Mark Beaumont

Athlete, broadcaster & ambassador

Celebrating a decade of world firsts, pushing ultra endurance, sharing inspiring journeys and helping businesses to perform.

Mark Beaumont’s documentaries, events and books about ultra endurance and adventure have taken audiences to over 100 countries. Outside of sport and broadcasting, Mark is a business ambassador and speaker, as well as working with a number of charities and educational organisations.

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Mark Beaumont shared University of Glasgow Careers Service's post.

4 days ago

🚴‍♂️🌏🏅 UofG Sound Tracks Live today! In this final episode of season 1, the UofG politics and economics graduate Mark Beaumont talks us through what it takes to break the circumnavigation cycling world records not once but twice! We unpick what ‘success’ actually means, get his tips on work-life balance plus hear about the journey he took before his world-record breaking ones. Get listening via Spotify, Apple Podcasts or online at http://gla.ac.uk/soundtracks 🚴‍♂️🌏🏅 ... See MoreSee Less

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Mark Beaumont shared Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon's post.

7 days ago

This is an incredible event - get involved if you want a mega challenge for 2019!

Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon
The 2019 Quad takes place on 6th July. It's 222 days until the big day - still plenty of time to train! More info here: http://artemisgreatkindrochit.com Register here: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=4514 It's a team event: Teams of 2, or a Relay Team of 3 - 8 people. If you need someone to team up with, contact info@wildfoxevents.com There are three route options in 2019: 1. Gold - the classic route as shown in the video - the swim (1.35km), the walk/run over 7 Munros (24km), the kayak (11km) and the cycle (54km). 2. Silver - the swim, the walk/run over 6 Munros (with silver you don't have to re-ascend to Meall Nan Tarmachan), the kayak and the cycle. 3. Bronze - NO SWIM, the walk/run over 5 Munros (with Bronze you come off the hill after Beinn Ghlas and don't have to climb Meall Corranaich or Meall Nan Tarmachan), the kayak and the cycle. If you have a corporate team, there are 2 free places available per 10 registrations (pay for 8). ... See MoreSee Less

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Anurra wan for you Ross MT & D H R

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Mark Beaumont

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For one week only... you can order for Christmas pressies a signed copy of the ‘80 Days’ book for £15 plus P&P... or a set of all 4 signed books for £35 plus P&P. To order... send a PRIVATE Facebook message simply with your email address (and saying what you wish to order) and we will send a payment link 👍🏻 📚 🌎 🚲 ... See MoreSee Less

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Helen - if, you know, you’re looking for ideas...

Loved the 80 days book. Will there be a DVD release?

Good photo Mark. Looking ripped.

Canada ordering lol.!!!

Incredible achievement 👏👏 Respect man 💪

Get it - its a great read!

Gary Ringrose info

Just finished reading it... highly recommend! 👍

Gwenno Griffith 😗

Are you planning to sell it as e-book?

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Jane Teare

Free handle bars included in the new book? 😉

on it. I'm excited to read it... as my copy of "The Man Who Cycled the World" is in tatters from reading it so many times

Michelle Waters 😍

Claire Dickson!

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Corporate Ambassador and Advisor

Mark brings his passion, experience and network to a portfolio of corporate businesses, working with each to look after their community and develop their teams. These ongoing roles are separate from expedition sponsors, but as long term relations also benefit from the profile and ambition of Mark’s career in sport and television.

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The leading UK regional mid-market private equity house and part of Lloyds Banking Group. Mark is the first Corporate Ambassador for LDC, having worked with the company since 2007. This role involves regular events, both with the LDC team and their business community as well as leading charity cycling events including Lands End to John O’Groats, London to Paris in 24 hours and the Trois Etapes. LDC have also sponsored the World, Rowing the Arctic and Africa Solo expeditions.
More than 30 airlines serve over 130 destinations and in excess of 11 million passengers travelled through the airport annually. Mark holds an advisory role with Edinburgh Airport, working with the senior management as well as hosting a range of events. The Africa Solo bike is currently on display near Duty Free alongside short films about the North Coast 500 and the charity Orkidstudio. Edinburgh Airport also support Marks expeditions.
Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers specialises in several areas including Commercial, Private Clients, Renewable Energy, Property, Social Housing and Farms & Estates, provides niche products to both commercial and private clients across the UK. Bruce Stevenson have offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Galashiels. Bruce Stevenson was granted Chartered Insurance Broker status in 2010, a title held by fewer than 100 brokers in the UK. Mark is a Corporate Ambassador for Bruce Stevenson, representing the business across a range of events and promotional activities.
The leading UK regional mid-market private equity house and part of Lloyds Banking Group. Mark is the first Corporate Ambassador for LDC, having worked with the company since 2007. Scotmid Co-operative is Scotland’s largest independent co-operative society. The Society employees over 4000 staff in 350 retail and service outlets across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England. This includes Food, Semichem, Funeral branches, Post Offices and a Property Division. Mark holds an advisory role, speaking at conferences and working with management teams.
SSE plc is a FTSE 100 energy business, generating and providing electricity and gas, plus the operations of telecoms networks. Mark works with SSE in an advisory role, hosting workshops and seminars, mainly within sales, HR and management teams, as well as involvement in a range of activities with SSE Next Gen, where 101 talented young athletes are supported in their teenage years through SportsAid.

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Community: education and philanthropy

Within education Mark is the Rector of the University of Dundee, Patron for the Saltire Foundation, Ambassador for the Winning Scotland Foundation and Honorary President of Scottish Student Sport. Within charities Mark is Patron for Orkidstudio and for the ARCHIE Foundation, as well as supported a range of other charity events and campaigns.

Incredible Journeys

Expeditions, challenges, TV documentaries and online filming projects. Mark started on the bike with the World and the Americas, then into the oceans in the Arctic and the Atlantic, before presenting for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and recently back on the bike with Africa Solo. He has published books on each of the cycling expeditions and filmed a number of challenges for charity and for promotions.

Contact Mark

Mark’s team will reply to all enquiries that are not covered in the FAQ’s. If you have a quick question for Mark himself, please get in touch on social media.

FAQ’s

How do I fundraise for my trip?

The two hardest parts of any project is committing to actually do it and then fundraising. There is no golden ticket for sponsorship, but there are some simple useful tips. Unless you have a profile and a strong track record, don’t waste your time cold contacting potential corporate sponsors. To get started, direct network by asking everyone you know for introductions to people and businesses who may be interested in your ambition. Then do the same with them, so that your network gets bigger and bigger. If you simply ask for money straight away, when the answer is no, that is the end of the conversation. Instead, ask for introductions. When it comes to kit, it is also very unlikely to get free kit without a strong track record of publicity. So give suppliers an easy yes, by asking for cost or trade price products. This way you get a huge discount on the kit you need, and they aren’t making any losses.

How do I start a career in adventure and broadcasting?

If you are sitting in an office job imagining the freedom of running your own business in the outdoors, then be realistic about the amount of hard work to make a living. If you build the right skills then one route is as an instructor or guide. Likewise, if media is your passion, then volunteering and building your CV is crucial. Many, but not all cameramen and producers have formal training. But if you would like to build a career like Mark, running your own expeditions and with a TV profile, then you need to systematically build your brand, using social media and traditional media. Gaining commissions for TV is very competitive and relies on having unique ideas. Being a competitive athlete in organised competitions is unlikely to create these opportunities. Be incredibly determined and expect set backs – discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

Can Mark help promote my charity event?

If you are planning a major expedition which will be interesting for the public to follow, then please do let Mark know through social media and he may be able to mention and RT. However, due to the amount of requests that Mark receives for social media promotions for charity events, these is not always possible. Mark is also not able to take on any new ongoing charity roles for the meantime, but has a discounted rate for charity talks and appearances. Please get in touch with enquiries.

How do I train for an endurance challenge?

Almost everyone has the ability to take on adventure challenges, but it is sensible to build up experience and fitness over time, rather than immediately taking on the world. For most expeditions you should start with good all round fitness and then you will get fitter and more conditioned to the long hours during the challenge. If you are setting out to break World Records and be more of an endurance athlete than a nomadic adventurer, then this will take a more systematic approach to training. Injury and illness are your biggest concerns on long expeditions. If you are cycling, then correct bike fit is essential to avoid repetitive strains, and for all sports think about cross training to build all round muscle balances. But the biggest transition from taking on one day challenges to major adventures is your mindset and there is no training book that will help with this. Experience and time in the great outdoors is the only way to build resilience and your comfort zone so you can take on tougher challenges.