My story

Finished!!!!

At 6am on Sunday morning (5th August) I arrived at Middle Meadow Walk in Edinburgh having swum 2.4 miles in Loch Tay, cycled 112 miles to Falkirk and run and walked 26.2 miles along the canal to Edinburgh, in almost exactly 24 hours.

The swim was probably the hardest part as the water was cold, choppy and very intimidating at 6 in the morning. The cycle was not helped by a strong headwind for the first half but I stayed tucked in behind my cycle team and we made good steady progress the whole way. The run/walk was a long, gruelling effort through a drizzly night on sore stumps, but by now the end was in sight and nothing was going to stop me!

Big Up. Massive thanks to everyone who helped including Howard, Chris, Nicky, Dave, Jude, Fin the dog, Colleen, Stuart, Jane, Andy, Carol, Callum, Lindsey, Colin, Mary, Michael, Lindsey, John, Geoff, Ant, Olivia, The Bicycle Works team, Scott, Francine, Olivia, and most of all my wife and kids, Anna, Iris, Alix and Liam. I simply couldn't have done it without all the help I received.

Fundraising is going fantastically well and we are well on our way to reaching the target. Thanks so much to everyone who has given so generously. If you haven't donated yet, you know what to do! Your money will make a real difference to amputees less fortunate than myself.

Thanks again, Jamie

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I am a mountaineer who 8 years ago lost my hands and feet to frostbite following a terrible mountaineering accident.  Since then I have had to rebuild my life and I have learned to walk again, run, ski, snowboard and I have returned to mountaineering.

I have climbed many mountains, run marathons and achieved many other challenges. Now I have co-founded a new charity called 500 miles, and to celebrate the fact I have set myself a new challenge!

On the fourth of August, in , I am going to attempt to complete an Iron Man Triathlon length event.


2.4 mile swim

112 mile cycle

26.2 mile run

All non-stop in 24 hours!


Iron Man Triathlon is widely considered as one of the most gruelling feats of athletic endurance, even for able-bodied athletes, and for me as a quadruple amputee this looks set to be my biggest challenge yet!

Iron Man is a registered trade mark, so instead this is Titanium Man, named after the high performance metal of which my prosthetic leg components are made.

This looks set to be my biggest challenge yet.  In order to complete my Titanium Man Challenge, I need your help!  I need your sponsorship!

So please sponsor me now!

The money raised is going to a fantastic cause and your support is very much appreciated.

More details are available at www.titaniumman.co.uk and www.500miles.co.uk

Many thanks
Jamie

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500 miles

500 miles

Charity Registration No. SC038205

500 miles aims to support the delivery of prosthetic and orthotic services and surgery which promotes mobility and function for amputees and other disabled people in Malawi and Zambia. Prostheses are devices which substitute for body parts which are missing and orthoses are devices, like splints, which support body parts which are present but which are weak or do not function properly. 500 miles helps people to access and afford prosthetic, orthotic and surgical services today - but, through training and education, it is also trying to develop the future capacity of these services in Malawi and Zambia. Visit www.500miles.co.uk for more information.

Donations 324

Thank you to both you and Olivia Giles for your kindness and support and good luck with 500 miles.

Donation by Paul and Rachel Donachie on 24/07/07

£250.00

+ £70.51 Gift Aid

Best of luck from a knackered old climber

Donation by Roger Skews on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Very Best of Wishes Jamie - you are unstoppable!

Donation by Lexi Smart on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Your mad as a box of frogs. Good luck

Donation by Trudi and Chris Powell on 23/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Rich on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck

Donation by anonymous on 23/07/07

£500.00

+ £141.03 Gift Aid

Donation by Elspeth and John on 23/07/07

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Very best of luck

Donation by Anonymous on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck

Donation by Andy Sowerby on 23/07/07

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Inspirational Jamie -- have a great race.

Donation by John Atkinson on 23/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

big up from the heaps!

Donation by rich heap on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

With best wishes from the Diploma in Mountain Medicine.

Donation by Peter Barry on 23/07/07

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Donation by Anne-Marie Frankland on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

I hope titanium floats :-)

Donation by Olly Stephenson on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

The very best of luck.

Donation by Michael Dymock on 23/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by michelle on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

You're in the minds eye of all your friends at Toyota in California

Donation by Jane Beseda at Toyota on 23/07/07

£50.00

Kick assy : )

Donation by Jane Leask on 23/07/07

£20.00

Best of luck

Donation by anon on 23/07/07

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Good Luck

Donation by Andy Waugh on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

KELVINSIDE BOYS NEVER GIVE UP. GO FOR IT JAMIE! GOOD LUCK.

Donation by JIM TAYLOR on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Jamie I wish you the very vest of luck. Kind Regards, Sheila

Donation by Sheila Butler on 23/07/07

£100.00

Good luck Jamie.

Donation by Dee Weaver on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Jamie - once more, you are an amazing inspiration. Best of luck, you can do it...

Donation by Scott Johnston on 23/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Just seen humanrace triathlon,have entered one myself- realise just what it takes 4 the short one!!

Donation by Sonia Hutton-Taylor on 23/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£11,955.20
  • Offline donations£11,505.26
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£23,460.46
  • Gift Aid£2,669.11

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