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Jamie McDonald (born 19 August 1986) is a British adventurer from Tredworth, Gloucestershire, and the fourth person to run 5,000 miles solo coast to coast across Canada.〔 ==Solo run across Canada== Dressed as superhero The Flash, McDonald set off on 9 March 2013 from St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on the Atlantic coast and completed the journey of 5,000 miles to Vancouver on the Pacific on 3 February 2014. Jamie spoke to schools throughout the entire journey to help with fundraising. His original intention had been to complete the journey before the winter. McDonald was inspired by Terry Fox, one-legged and suffering from cancer, whose run across Canada was cut short by cancer.〔 On the route, McDonald faced a number of ordeals: he endured −40C temperatures, he was beaten and robbed celebrating the new year in Banff, Alberta, and had to push his load in a pushchair when he was no longer able to carry it on his back.〔 Suffering from acute tendinitis in his foot, he continued his run and a bone spur has grown over the inflammation.〔 He slept rough on the side of the road unless taken in by strangers.〔 He wore through 10 pairs of trainers. He raised more than £250,000 for children's charities in the UK and Canada in a bid to give back to the charities that supported him as an unwell child, including Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and the charity which supports Gloucestershire Royal Hospital,〔 and also Canadian charities such as SickKids Foundation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamie McDonald (adventurer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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