I am crossing Greenland on skis in May, pulling my sled to raise money for "Right To Play" and "Children in Crisis". These charities help children in the most traumatised regions of the world. I strongly believe that the world is a community and that children are our future. So for me, it is absolutely necessary that children all over the world acquire social skills, team spirit and an education so that they can respect themselves. I will face extreme cold, howling winds, fatigue and icy snow. I will have to carry everything I need on my sled and back. I will sleep in a tent in the middle of nowhere. I might even encounter a polar bear!! I am really super excited but terrified!! It is a minimum of 3 weeks so I think that my limits will be thoroughly tested.

Tuesday 22 February 2011

A bit overwhelmed...

I have ten times more respect now for international and olympic athletes as I had before starting this challenge!!


I find it very difficult to train mentally and physically for such an enormous challenge while normal life still goes on around me. I have not escaped on a "training for Greenland" planet, which means that my training comes on top of normal life as a mother, daughter, friend, etc... 


I still have to shop, cook, take care of the children and spend time with them, arrange doctor's or dentist's appointments, enquire about school, drive, answer the phone, walk the dogs, plan the refurbishment of the house (etc, etc... for the household), 
and try to get as much PR exposure  and sponsorship as I can to raise a maximum of money, which means go to meetings, write letters, mails, this blog (etc, etc...), 
and of course, train really hard, enquire about the expedition and nutrition (more meetings, phone calls and mails), plan the trip to Norway making sure someone I trust is here to look after my household in the meantime (etc, etc...).


Like the old say "so much to do, so little time!!!"
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