An adventurer who has traveled all over the world has accepted his biggest challenge-fatherhood.
34-year-old Jamie McDonald and his 36-year-old partner Anna McNuff welcomed their daughter storm In December, and has begun to deal with sleepless nights.
They ran, rode, and swim on half of the earth and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.
The former tennis coach has now written a book “American Running” about his 5,500 miles and 210 marathons across the United States in 2019.
He started writing this book during the first lockdown last year, when his Superhero Foundation philanthropy and fundraising work ceased overnight.
“I’m usually pulled to the left, right, and center. When the world is closed, a large part of it is that Anna is pregnant. Then I have time to write about American adventures and relive those stories,” Mr. MacDonald said.
“As soon as the storm was born, I tried to start writing the moment she closed her eyes.”
Mr. Macdonald lives in Gloucester With his family, he compares being a parent to his adventure because his daughter can’t sleep well at night.
“It actually feels like an adventure, a very cruel patience-whether physically, mentally or emotionally-is cruel,” he said.
“It feels like this. But when you are rewarded and feel that what you do has a purpose, this is the beauty of adventure.
“The baby journey definitely feels like an adventure.”
His latest challenge is to break Guinness World Records The maximum distance he can run on a treadmill in a week, which he completed a few weeks after crossing the United States.
“In the face of every difficult challenge, you will stop it, and you think it has never been so difficult,” said Mr. MacDonald.
“I remember that I had to go to the hospital at the end of the treadmill because I couldn’t breathe normally. I lost half of my red blood cells and disappeared during 7 days of running.
“I was dripping water and couldn’t walk for two weeks. It was a terrible time. How do I compare this to having a baby?
“It’s not far. You don’t get enough sleep, at least it’s a very intense experience on the treadmill.
“I’m dying, but with a child, her challenge of not sleeping is day after day, and it has been going on for eight months, will it end?
“It definitely brings a lot of emotions, just like on a treadmill. I call it dreadmill.”
Although he is now a father, he does not intend to stop the adventure through the secret challenge planned.
“There will be another adventure, and it may be soon, depending on restrictions around the world,” he said.
“Just like now, this will be a short adventure. As a father, even if you leave her for one night, it feels important.
“This will be a short adventure, and it will be immortal.”
He is also developing a new app for his charity to help match volunteers who help families with sick children.
Mr. MacDonald suffered from immunodeficiency when he was a child and suffered from the potentially fatal syringomyelia. He spent the first nine years of his life in the Children’s Hospital.
In 2012, when he rode 14,000 miles, he became famous in one fell swoop. Bangkok Ride a second-hand bicycle worth £50 to Gloucester.
A few weeks after returning to Gloucester, he set a new world record of cycling non-stop on a static bike.
In February 2013, two months after setting a new world record, he started running Canada Since then, he has raised more than £1 million for charity.
– Mr. McDonald’s new book can be purchased at www.amazon.co.uk/Adventureman-Running-America-Glimmer-Across/dp/1787836932
He is an inspirational speaker. For more details, please visit www.adventureman.org/conference-speaker-uk/motivational-speaker-uk/
