Blood and Sweat on the Floor ...

PHOTO BY RANDY STARKMAN

Jane, right, was ready to Rumball.

Okay, there wasn't any blood.

But there was more than enough sweat when Canadian Olympic rower Jane Rumball hosted an erg-a-thon to raise funds for Right To Play yesterday.

Hard to believe the event actually went from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. yesterday -- you read that right -- but when we checked in on Rumball and her good friend U.S. Olympic silver medalist Michelle Guerette yesterday afternoon they were still taking on all comers at the University of Toronto.

It was $20 to challenge an Olympian and the Right To Play donation can looked like it was getting pretty full. It was a great event, with triple Olympic champion Marnie McBean doing a superb job on colour commentary. She blew out her knee recently or undoubtedly she would have been right in there on the erg.

I decided to give Jane and Michelle a break and challenged my 12-year-old daughter Ella instead.

PHOTO BY RANDY STARKMAN

Michelle Guerette, right, takes on another challenge.

She claimed foul play after the old man pulled off a narrow victory. (Gotta give the kid something to shoot for, right.)

Rumball, a medical student at U of T with a heart of gold, is going to be travelling to Uganda this month with Right To Play and we're hoping to feature some of her missives home on this blog.