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Motivational Speaker, Fundraiser and Adventurer blog

It’s official, I’m a Dad!

Watch video, the birth of my very first baby   https://youtu.be/lMBFPMAn5cU   What an 8 hour rollercoaster adventure it was! You might remember nearing the end of my run across Canada, when I began shouting 'who's the Daddy?!' Well, it's finally come true....

The Best Motivational Speaker in the UK

So, who is the best motivational speaker in the UK? We know you must be dying to know! With so many motivational speakers across the UK, we were delighted to see that our very own Jamie McDonald is still occupying the number one, top position. See image:Following him...

Amelia’s dream to walk: Mission Accomplished

Watch my tv interview here on channel 5:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLMxbCMdD5U   Amelia’s story: It was a dream that was bigger than we ever imagined. About a year ago, the Walton family got in touch because they needed to hit a £100,000 fundraising...
Video update 14: To A Taste of Home

Video update 14: To A Taste of Home

Here’s the fourteenth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada - filmed in July when he ran his longest daily total yet - 33 miles. Sorry we're a bit backed up, Jamie hasn't had time to edit, but the next video is coming very soon....

Video update 13: Gone in a Flash

Video update 13: Gone in a Flash

Here’s the thirteenth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNztLvz-rBA Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across Canada on Sunday 10th March and aims...

Video update 12: Theft for Survival

Video update 12: Theft for Survival

Here’s the twelfth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ixCdf_f6ic Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across Canada on Sunday 10th March and aims to...

Video update 11: Super Poutine

Video update 11: Super Poutine

Here’s the eleventh of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNyhbOpMfek Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across Canada on Sunday 10th March and aims...

Video update 10: Later is Aleady Now

Video update 10: Later is Aleady Now

Here’s the tenth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgOWM8uYa4 Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across Canada on Sunday 10th March and aims to...

Video update 9: Heat, Flies & Endorphins

Video update 9: Heat, Flies & Endorphins

Here’s the ninth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MblDR_YPvVE Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across Canada on Sunday 10th March and aims to...

Video update 8: Mainland Motivation

Video update 8: Mainland Motivation

Here’s the eighth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada.  Jamie hits mainland Canada, has his first (thankfully positive!) encounter with the police and meets Mike, who turns out to be an incredible inspiration. Enjoy and please...

Video update 7: Thank you Newfoundland

Video update 7: Thank you Newfoundland

Here’s the seventh of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada! He says thank you and goodbye to Newfoundland, the first of ten provinces he'll be running across. Jamie looks back at the people he's met and the struggles along the way...

Video update 6: Kid Power

Video update 6: Kid Power

Here’s the sixth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada, featuring an interview with CBC news! Enjoy and please do feel free to share this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCVj4WSC9XM Jamie began his 5,000 mile run across...

Video update 5: One Wrong Turn

Video update 5: One Wrong Turn

Here’s the fifth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada. In this video, Jamie runs 5 miles in the wrong direction and, umm, takes it pretty well. Jamie also begins to film the people stopping to give him donations (asking their...

Video update 4: Strength and Strategy

Here’s the fourth of Jamie’s video updates as he continues his coast to coast run across Canada, in which, after hundreds of miles of running, a strategy is finally devised and strength and flexibility training begins! As Jamie has had a few weeks with intermittent...

Video update 3: New friends found, old friends lost

Video update 3: New friends found, old friends lost

Here’s the third of Jamie’s video updates, in which he battles with 40 mile per hour winds, injuries that threaten to put a stop to the run and the loss of friend and former headmaster 'Big Larry' Montague. We are also introduced to the solution to the problems caused...

Video update 2: Smiles and hospitality

Video update 2: Smiles and hospitality

Here’s the second of Jamie’s video updates, including an interview with Canadian TV news channel NTV, who spotted him running on a highway. This video is also proof that the world-famous Canadian hospitality is more than just a rumour!...

World Record Marathon Static Cycling

After just a few short days back in Gloucester after his journey home from Bangkok, Jamie set about another challenge. During his journey, he imagined breaking the world record for the longest time spent cycling on a static cycle and as he neared the end, felt fit...

Cycling Bangkok to Gloucester

Cycling Bangkok to Gloucester

In January 2012, Jamie made the decision to cycle from Bangkok to Gloucester, passing through dozens of countries as he made his way home, raising thousands for charity along the way. During the journey Jamie slept rough, was arrested and even shot at, much of which...