The Date is Set!

Hi all,

This time I have managed to hold back the blog until my row date was confirmed - Saturday 3rd December is row day. One month to go...

A model performer under pressure

So while it's great to finally have a date set, it does also mean that this has all suddenly become a lot more real and therefore scary. Luckily training is still going well and the early mornings have really helped my rowing (though I'm not sure getting up at 6ish is ideal longer term). I managed to get through a pretty good distance during the week and felt fairly solid throughout.

I do need to get some real stints in, so this weekend I'm going to be very anti-social and stay in Portsmouth. I'm intending to do a 40 or 50k row on Saturday just to see how it goes. I'll put up another post afterwards because it'll be the closest I'm probably going to come to the real distance before actually rowing. My main concerns are still: 1) Rowing at a consistent rate and 2) sitting down for that long in the same position is going to start to hurt my bum. And the fact that these are my biggest concerns has got to be a good sign.

Now I've got a date I'm going to start pushing the sponsorship much harder - somehow it didn't quite feel right asking people to sponsor something with no fixed date. It's going pretty well so far, so thanks to all of you who've donated. And here's the link for those that haven't http://www.justgiving.com/100km-row.

Thanks,
James