http://blog.worldrecordrow.com Dave Holby - World Record Rowing Attempt for Breast Cancer Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:02:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Current (and final) Location - Amazingstoke, England 40075 km rowed... O km remaining - and a new world record of 934 days for fastest row around the earth's equator on a static rowing machine. I can't believe it guys - that's it, we're all done. I'm heartbroken, pretty teary, physically relieved and just a ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/12/rowing-in-december-2/ Current Location - Edinburgh, Scotland 39279 km rowed... 795 km remaining Good grief - soooo close! Just a few more days and I've got my fingers crossed I'll be able to hang up my bashed up rowing buttocks for good. It will absolutely break my heart when it's done but in terms of the body ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/12/rowing-in-november-2/ Current Location - San Sebastian, Spain 37837 km rowed... 2238 km remaining Oh gawd!! Just 6 weeks and 6 days to go and after a grotty dose of man flu I'm in a bit of trouble in terms of distance left to plod - it's definately possible, it won't be easy but it's my ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/10/rowing-in-october-2/ Current Location - Marrakech, Morocco 36246km rowed... 3829 km remaining The virtual finish post is in sight!! With just 12 weeks until the finish date of Saturday 18th December and just shy of 4000 km left to row it's going to be a very tight finish - if I don't finish by then I'll ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/09/rowing-in-september-2/ Current Location - Badombe, Mali 34296km rowed... 5779 km remaining Thank goodness! We've finally we hit dry land! After several weeks bobbing around the South Atlantic I hit the coast of Liberia... the weather was a bit muggy with a faint whiff of fresh tarmac, remarkably similar to that of The Mall Shopping Centre in ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/08/rowing-in-july/ The support of everyone in town over the last two years has just been phenomenal and through public donations alone we have raised over £13,000. A sponsorship package for both local and national companies has now been created to help us raise even more in the hope of hitting our fundraising target of £55,000 ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/07/a-bid-for-corporate-sponsorship/ Current Location - South Atlantic 32059km rowed... 7016 km remaining Goodness me, what a scorcher! Glorious sunshine over the last few weeks has caused me to sweat off at least half a stone in weight which bearing in mind I'm built like a twiglet anyway meant I was on the verge of disappearing altogether. Fortunately I've ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/07/rowing-in-june/ Current Location - South Atlantic 31346 km rowed... 8729 km remaining Guys firstly hugest apologies for being a scally wag and not blogging in April - consider my hands severly slapped and prepare yourselves for an even bigger account of buttock trauma to make up for it. Firstly, and most importantly, there has been ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/05/rowing-in-may/ Current Location - South Atlantic 28612 km rowed... 11463 km remaining Well it's been a long drop from Alaska but at last we've hit the most southerly point of the virtual route - all north from here on in! It will take a bit of time to cross the Atlantic but once we ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/03/rowing-in-march/ Current Location - Braganca, Brazil 27896 km rowed... 12179 km remaining Never in my life have I been more desperate for the arrival of spring! After ripping a gaping hole in my long johns last week I've just about had enough of violent head winds up my trouser legs... cursing the weather and clenching ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/03/rowing-in-february/