Robert Tighe: I was in Sri Lanka during the recent tsunami. When my family and I were in need, the Sri Lankan people helped us, now I want to help them by raising funds for The Disaster Emergency Committee. With some friends I propose to row the 1,674km from Banda Aceh (the epicentre of the tsunami) to Galle (my bungalow at the time). I estimate that we can do this in a relay in 140 hours. Concept 2 has supported this huge challenge by providing us with 15 indoor rowing machines and we plan to row in slots of 10 or 30 minutes. Anyone who wishes to row for longer is very welcome. If you can participate in this record breaking event, by rowing as many or as few slots as you like; getting your friends to row; pledging cash or providing any other help or support, please let me know at robert.tighe@tesco.net The extravaganza takes place on 5th March 2005 at the Silverwing Lake, Wraysbury, Middx, TW19 5AQ. M25 Junction 13.If you can't take part in the event, you can still donate money towards the cause by going to http://www.justgiving.com/concept2challenge -------------------------------------------------------Fletcher Larkin: I'm a fitness instructor from Torquay's Lifestyle Health And Fitness Suite at the Riviera International Centre. Myself and three others have just raised almost £1,000 for the Tsunami Appeal. Our challenge was to row 80 miles in eight hours. We alternated continuously doing one-mile intervals. Our finish time was 7 hours and 57 minutes, an average 500m split of 1:51.The rowers were myself (Fletcher Larkin, 28), a gig rower for Riverteign rowing club; Ryan Bell, 29, western area heavyweight boxing champion; Neil Aggett, in training for UK Iron Man and Mark Le Breton, 45, ex Royal Marine and legendary endurance trainer. All in all it was a great day, and it was nice raising money for charity doing something you love.-------------------------------------------------------Geoff Lane: I started indoor rowing during the summer of 2002, mainly to improve my strength and general fitness for windsurfing. We bought ourselves an Indoor Rower and I love it. My incentive at the moment is to row a marathon on 17th April to coincide with the Flora London Marathon. If I'm going to one, it seems a shame to put in all that effort and not get something from it, therefore I intend to row for charity. My chosen charity is the Blood Pressure Association. Their aims are to provide people with high blood pressure (like me) with information and services that meet their needs.For more on Geoff's row, along with his sponsorship details, visit http://www.geofflane.co.uk/Rowing.php -------------------------------------------------------Remember, if you're involved in an event using the Indoor Rower, make sure you send the details to editor@therowingcompany.com.