Many of you will have read Britsh adventurer Sarah Outen's earlier blog this month where Sarah gave us a brief insight into her training. With only six weeks to go until she leaves for Japan to start her second attempt at rowing solo across the North Pacific Ocean from Japan to Canada, Sarah has kindly sent us an update to let us know how she is getting on with preparation, as her first attempt in 2012 ended in her rescue after Typhoon Mawar damaged her boat. This is just one leg of her London2London: Via the World expedition which aims to complete a human powered loop of the planet.

"With just six weeks until I leave the UK for Japan, things are getting exciting and rather busy at London2London HQ. People often ask me if I am training full time now - I wish I was. At the moment my training sessions feel like a luxury, little nuggets of focussed time where I can switch off from the seemingly endless 'To Do' lists and travelling about the country for speaking engagements and meetings and visits and kit sorting.

My training is masterminded by the brilliant team at Core Cambridge, who look after me with physio and massage as well as strength and conditioning coaching, meaning that everything is joined up and one feeds into the other. We have worked together since before I left on this expedition in 2011, so they know me well and I know that they will build me up physically (which in itself helps my mental prep), fix the niggles and prepare me as best as possible for preventing and dealing with issues at sea. Through the autumn we focused on strength and endurance 'making the engine as big as possible' and now we're focusing on fine tuning it, overloading with high volume and high repetitions, so that I can keep going for longer at sea. The very nature of the row means that I am rarely working at my maximal output, so by working at maximal effort now, it means my 'engine' will burn more efficiently and for longer once I get on the water.

I have a weekly coached session and then they advise on my programme out side of that too. At the moment this involves two circuits session (involving lots of plyometrics and core work) and as many hours as I can on the Concept2 rowing machine. It's all about making the most of opportunities - last week I had no time or space for any rowing but this week I should manage in an hour a day on five out of the seven. I set the resistance to ten and just row, slow and steady, focussing on good posture and sequence of legs, back, arms, legs, back, arms. From time to time I'll mix it up and do some high intensity stuff, intervals perhaps.

Water time has been pushed out lately as I have been away travelling so much, but at the start of the month I spent a week in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, just plugging up and down the river in my boat Happy Socks, dreaming of the ocean ahead and getting to know my new team mate. For a soloist and her boat need to be a formidable team to succeed at sea, looking out for each other, every stroke of the way."

For more information on Sarah see her blog and follow her updates on Twitter @SarahOuten