Jess Rego
Jess has broken more bones than she can count but still thinks that rowing an ocean is a great idea. A lover of all animals (even the naked molerat) and plants (even you, cactus) she is deeply committed to saving them and making this home we call Earth better for everyone.
Here's why I'm rowing the AtlanticThe Art Of High Seas Seasoning
04 Feb 2019
There is very little in this world that we can control. That is a lesson we are learning every day...
Read moreSome Home Truths
31 Jan 2019
Currently I spend, on average: Less than an hour a day standing or crawling Six hours lying down Four hours...
Read moreA Weekly Update
25 Jan 2019
I’m going to come right out and say it… we are crushing it right now. This week we’ve continued to...
Read moreFlying Fish:5 - Susan:0
18 Jan 2019
The other evening I was rowing along merrily on a solo shift. It was slow but steady and I had...
Read moreJess' 7 day roundup
10 Jan 2019
Another 7 days at sea and what a week we’ve had. We’ve been visited by a passing yacht - very...
Read moreCelebrating New Years in the middle of The Atlantic
04 Jan 2019
Another week down and oh what a roller coaster it has been. Following our Christmas cheer we were hit with...
Read moreCelebrating Christmas in the middle of The Atlantic
27 Dec 2018
It’s a bit mad to think that we’ve been out at sea for over two weeks now. Time is both...
Read moreAKA Please keep cheering, even though my life is boring now
08 May 2018
Two weeks ago Caroline and I went along to the London Marathon cheer on her partner Christian. He is freakishly...
Read moreThe monthly round up of what team Status Row has been up to.
04 Mar 2018
Seriously, where did February go? It seemed we had just settled into 2018 and suddenly it was March! The team...
Read moreSpeaking at the Sustainability Development Goals Network
02 Mar 2018
On Thursday evening Susan and I had the opportunity to speak at the #MeetTheSDGs meetup at Leon and we wanted...
Read moreSometimes you have to break it to make it stronger
01 Mar 2018
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to meet with Andy Bruce of ACB Coaching and while we walked...
Read more14 Jan 2018
New year, new me. It’s the cliche heard around the world at the stroke of midnight come NYE. As if...
Read moreTo the woman who taught me what it means to live.
09 Dec 2017
Dear Mom, Happy birthday! It just so happened that my blog for Status Row was due today and, ever the...
Read moreWhat do adventurers do on their weekends?
18 Nov 2017
Well. When we aren’t working out, chasing potential sponsors, sleeping or reminding our friends and families what we look like...
Read moreCutting Plastic Straws From Your Life
14 Nov 2017
Ever since starting our journey to combat plastic pollution through prevention we’ve found a few people always seem to have...
Read more(and other stories of imposter syndrome)
28 Oct 2017
I’ve been meaning to write to you all for a while. Much to the frustration of my team I’ve been...
Read moreSetting up our campaign
05 Oct 2017
Wow, September has been a crazy whirlwind of a month for us. September was the month we went from talking...
Read more(the one who had to be talked into it)
08 Sep 2017
When the girls first got the idea in their heads that we should row across the Atlantic I was like...
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