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July Monthly Update- 14,000 steps a day for a year in aid of The Archie Foundation.   Time for my July update already! This will be fairly text heavy update as I don't have many pictures of me out on walks - it's been quite wet during a lot of my walks this month. As always, thanks to those who have donated. Although I'm past my target, I'd love to reach the next step of raising £1000. Link to donate is below as always.   Achievements for this month include going past 3,000,000 steps for the year and going over 400km in the month for only the second time. I have now completed 66% of my target distance and for those keeping track you will find my mapped route below.   To mark the Olympic marathon taking place on the 10th of August, I figured I would categorise my walking in marathons. To date, I have completed 64.8 marathons, just over 9 per month on average and roughly one every 3 1/2 days. So when you ask me how I am and I respond 'knackered' then this is why!   Next milestone will be 3000km! https://lnkd.in/eSC9XujD

While the dust settles on what was an extraordinary few days, I will try to sum up a few things I have learned (or re-learned). 1. No matter the pain or torment in the journey, the result far outweighs everything else. 2. True grit is found in the hardest of situations. 3. You learn more about people when they are thrown into tough situations. 4. A deep connection is made when a hard battle is fought together. 5. You cannot expect ‘you’ from other people. 6. Do not judge until you know all the facts (or at least a bit more!). 7. Your emergency is not anyone else’s emergency. 8. Hard effort is rewarded. 9. Mother Nature is in charge. 10. No one can ever take away your achievement. I watched 4 young people (aged 16 - 19) take on a challenge they had been training for since April. In lakes in very cold and miserable conditions. A testing sea training session. But nothing can prepare you for the actual event. The nerves / excitement. The pressure to perform. The more challenging conditions. The dark. The sea sickness. The relentless need to push beyond an invisible force. The need to keep going when the end seems to have been in sight for so long. The physical pain caused by your costume rubbing. The desire for steady ground beneath your feet. A lot of things can be prepared for and as a parent you can pack bags for every eventuality. But in reality, when you are not there and have not done what your hero daughter has done, you have to know that she did her best. Beyond anything anyone would expect. They made it. They were all relieved it was over. They have succeeded against some very tough conditions. And having written all that, I still find it hard to put into words how utterly proud I am of the team, how thankful I am to the skipper / crew looking after them all on the boat and to their coach for getting them through. Team, daughter, you are my heroes. Remember: pain goes, glory lives on forever. More to come from me on this. Please keep the donations coming - their effort deserves so much more as a result. Link in the comments. Thank you 🙏 Young Minds Matter City of Coventry Swimming Club STRATFORD SHARKS SWIMMING CLUB AP Race dryrobe Ltd STRATFORD ORTHODONTICS LIMITED Make Good Grow Angus McChesney Howard Cobble #charity #channelswimming #mentalhealth #openwaterswimming #swimming #englishchannel #legends #heroes

This is great advice.

I initially started Podium Racing to build the best multi-sport coaching platform in the world. Then, when I learned that supertri was franchising their teams, I raised seed capital to purchase a team license. The goal was to create a winning, high performance team that would serve as a flywheel for the promotion and growth of the coaching platform while also giving next-generation athletes the opportunity to race at the highest level of the sport. This was crystalized for me after having my initial conversation with Zuzana Michalickova (Slovakian athlete ranked top 50 in the world). During my conversation with Zuzana, she said she "will" race for supertri. Not, "can I" or " how can I" race for the Podium Racing supertri team...rather, a straightforward declaration that she will race for us. While I am positive that the directness was, in part, due to language translation issues, Zuzana's passion, focus and lazer-sharp motivation was clear. As the conversation progressed, I learned that Zuzana did not have a wetsuit. While I appreciate Zuzana not letting equipment get in her way, I was shocked that an athlete would be competing in World Triathlon Cup events without the basic equipment that seemingly every other athlete, at that level, has. Within a week and with our sailfish partnership, we were able to get Zuzana a new Ultimate IPS Plus 3 wetsuit. My interaction with Zuzana made it clear that our mission is bigger and was a motivating force behind launching Podium Foundation - the charitable arm of Podium Racing. I have now come to realize that Podium Foundation is the most important part of our platform. Reducing barriers for next-generation athletes, including paratriathletes and neurodiverse athletes, is the most important impact we can have. To that end, we have decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from all coaching fees, product sales (e.g. cycling kits), and team sponsorship funds to the foundation. Our goal for 2025 is to find investors, partners and donors who share the belief that athletes who dream big and put in the work should be able to focus on the process and not on the finances. https://lnkd.in/gfifnkbr

Hopefully, this is a video of the very last time Tom has to deploy his para-anchor! 🪂 • We've mentioned it a few times, but the para-anchor is an underwater parachute on the end of a really really long line that's connected to the front of the boat. Tom can deploy this when the winds are against him and he's not able to make any progress. Once deployed the drag from the parachute turns the boat into the conditions, and drastically reduces how far he is pushed backwards, whilst he waits for the winds to stop. 💨 • He's had to use this quite a few times recently, but the weather forecasts are indicating that he may get winds going in (roughly) the right direction from tomorrow. 🌬️ • If you check his tracker (download the YB Races app and search Mindoarmatter if you haven't already!) you'll see that the ETA is late on the 20th August, to early on the 21st August - and with the upcoming weather forecasts taken into account that's actually about right at this stage. So if you're planning on coming to Penzance to welcome him in, that's the kind of time we think he may make it in. 👍 • HOWEVER - one puff of wind in the wrong direction, even a day before landing, will change this, ocean rowing is nothing if not unpredictable, and that is true right up to the landing! 😬 • A huge boost to the fundraising has seen over £1,200 raised in just 24 hours! This brings us to £44,767 - £233 short of £45k, which is 90% of the target! If you've enjoyed following this absolutely INCREDIBLE journey - please donate as generously as you can afford to, today. 🙏 • The donation link is: https://lnkd.in/e55nzqnz 🌐 • A huge thank you to all of Tom's sponsors who have helped make this amazing challenge possible: - Gold sponsors: Everlast Gyms Tritax Symmetry Tritax Big Box REIT plc - Silver sponsors: VW&S Group BOOM POWER - Bronze sponsors: Immobilier du Pont - Le Châble Hotel Farinet Verbier • #mindoarmatter #atlanticrow #atlantic #oceanrow #mind #mindcharity #mentalhealth #Tritaxbigbox

Getting started with my Big Row!! Link below

🧩✨ #AutismAwareness Top 36 Golf Course Rankings: Post 24 - Course #13⛳️ 🧩 💰 DONATE - Please help us get there by donating $36 today: https://lnkd.in/e4MFcQfd To represent the 1 in 36 kids affected by Autism in the US, I will be counting down my Top 36 Golf Courses that I have ever played with a short story/memory for each. If you could please consider donating $36 (or more) to Els for Autism via the link above, I would appreciate it ❤️ Golf Course #13 - Yeamans Hall Club Is it possible to capture the beauty, history, and vibe of an entire state into a single golf course? For the state of South Carolina, I believe Yeamans Hall does just that. Sitting just 12 miles from downtown Charleston and designed by one of my favorites, Seth Raynor, in 1924, Yeamans Hall sits on land that used to be the site of a 17th century plantation owned by the Yeamans family. When the country club was founded, it was built to attract wealthy northern financial men to Charleston in the fall and winter with 200-300 house sites. Today, it continues to be a successful private club with what I imagine to be one of the toughest waiting lists to add your name to in the country. What makes Yeamans Hall my favorite in South Carolina? People have asked me when making this list what criteria I’ve used, and it really comes down to three things: 1) The feeling you have when playing it, 2) How well you can remember each hole after the round, and 3) How badly you want to tee it up again on #1 after tapping in on #18. Maybe I’m biased because I grew up in SC, but for me, I’ve never played a course which puts me in a calmer/happier mental state and one where I want to tee it up again on #1 after I’m finished than Yeamans. It’s just such a fun course to play! If you have had the pleasure of playing it, I’m curious to hear if you enjoyed it as much as me ⛳️

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