Marathon man
Oly came back from the windy city at the start of the week having completed another marathon for Action. He ran an impressive four hours and 27 minutes to beat his PB which is amazing considering he decided to get drunk two nights before the race! Sorry Ols, couldn't resist! But we are very proud of him and have already signed him up for all our runs in 2010!
Success on the Solent
The Events team's success continued last weekend with Suzy and Gem bouncing around the Solent on a rib, cheering on our sailors in the first Sail the Solent challenge.
Everyone had a great time and the weather was perfect for the big race on Sunday - very windy and choppy! Gem was pleased to discover she doesnt suffer from sea sickness which unfortunately not everyone could lay claim to. A few tactical (so we're told) vomits later the race got started... All the teams made it round the island in less than 8.5 hours which is a great time even in Cowes Week!
Team 'Here Come the Girls' came in first and all the ladies were thrilled with the results as first and second place had just 45 seconds between them. We've had some really positive feedback from the trip. We already have two boats keen to come back next year and loads of our participants were keen to become volunteers on other events as well.
Suzy's highlight of the weekend was meeting the rather wonderful record-breaking sailor Alex Thomson! Suzy is a massive fan and he came down to the Landers Bar in Gosport on the Friday night for a few drinks with his mates before getting accosted by us! Alex was really interested in the event and hopefully when he's back from his next round-the-world sailing trip we'll be able to get him involved in 2010's event."
Wheely good Cycle Show!
The Cycle Show was also a huge success last weekend. Jo and Matt met bike and cycling gear distributor Company Z, who came from a lead from our very own internal magazine editor/press and PR officer and friend to the stars Clare Airey. She developed a very good relationship with Company Z when they got involved in supporting Team GP on this year's L2P. They are now very keen to sponsor our cycling programme, potentially with a whopping £20K! Watch this space...
We also had huge interest in L2P and have now had to close route three, with a couple more getting close to filling up as well! Nicole Cooke came to the show, chatted to our lovely cyclists and had a photo shoot in the new cycling kit as well.
Also, Halfords donated a bike to the team! We're not exactly sure if this was a direct result from the Cycle Show, but we are now the proud owners of a brand new Boardman road bike! We're not entirely sure what to do with this shiny new beast. Gem did suggest that it is the perfect frame size for her, but we think we may auction it or perhaps have a competition with our cyclists. Any suggestions please bring them this way events@action.org.uk
Trekking tit bits
Moving on from the weekend and into this week, Matt met up with UTC yesterday to go over the final details of the Namibia Trek. We have 52 sign-ups for the trek which sets off in just five months time.
In other trekking news, the Trek For Tiny Lives website went live this week and the first enquiries have been trickling in. The brochure is almost ready so we'll soon be full steam ahead to recruit participants for the trek to China next year.
And relax!
This weekend is a little quieter for most of us, who are happy to be able to relax after all this excitement... Except for Matt, who landed in Bulgaria this morning for a weekend-long stag do with beer, guns and other male amusement! Don't panic, he has taken his U-Tag bracelet with him and we have made sure the data on the USB says if lost for him to be delivered back here on Tuesday!
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