Day: March 27, 2019

I’ll be on 94.9 With Aurelia Nelson at 8:40 This Mornig Talking About Today’s Finish! Tune In!

Last night I brought home some lobster, marinated some steak and chicken, Nichole Schrafft brought salad and pastry and we drank wine, beer and finished with excellent bourbon and tequila.

Adventureman and his team were such fun to be around.  Can’t wait to see everyone tonight!
Nichole Schrafft pictures and videos-

 

 

On Wednesday the 27th March, after a year running exactly 210 marathons – more than 5,500 miles, from the westernmost point to the east coast via as many children’s hospitals as he could visit during his yearlong visa – Jamie McDonald, AKA Adventureman, will run his final six miles to the beach at Fort Point, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

And he’d love all the support he can get!

The mammoth adventure has raised more than $150,000 for sick kids so far – a cause close to Jamie’s heart, having spent the first nine years of his life in and out of hospital, with a rare spinal condition.

We’re inviting members of the public, of all ages, to join and support us. (Superhero outfits are optional but very much preferred!).

We have broken it down into a few stages to ensure people of all abilities can join in, and Jamie will be live-streaming to ensure people all over the world can be involved, too!!!

The route can be seen on Google Maps here: https://goo.gl/maps/Snm3sbYvgh52

Itinerary:

*** 6 miles out – don’t worry, it’ll be a nice slow pace!

– Meeting point: Sweeney Park, 113 Summer St, Manchester By the Sea
– Time: 2.30pm 

***1.7 miles out (if you’d like a shorter run)

– Meeting point: Hammond Castle
– Time: 3.45pm

***0.7 miles from the finishing point:

– Meeting point: Stage Fort Park (lots of parking nearby, apparently!)
– Time: 4pm

***Finishing point at the Fisherman’s Memorial Statue – where Jamie will dip his hand in the Atlantic Ocean, having done the same 5,500 miles ago in the Pacific!

-Time: approximately 4.15pm 

After the finish, the nearby Beauport Hotel has confirmed they will be putting on a welcome celebration and reception for supporters, so please do feel free to join us to celebrate the incredible achievement… after which, Jamie will be back in the UK to attempt to break the world record for the most miles run on a treadmill in 7 days!

*** Please feel free to share this event far and wide – and tag your friends in, too! ***

Click on and Save this link to follow his live interactive tracker map and know where he is

After nearly a year of running the perimeter of the United States raising money for sick children, Adventureman Jamie McDonald is scheduled to complete his 5500 mile journey right here on the boulevard in Gloucester around 4 PM today. We sincerely hope you can join us as we welcome him to Gloucester and congratulate him on his super hero efforts on behalf of sick children.

He will be running from Manchester to Gloucester. Those wanting to join him for his last few miles are welcome to meet up at Robert Sweeney Park for a 6 mile run (around 2:30 PM); Hammond Castle around 3:45 PM or Stage Fort Park around 4 PM. All are encouraged to watch for him along this route to cheer him on, but we’d really like to see a big crowd this afternoon at the Fisherman’s Memorial Statue for this historic event. Let’s give him a true Gloucester welcome.  Reception to follow at the Beauport Hotel and all are welcome.

To donate: https://www.adventureman.org/donate/

 

Written By Earl Foote and given to us to use as our podcast intro.  Mike Lindberg one of Good Morning Gloucester’s first contributors created this video which I consider to be the best music video of all time.

Brings chill every time I listen to it still to this very day.  Mentions the crew of the Andrea Gail and my Uncle Cosmo’s boat The Captain Cosmo and the men that were lost to the sea, the Boulevard, the Fisherman’s Memorial Statue.

How much more fitting could the Song “Gloucester Til The End be for a Gloucester England born runner to finish a 5500 mile run around the perimeter of the United states and finishing on the Boulevard at The Statue?

Crazy.