We're booked or at least pre inscribed in Morocco for the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, I've booked the 3 day driving course in Zagora in January for Jamila and me so technically it's all going well.
We're looking at training programs. My friend Charlotte, a personal trainer and Nordic walking instructor has appointed herself my guru, which is wonderful. I must be strong, both physically and mentally.
This is her last email :
And she hasn't mentioned nutrition yet!
Finding sponsorship is quite a task. Most people agree that €25,000 ( cost of the rally for a team) for an automobile sport is not a huge amount so really, we find 2 big sponsors and we should be fine.
I have rewritten my presentation so many times, adapting it each time to a potential sponsor that I have to be careful to choose the right one for the right sponsor.
There's the presentation for the sponsors who are associated with alcohol (in which I show that Celliers de Meknes is sponsoring the whole event and so we should be able to have alcohol sponsorship in a muslim country). .
Then there's the document to sponsors who could lend us a car. I remove the mention of alcohol and talk mostly about TV coverage.
The 3rd one is to look for media partners. We don't talk about alcohol, nor cars nor costs. Only us, the team and the rally.
Also depending on the nationality of the potential sponsor, I describe our team alternatively as Anglo-Franco-Moroccan or Franco-Anglo-Moroccan.
And then I repeat the whole thing in French.
But we are getting somewhere. Us women are fashionable with big and not so big brands. Early stages but I should have some names in my next blog.
Anyway, this is the map of the 2011 edition :
We're looking at training programs. My friend Charlotte, a personal trainer and Nordic walking instructor has appointed herself my guru, which is wonderful. I must be strong, both physically and mentally.
This is her last email :
The race is 17th of March which gives you just under 4 months to train and get you fit for this event.
10 days driving and walking/running up and down in the sand dunes means you need to get aerobically fit.
Also some resistance training is needed. Especially, core and back training.
I understand you are already playing tennis, which is good as part of your aerobic training.
What else are you doing at the moment? Are you going to the gym?
How much time have you committed to your training and what kind of training do you enjoy?
Hill walking and cycling at Richmond park would be great.
And she hasn't mentioned nutrition yet!
Finding sponsorship is quite a task. Most people agree that €25,000 ( cost of the rally for a team) for an automobile sport is not a huge amount so really, we find 2 big sponsors and we should be fine.
I have rewritten my presentation so many times, adapting it each time to a potential sponsor that I have to be careful to choose the right one for the right sponsor.
There's the presentation for the sponsors who are associated with alcohol (in which I show that Celliers de Meknes is sponsoring the whole event and so we should be able to have alcohol sponsorship in a muslim country). .
Then there's the document to sponsors who could lend us a car. I remove the mention of alcohol and talk mostly about TV coverage.
The 3rd one is to look for media partners. We don't talk about alcohol, nor cars nor costs. Only us, the team and the rally.
Also depending on the nationality of the potential sponsor, I describe our team alternatively as Anglo-Franco-Moroccan or Franco-Anglo-Moroccan.
And then I repeat the whole thing in French.
But we are getting somewhere. Us women are fashionable with big and not so big brands. Early stages but I should have some names in my next blog.
Anyway, this is the map of the 2011 edition :
This represents about £1500 miles and 8 days in the desert, waking up at 4am. One of the item we must have ( apart from a shovel) is a head lamp! you know, to calculate our trajectory while having breakfast at 4.30am.
Jamila's off to Alger today for a food fair.
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