OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS WEEK: If you would like to support my challenge please do so by wearing pink every Friday for the month of October and donate any funds raised to Challenge the Channel on the justgiving link below, I will be wearing pink throughout the month. Thank you.
Developments since the endurance training row:
It’s been a quiet few weeks since the endurance training row on the 5th October, I received a surprise email mail from Greg Searle congratulating me on the row and wishing me luck for the challenge. Now as everyone knows I'm not a rower and I have never met the great man, but I do know who Greg Searle is and I am humbled to have received the email from one of our top rowers.
My coach and his partner Jenny Glass and Kern Toussaint flew off to Vancouver, Canada on the 8th October for the World Coastal Rowing Championships (a place I have always wanted to visit) the good news is that Jenny came 19th after her heat and B Final, Congratulations Jenny!!
There are articles on the endurance training row online:
I was reminded that until my 30 mile row the furthest I had rowed prior to this was just under 6 miles the week before.
Training:
Total of on-water training hours (including the endurance row) 28 hours and the total gym hours are 381, all contributing towards the challenge which we hope to do on May 25th 2019. I have a fantastic team around me, Mike and Emma are two very experienced rowers and coaches, without them this challenge will not be possible. Both coaches and I met on Wednesday 17th October for a debrief on the endurance row and lessons learned, we also discussed winter training and the way forward, plans are now being put in place which includes diet.
Sponsors:
We have some fantastic sponsors onboard, you are all fantastic, thank you for your kind support, however we are still in search for a main sponsor for the challenge we are also looking for a sponsor to cover the remainder of training, if you know of someone who may be able to help please let them know or contact us. I am also in search for a waterproof sports watch with GPS and HR monitor to use in the gym and on the water, if there are any manufacturers out there who may like to sponsor this please feel free to contact me. Thank you.
Other News:
I finally caught up with Dawn Taylor CEO of Alexandra Sports, Dawn was my first sponsor for this challenge and has supported me in my other challenges over the years. Thank you Dawn for your kind support again.
We will be sending measurements to those sponsors who don’t have your company name on the boat at the moment, as you know everything was delayed but now mike is back we can now finish this off.
Sorry it’s a very short update this week in comparison to previous weeks, stay safe, stay happy. Thank you for your support.
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Paul
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