they would put this fat bastard on National TV. The chick doing the interviewing was very nice though, shame that poor girl had to pull out at 65km but thst is still an amazing distance gawd bless her

And no, there was not a single pie in sight although I did get a sausage roll at 1am Sunday morning at check point 4........mmmm

Ha Ha,when I saw that clip,I thought to myself:"that guy sounds just like Fatt Max"

[chanceyy]

on ya fatty & brilliant job :) seen closeup but had visitor so must go back & have another view

[kiwifruit]

Epic! Well done sir

[yungatart]

Well done you!
I saw you on the telly...you are right, you are fat!

[Edbear]

Well done you!
I saw you on the telly...you are right, you are fat!

Observant and tactful.... :laugh:

[Blackshear]

Good fuckin work man, I don't know how you did it.
I walked 30k's once, and I'm never walking that fucking far again so help me god :D

[Fatt Max]

Well done you!
I saw you on the telly...you are right, you are fat!

Brilliant.......!!!

[Toaster]

Huge effort! well done!

[yungatart]

Brilliant.......!!!

Yeah, okay...brilliant too!

[Smifffy]

On ya Fatt Max!!

saw you at my work yesterday!

http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=SOFT+STORAGE&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=501200M&SDesc=FatMax%26%23174%3B+Xtreme%26%23153%3B+Tool+B ag

[Fatt Max]

On ya Fatt Max!!

saw you at my work yesterday!

http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=SOFT+STORAGE&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=501200M&SDesc=FatMax%26%23174%3B+Xtreme%26%23153%3B+Tool+B ag

Bleh, busted again....!!

[Fatt Max]

Not the best quality but will give you an idea of how ugly the team was......

[Maha]

Dear God! did you walk up Mt Tauhara?
I did that years ago when I lived in Taupo...perhaps 1984?

[Fatt Max]

Dear God! did you walk up Mt Tauhara?
I did that years ago when I lived in Taupo...perhaps 1984?

Not sure if that was the name of it but it was a fecking huge hill just past the Quarry on Scoria Road there.

Its about a 400m climb over 1.5km's so.....feck, it was steep. Stinking hot as well but we made it to the top.......we still had about 80km's to go as well.......

[Edbear]

Dear God! did you walk up Mt Tauhara?
I did that years ago when I lived in Taupo...perhaps 1984?

Hmmm.. We lived in Taupo from 1980 - 1990... Looked at Mt Tauhara, never felt the need to climb it...

[Maha]

Hmmm.. We lived in Taupo from 1980 - 1990... Looked at Mt Tauhara, never felt the need to climb it...

I might have been your neighbour??.....:shifty:

[Edbear]

I might have been your neighbour??.....:shifty:

Wairakei Village, Kauri Dr. until '85. Taupo Motor Camp as Assistant Caretaker for a year, then 6 Elizabeth Place, '87-'90.

[cc rider]

Mark, great respect for your determination & unfailing conviction to help others. I just got here on Monday, so would love to see you on telly if anyone has a link.
Am proud of you friend :hug:
Congrats to your whole team & support crew. All bloody good bastards :laugh:

CC

[vifferman]

Wow! That's some feat, Mr Max. Well done, Sir! :niceone:

[caseye]

Mark, great respect for your determination & unfailing conviction to help others. I just got here on Monday, so would love to see you on telly if anyone has a link.
Am proud of you friend :hug:
Congrats to your whole team & support crew. All bloody good bastards :laugh:

CC

Here ya go Cobber!
http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/oxfam-trailwalker-and-one-woman-s-everest-3459741/video
Max my mate, well done aye.

[Maha]

Wairakei Village, Kauri Dr. until '85. Taupo Motor Camp as Assistant Caretaker for a year, then 6 Elizabeth Place, '87-'90.

Nup sorry Ed, I moved around alot but not to any of those places.
Tamatea rd/Rotokawa rd (off Spa rd) 5 Mile Bay and another but cant think of the name (one of the main roads in town Irvine and Sterns used to be on it)

[Edbear]

Nup sorry Ed, I moved around alot but not to any of those places.
Tamatea rd/Rotokawa rd (off Spa rd) 5 Mile Bay and another but cant think of the name (one of the main roads in town Irvine and Sterns used to be on it)

Oh, well, probably saw you around town anyway, What were you doing there, workwise? :Offtopic:

[Maha]

Oh, well, probably saw you around town anyway, What were you doing there, workwise? :Offtopic:

Flooring (Carpet Layer) worked for a bloke called Alan McGrory.

[Edbear]

Flooring (Carpet Layer) worked for a bloke called Alan McGrory.

Memory's a bit vague now, probably knew of him then. 'Twas a long time ago, now! We did get a new Axminster laid in our house in Wairakei... May have been him who did it.

[Bass]

Yes indeed my lovelies,

Just back in Auckland now after completing the 100km OXFAM Trailwalk with the team Shaken Not Stirred, jeez that was fecking hard work.

.....

My wife was one of the group from the Auckland College of Massage who were dishing out freebees at the finish line - trying to get people's legs working again.
She tells me that the fastest group completed the 100 km in 14.5 hours. I think that's amazing.
She has inveigled my daughter-in-law and 2 of her nieces to have a crack at it next year (no pun intended).

[Fatt Max]

My wife was one of the group from the Auckland College of Massage who were dishing out freebees at the finish line - trying to get people's legs working again.
She tells me that the fastest group completed the 100 km in 14.5 hours. I think that's amazing.
She has inveigled my daughter-in-law and 2 of her nieces to have a crack at it next year (no pun intended).

Shit, those massage people were great.

I thought the best time was more like 13 hours, but whatever, These guys fecking RAN the 100km's, that is just incredible especially the mountains we had to climb over. They are true legends.

I would say to anyone who is keen to have a crack at it. The money raised is to a great cause and it is a way of giving something back to the world. The personal challenge is the other thing. To back yourself to walk 100km's is a real goer, it gives so much perspective on human nature.

Good on yer missus for rubbing tired and worn limbs, they were brilliant...!!

[shafty]

Great Effort Fatt Max - awesome - love the Vid too - excellent crack!