{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"55 Adventureman Jamie McDonald – Static Cycling World Record Holder","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed80513469b76844e4d10e/60ed80738eec510018d881e9.jpg?height=200","description":"Adventureman Jamie McDonald holds the World Record for cycling on a stationary bike. He cycled for 268 hours, 32 minutes and 44 seconds. \n \nJamie talks about his achievement on this week’s Best in the World with Richard Parr. \n \nJamie tells Richard about spending the first nine years of his life in and out of hospital with a rare spinal condition known as syringomyelia. \n \nBefore attempting the static cycling record, Jamie cycled 14,000 miles from Bangkok to his hometown Gloucester. Jamie explains the highs and lows of that journey including being shot at in Afghanistan. \n \nAfter Jamie broke the World record his endurance feats didn’t stop there. \nJamie then become the first person in history to run the 5,000 miles from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast in Canada without the aid of a support crew. We hear about this on the podcast. \n \nYou can support Jamie and the Superhero Foundation by buying his book ‘Adventureman – Anybody can be a Superhero’ http://amzn.to/2muvfGc and follow Jamie on twitter @mrjamiemcdonald. ","author_name":"Richard Parr"}