{"id":4067,"date":"2012-11-19T00:14:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2012-11-19T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T10:06:04","slug":"extreme-physical-activity-promotion-doc-murray-to-run-7-ultra-marathons-on-all-7-continents-within-7-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2012\/11\/19\/extreme-physical-activity-promotion-doc-murray-to-run-7-ultra-marathons-on-all-7-continents-within-7-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Physical Activity Promotion: Doc Murray to run 7 Ultra Marathons on all 7 continents within 7 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of extreme physical activity promotion, Doc Andrew Murray<\/a>\u00a0is off today (weather permitting in Antarctica)\u00a0to run 7 Ultra Marathons on all 7 continents within 7 days. He’s doing this to raise awareness of the benefits of exercise (he now works on this issue for the Scottish Government) and also for\u00a0The Scottish Association for Mental Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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His route is here<\/a><\/p>\n

He massively appreciates the support he’s had for his previous challenges. If you and\/or people you know are interested in supporting Andrew, you have the opportunity to do this in two ways:<\/p>\n

1) BE PART OF IT<\/strong><\/span> with Andrew and a few well known faces. Visit www.5×50.co.uk<\/a> <http:\/\/www.5×50.co.uk\/<\/a>>\u00a0 for full information and to join the challenge . By running, walking, cycling 5k a day for the 7 days from 23rd to 29th November<\/strong> we aim to cover the equivalent distance of 5 times round the world. Personally, I’ll be on the running, walking or cycling 5 km for those days to keep up my personal challenge of accumulating 60 minutes of physical activity daily. But this isn’t about me!<\/p>\n

It’s about getting people engaged with all physical activity abilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please pass this onto your friends and colleagues, they can register here http:\/\/5×50.co.uk\/register<\/a> and take the Challenge with you – you can even create a team together.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A 40 sec video explains why\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) Andrew is raising money for Scottish Association for Mental Health- GetActive program.<\/strong><\/span> This is a great charity that he’s passionate about. His JustGiving page is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a bit of a laugh here is a trailer for some TV he’s making about the trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

And remember to also the share the ‘7 investments’ link <\/a>for a balanced \ud83d\ude42 comprehensive approach to eradicating physical inactivity.<\/p>\n

Message to Andy – if you are looking for something to do, we have a new BJSM podcast up for you – sports cardiology –<\/a> which includes a paper on whether too much exercise can be harmful. And other podcasts in the editing suite…enjoy!\u00a0 A personal best wish to you – k2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of extreme physical activity promotion, Doc Andrew Murray\u00a0is off today (weather permitting in Antarctica)\u00a0to run 7 Ultra Marathons on all 7 continents within 7 days. He’s doing this to raise awareness of the benefits of exercise (he now works on this issue for the Scottish Government) and also for\u00a0The Scottish Association for […]<\/p>\n

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