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Isaac Kenyon, Ben Ajayi-Obi and Emma Green
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:33:23
Publish Date: 2022-06-10 06:14:03
Description: Isaac learned to row for an Atlantic crossing and has since rowed the length of the River Thames with Emma Green who is also new to rowing. Benjamin Ajayi-Obe is Isaac's rowing coach from Putney Town Rowing Club and Emma Green was his crew-mate on one of the trips. We discuss their journey and learnings. Timestamps 03:00 Isaac sees the big challenges in life which require him to act. I like to set challenges outdoors - his first was the English Channel swim 06:20 Endurance is the ultimate test of mind, body and soul. Ben invited Isaac to row the channel 08:00 Ben was 2-3 years into his own rowing and decided to the the Atlantic Row. Isaac has incredible resource for the campaign. Ocean rowing can be learned during the row. 10:30 Putney Town Rowing Club lent us a boat 2x. Ben let Isaac learn by trying. the priority was boat feel - the rowing machine is forgiving Self-correcting is a new mindset. 13:00 On the ocean crabbing is part of the row. Isaac said our first wildlife encounter is 10 days in when it was quiet and he heard a massive whale come up 5 meters away. Ben's highlight was unexpected. Cameron and Ben were rowing at night - a full moon and it started to eclipse. The moon turned right red. It's an event which happens 28 times a century. A super Blood Wolf moon. 19:00 Emma heard about the Atlantic row from a friend. Isaac's next challenge was rowing the Thames River I thought, I could do it if he does it with me! 22:00 We did Abingdon to Kingston over 3 days. A team of 9 in a sweep eight. Locks are hard to navigate with a long boat. 24:30 Emma did a Learn to row course at Marlow Rowing Club. Once a week for 5 weeks. Emmas's Dad coxed for CUBC, Lawrence Newman in 50s. 27:00 We chose Cure Parkinsons Trust as our charity for the Thames row. On the last day everyone wore the t-shirts
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