Trail Runner, Owner of DBA Runners, Co-Founder of Vipers RC and Capra Proudly sponsored by Nike, Red Bull and Oakley.
Matty Abel is a well-established trail runner and strength & conditioning coach based on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Starting his career in the fitness industry in 2008 at Vision Personal Training, building his way up to a franchise owner in 2011. In 2012 Matty parted ways following his passion for trail and endurance running, since then he has combined both passions to launch DBA Runners, speciali
zing in Strength and Conditioning for runners and Online Coaching
Matty is highly motivated and passionate about the Health and Fitness industry, starting at an early age in Surf Life Saving, taking his career to top 5 in Australia in the U/16's. Throughout his teens, Matty focused on Kayaking at an elite level in Australia's marathon series winning the NSW winter series. Now focused on Ultra Trail Marathons, Matty has achieved some outstanding results in his running career including The Big Red Run 250km desert race and Nothburn100 breaking the 2011 record by 2hrs20second 2015 & beyond is looking very promising for Matty. Achievements:
2000 Olympic Torch Bearer
3rd place Coastal Classic 2012
3rd place GNW100 2012
6th place Mountain Marathon NZ 2013
1st place Northburn100 - Course Record 2013
12th place Open men's TNF100 - Australia 2013
1st place The Great Nosh Run - Course Record - Australia 2013
1st place Macleay River Half Marathon 2013
6th place Glow Worm Mountain Marathon 2013
1st place Men's 250km Big Red Run 2013
5th place Mountain Marathon NZ 2014
1st place Northburn100 - Course Record 2014
2nd place GNW 100km 2015
