UPDATE: I achieved my first marathon by Sunday and am now working towards my second. As a team, we reached Paris on Sunday and are now heading for Lake Geneva by the end of the week, that's 890000 metres.

I started rowing last year at the age of 60. I am very much still a novice and generally row twice a week at a steady pace with a mixed crew. For our club challenge I am setting myself the target of rowing the equivalent of two marathons over the 12 days. Our club challenge is to row the equivalent straight line distance from Upton on Severn to Vaires sur Marne, Paris, the site of the 2024 Olympic Rowing, that's 499000 metres between us over 12 days from 2 to 13 November to raise funds for this great cause.

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