To Sudbury Media
For Immediate Release
August 9, 2013
Real life Superhero, Jamie McDonald, will be running through Sudbury on his cross Canada fundraising adventure.
Event: Join Jamie for a Meet & Greet at the Greater Sudbury South End Library on Saturday, August 10th at 7:00 p.m.
Real life Forest Gump and Superhero, Jamie McDonald, will be running through Sudbury this weekend on his cross Canada fundraising adventure.
Jamie who hails from Gloucester, England started his journey in March 2013 in St. John’s Newfoundland, and is running across Canada to raise money for children’s charities –Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, and the Pied Piper Appeal/Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK. He plans to complete his journey by December 18, 2013 in British Columbia.
Jamie is running coast to coast without a support crew, and has been running the equivalent of one marathon a day. Jamie is updating his twitter, facebook and web page along the way and has also been keeping a video diary of his trip. He has posted 13 amazing videos of his journey on his web page that can also be accessed through Youtube.
To date he has run over 3,000km of his 7,400km journey. You can follow his run with the following link: http://jamie.track24solo.com:10701/openstreet/map.aspx
Jamie will arrive in Sudbury on Saturday, August 10th. There will be a ‘Meet & Greet’ for Jamie at the Greater Sudbury South End Library at 1991 Regent Street on Saturday, August 10th, at 7:00 p.m. He will be delivering a motivational message about his fundraising adventure. Early morning risers can also join Jamie for breakfast on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. at Tutti Frutti, 125 Loach’s Road.
For more information about Jamie, including ways to donate to his effort, please visit http://www.jamiemcdonald.org
Jamie, who has become somewhat of an adventurer, cycled 14,000 miles from Bangkok to his home town Gloucester, England in 2012. Two days after finishing this journey, he decided to attempt to break the world static cycling record which stood at 224 hours and 24 minutes. Jamie pedaled for 265 hours (more than 11 days) breaking the record, raising money from both challenges for the Pied Piper appeal.
Help give Jamie a warm Greater Sudbury welcome by joining him as he runs into town, or come out and meet Jamie.
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