Over the past 7 months, I've discovered several elements that have helped me in the pursuit of rowing 100 km and raising 40 thousand dollars for Plan Canada. Here are my top 10.
My 10 Key Elements to Rowing 100 km for a Cause:
1. Have a training plan: Rowing 9-10 hours is hard on the [...]
In Sierra Leone, 42 is the average life expectancy in years for a female and 39 for a male (World Health Organization, 2006).
I turned 42 on Tuesday, and instead of celebrating, I spent the day sick in bed. It came down to bad timing – a 5 hour row on Monday weakened my immune system, [...]
93 days to go.
I'm tired but doing well. My mental slump seems to be ending – I was really struggling psychologically for a few weeks but I'm pulling out of it now. Training-wise, I've done 4 marathon (or longer) distances in the past 2 months, and I'm bumping the mileage up again this week. On [...]
It's REAL!!
Introducing the new school in Guipombo, Mozambique – thanks to all of you who have, and who will, sponsor my 100km row on June 19. Here is a photo of the school under construction. It's surreal to comprehend that this is happening already.
Guipombo is one of two communities in Plan Mozambique’s Inhambane Programme Unit.
There [...]
I'm 42 years old, an ordinary worker in the corporate world, a mom, and a bad cook. I'm a coffee addict, an insomniac and I believe in empowering people.
On June 19 2010, I rowed 100km over 10 hours on an indoor rowing machine, and raised nearly $18,000 to build a school in Mozambique through Plan Canada.
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