Day 18: The Trio are Pushed to Their Limits
The Atlantic Nomads have made incredible progress over the course of this amazing race so far, but at what expense?
Their shift patterns were an incredibly challenging 2 hours on 1 hour off, which meant much less than 1 hours sleep at any given time – but due to searing heat they were unable to row hard for 2 hours so changed their shifts to an even more intensive, 1 hour on, 30 minutes off.
This unsustainable shift pattern proved to be just that – and slowly it took it’s toll on our amazing trio. Tom became physically ill, and James and Taylor were also showing clear signs of complete exhaustion.
On Christmas Day, after having calls with their loved ones, they were reminded of why they are out there; not to get their name as high up a list of rowers as possible, but to experience an incredible adventure that so few people on planet earth get to experience. They are taking part so they can live in the moment whilst raising money for an amazing charity, Alabare.
And so, with that in mind, they changed their shift patterns to a much more sensible one. They still want to be competitive, but not at the expense of missing out on these amazing experiences.
If there is an amazing starscape, they will stop and take it all in, if there are whales, they’ll cease their rowing and absorb the experience of these amazing creatures around them.
And the day after they made this decision… they rowed 72 nautical miles – a personal best in this race!
Just a reminder that the trio are taking on this phenomenal row in order to help provide Homes for Veterans through the charity Alabare. You can support them by donating here.
