This December, Vicki Anstey and Dr. Sophie Bostock will take on one of the most extreme endurance challenges on Earth: The World’s Toughest Row – Atlantic. Together, we’ll form Team gROW — a duo committed not just to crossing the ocean, but to exploring what the human body and mind can achieve.
From La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua, they will row over 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, unsupported, through some of the planet’s most unforgiving conditions. It’s a journey that demands not only physical strength but psychological resilience, precision planning, and deep mutual trust.
Vicki Anstey is a 2 x world record holder, adventurer, coach, TEDx speaker, and entrepreneur. After a decade running a successful fitness business, she turned to extreme endurance — rowing the mid-Pacific, cycling 3,000 miles across America, and completing ultra-distance foot races in the Arctic and Kenya.
A UK ambassador for Inspiring Girls, Vicki is passionate about emotional endurance and empowering the next generation to thrive under pressure.
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Dr. Sophie Bostock is a leading sleep scientist, TEDx speaker, and TV expert with a PhD in health psychology. She has represented Great Britain in coastal rowing and outrigger canoeing, paddled 2,000 km from Canada to Alaska, and rowed around Britain.
Her pioneering work explores the link between sleep, stress, and peak performance — making her a unique force in the world of endurance sport..
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This is a test of strength, innovation, resilience and the ability to work as a team under stress and extreme sleep deprivation.
We will build a high performance team to help us explore the limits of sustainable human performance, and to share our learning throughout the journey.
Our preparations have begun. The race begins in December 2026.
Are you with us?
Could you help us gROW?
Our campaign is now about the people we’re rowing for.
Every mile we row raises money for two charities that share our belief, that growth starts where comfort ends.
Contribute through our Givestar.io page and inspire the next generation – stroke by stroke, mile by mile.