Ross has been interviewed on the Reverse Rett Podcast by the charity’s founder Rachael Stevenson! It’s a great interview and answers a lot of questions we’re often asked about the challenge. Give it a listen by clicking on the button below. During the conversation, Ross and Rachael chat about what’s actually involved in racing across an ocean in a very…
Reverse Rett is our chosen charity as you know, and they host an annual fundraising dinner at this time of year. Ordinarily this is in a fancy London venue and everyone gets dressed up for an evening’s food, entertainment and enriching spirits. This year they decided to take this party online rather than cancel it altogether, and hosted a really…
Much to everyone’s relief, the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge will be going ahead as normal, with the race starting 1 month from now (squeaky bum time)! Atlantic Campaigns who organise the race have been working hard to ensure that competitors are able to stay as safe as possible during the pre-race run up in La Gomera and it looks…
Ross has started writing a blog for our chosen charity Reverse Rett to keep everyone involved with the charity up to date on our progress. There’s a copy of his first entry below but you can also stay up to date with the blog on the My Challenge of a Lifetime section of the Reverse Rett website. My Challenge of…
We enjoyed our first World in a Day event so much we agreed to do it again this week, but this time some of the participating rowers online suggested that doing only 20 miles when just another 6 would take you to a full marathon was just a wasted opportunity! The response from our crew was that the guys were…
Lockdown is a real problem for training. There’s the obvious lack of opportunity to train as a crew, but the bigger issue (at least for me) is trying to maintain the motivation to jump onto that ergo and row. Clive, Dunc, Ross and I all compete on the Scottish Coastal Rowing circuit and we, like many others, are staring down…
Ross has been interviewed on the Reverse Rett Podcast by the charity’s founder Rachael Stevenson! It’s a great interview and answers a lot of questions we’re often asked about the challenge. Give it a listen by clicking on the button below. During the conversation, Ross and Rachael chat about what’s actually involved in racing across an ocean in a very…
Reverse Rett is our chosen charity as you know, and they host an annual fundraising dinner at this time of year. Ordinarily this is in a fancy London venue and everyone gets dressed up for an evening’s food, entertainment and enriching spirits. This year they decided to take this party online rather than cancel it altogether, and hosted a really…
Much to everyone’s relief, the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge will be going ahead as normal, with the race starting 1 month from now (squeaky bum time)! Atlantic Campaigns who organise the race have been working hard to ensure that competitors are able to stay as safe as possible during the pre-race run up in La Gomera and it looks…
Ross has started writing a blog for our chosen charity Reverse Rett to keep everyone involved with the charity up to date on our progress. There’s a copy of his first entry below but you can also stay up to date with the blog on the My Challenge of a Lifetime section of the Reverse Rett website. My Challenge of…
We enjoyed our first World in a Day event so much we agreed to do it again this week, but this time some of the participating rowers online suggested that doing only 20 miles when just another 6 would take you to a full marathon was just a wasted opportunity! The response from our crew was that the guys were…
Lockdown is a real problem for training. There’s the obvious lack of opportunity to train as a crew, but the bigger issue (at least for me) is trying to maintain the motivation to jump onto that ergo and row. Clive, Dunc, Ross and I all compete on the Scottish Coastal Rowing circuit and we, like many others, are staring down…
