Steve Redgewell and David Lynes met with Eddie Fletcher from Fletcher Sport Science yesterday. They had to go through some rigorous tests, as Eddie put them through their paces, to build a profile of their current fitness levels. Steve and David have set their first fund raising effort; a 24 hour indoor rowing marathon provisionally set for the 8th September 2007.
Eddie commented on ‘the Team’s need to find out their current fitness level’ and hence the importance to ’seek advice on how to tackle the 24 hours.’ Both Dave and Steve have been sent a report composed by Eddie from the results of the testing. They have devised a fitness plan from the advice given to them, and considering time is very short, they will need to be at their very best endurance wise. David said ‘hopefully, now that we know where we are in the scale of things, we can build ourselves up ready for the 24 hr ergo-challenge, and still be able to stand at the end of it!’
Light-hearted comments, but a very serious task ahead…Keep up to date with this planned event by visiting the ‘Events’ page on the Team website, www.teamdevOcean.co.uk
Also see the news section at www.fletchersportscience.co.uk
July 31st, 2007
Welcome! This website has been designed to track the progress of David Lynes & Steve Redgewell “team devOcean” as they prepare for a truly, once in a life time adventure.
Team devOcean have chosen to compete in one of the world’s toughest races, the first ever Indian Ocean Rowing Race set for 2009.
The target is to raise £300,000 for their two chosen charities, NCH and Baraq Ministries. More information regarding the charities can be found on the charity pages
Keep up to date with the events the team have planned, with a chance to meet them! The events can be tracked on the events page.
Race Information:Start: West Coast Australia
Finish: Mauritius
Duration: Approx 50 - 80 Days
Distance: 3100 nautical miles (Approx 3500 miles)
Departure Date: April 2009
Any ocean row is difficult. More people have climbed Mount Everest or been into space than have successfully completed an ocean row. There have only been 3 successful rows across the Indian Ocean, which makes the challenge a little bit more special.
Already the training and preparations have started. It may seem like a long way ahead, but since the team made the decision to race, 12 months have already flown past.
The race is run by Woodvale Events who have organised and staged a number of previous races, including the most publicised crossing of the Atlantic, by Ben Fogle and James Cracknell.
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July 31st, 2007