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fundraise for Brainstrust. The charity is close to Jack's heart following his late grandad's death due to a brain tumour. The soldier has spent the past 10 months training at least two hours a day, six days a week to make sure he is capable of rowing the jaw-dropping distance of 4,500 miles.

Jack said: "The training has been fun, don’t get me wrong, it’s been tough, mentally and physically, but nothing I haven’t prepared for. "I'm chipping away at the coal face."Hopefully I’ve done the hardest bit getting away from mainland Portugal. "At the moment its very tough, I’m getting battered by winds from the north, the boat's constantly rocking and I’m getting hit with sea spray so I’m praying for those winds from the east to come through." When Jack planned the trip he knew that his military background would prove just as useful as a consistent training regime.

He explained: "My experience in the forces has helped hugely. People say 'you’ve never rowed an ocean before how do you expect to do it?' "I said I may not have rowed an ocean before but I’ve certainly tested my mental capacity and robustness, desire and determination in other environments so it’s definitely helped."Listing a few examples, Jack said: "My commando course – the famous 30 miler over Dartmoor – that was definitely tough. "Deployments to Norway where if you’re not properly prepared the weather conditions will kill you, you’ve got to be tough out there as well. "And operating in the jungle is a very unforgiving environment whether that be Caribbean jungle or in Brunei."I’ve tasted the delights of mother nature we shall say."Such exhibitions and various others also meant Jack did not get a sudden shock to the realities of not having the luxury of a toilet..

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