Tim's Blog!

On the 8th of August I am running the 14km Sun-Herald City2Surf. But I am not doing it alone, I am in a team. There are two of us.  I guess you could say we are team ‘Matthew and Tim’.  In this team we both have our designated positions. I am in charge of the running side of things and Matthew is the ‘general morale and encouragement officer’. Both roles are very important to achieving a good run in the City2Surf.
Team ‘Matthew and Tim’ was formed  through a very special charity …

Here is the article written in the Sun-Herald last Sunday,

HEATHER QUINLAN
July 18, 2010

HI-5 star Tim Maddren has thousands of young fans, but he will have one very special supporter cheering him on in The Sun-Herald City2Surf presented by Westpac.
Maddren has chosen to run in the City2Surf on August 8 for a child who can’t – Matthew Van Hoek, 11, of Bonnyrigg, who has a neuromuscular disease and uses a wheelchair.
Matthew, who enjoys all kinds of sports and the high-energy singing and dancing of Hi-5, met Maddren at a Starlight Children’s …

As some of you may know, a few months ago two of my close friends challenged me to enter into the ‘Sun Herald City to Surf’ fun run on August the 8th this year.
I officially took up the challenge and for the last last few weeks whilst filming Hi-5′s 12th series I have been training for this 14km run.
Yes it has been a challenge, filming usually starts a 7:00 am and having to be up at 5:am in the middle of winter consistently has been a new experience, to say …