Nearly two months 'at sea'

Well, it's nearly the end of June. I've rowed 291097m since May 1st, so I'm well on my way. My map seems to have disappeared, so Iwill try to redo it whenI get time. I had my fist offline donation this week, so thankyou Sheila for that. The total now stands at £960 plus gift aid.

In the papers again!

An article that I submiited a few weeks ago was finally in the Walton informer this week. It is similar to the Surrey Advertiser article, but hopefully raises awareness of PSP a bit more. You can click on the picture to read the article.

Quarter of the way!

I've just reached a quarter of my total metres by rowing a half marathon, which equates to 21097metres. I took over 6 minutes off my personal best for that distance and finished it in 1 hour 36 mins and 57.9 seconds.

My total metres now stands at 251097m and I've spent 18 1/2 hours on the rower.

Mum due out of hospital

After 9 weeks and 6 days, mum is finally all set to come out of hospital! She is excited, but apprehensive about returning home after such a long time in hospital. the NHS have been great so far and mum has a new electric bed to help her up, aswell as many other useful aids. An electric wheelchair has been ordered, which should help her to go down to the restaurant and maintain as much independence as possible and carers will be in frequently to help with mum's needs.

I started the rowing after mum went into hospital and have now rowed 220,000m. Sponsorship now stands at £950 plus gift aid, so nearly half way to reaching the target set.

NHS poster!

You may remember i mentioned that i was roped into a photo shoot for an NHS campaign; absolutely nothing to do with the rowing, but here it is!

...with a little help from my friends.

So far this week i've rowed another 30Km. Today my friend and workmate Robin paced me for the first 7000metres before going to do some serious excercise. I finished the 10Km in my fastest time so far of 42mins 34.2s

Week 5

On the rower 4 times this week. 10Km each time. Total rowed 160,000m. To see my progress check out my map by following the link on the righthand side of this page.

Back from Holiday!

I had a great week away in Dorset with the family and did absolutely no excercise at all! Needless to say it was a bit of a struggle to get back on the rower, especially in the heat, but I managed 10,000m on Monday and again on Tuesday. Yesterday's row was interrupted by a car fire, but i noted the time and distance covered and managed to finish off when i got back. Day off today - back on the rower tomorrow. Total rowed so far is 140,000m. Total raised excluding gift aid stands at £860.