Mumentous
Coming soon…
Viv’s MUMENTOUS bid to row the Atlantic Ocean solo and, at 59, become the oldest female to do so, defying the menopause and breaking a Guinness World Record.
With any enquiries, please email : viv@mumentous.com
To follow Viv on social media, go to: https://www.instagram.com/mumentous.atlantic.row/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vivienne.barclay
To donate to Viv’s campaign, go to: https://gofund.me/1aeee577
Updates / News

Inspiring Women Awards 2023
Last Friday 19th May, I got myself dressed up and went to the Inspiring Women Awards at The Lowry Hotel…> Read more

Baseline Testing Begins
59 year old woman + menopause + World’s Toughest Row = a paper on how my body responds. I’m very…> Read more

Women who have inspired me – Dr. Juliet McGrattan
I first met Juliet in 2015 when I joined her running group to have a go at Couch to 5k.…> Read more

Media, Big and Small
I was very nearly on Granada Reports this week – it didn’t happen! The very marvellous Bernie Hollywood OBE JP,…> Read more

Sports Science + Atlantic Row
I'm very excited about this as it looks like I'll be partnering with The University of Salford's Sports Science department…> Read more

Middle Aged Madness
This last week in my endeavour to row the Atlantic solo in 2024 I’ve been wearing many hats; one or…> Read more

GoverMENt press pause on Menopause Leave Policy
When taking on an epic adventure like rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean solo, most of us do it…> Read more

TWAC2022 First Solo Rower Finishes in 46 Days, 6 hours and 10 minutes!
Photo credit: Penny Bird, Atlantic Campaigns. Mike Bates, The Atlantic Grappler, has rowed his heart out across 3000 miles of…> Read more

People who have Inspired me – Poorna Bell
No 1 in a series of people who have inspired me – Poorna Bell is an award winning journalist,speaker and author of ‘Stronger’ and ‘In Case…> Read more

Day 1 of the rest of Viv’s life: Row an Ocean
“Just because you’re grown up and then some doesn’t mean settling into the doldrums of predictability. Surprise people. Surprise yourself.…> Read more









