THREE SCOTS PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

JAMIE RAMSAY

Over the past two-and-a-half years Jamie Ramsay (pictured) has travelled more than 22,000km (13,670 miles) through 18 countries including running the Americas and cycling in South America.

The Edinburgh-born adventurer completed the 17,000km (10,563 miles) run from Vancouver to Buenos Aires in 2015 and pedalled 3,700km (2,300 miles) from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to La Paz, Bolivia, last year.

Ramsay, 37, is recruiting applicants through his website (jamieramsay.net) to join him “on a 2,200km run somewhere in the southern hemisphere” this July. The “chosen one” will cycle in support of Ramsay and help shoot a documentary.

SHONA THOMSON

After completing the New York Marathon in 2010, Shona Thomson didn’t rest on her laurels. The Londonbased runner, who grew up near Milngavie, set herself the challenge of tackling all six major marathons around the world. She added London (2012), Chicago (2015), Tokyo and Berlin (both 2016) before clocking up number six – Boston – last week.

“Boston was the hardest,” she says. “It was the hottest and hilliest. I also had hip bursitis in the lead-up so the seven weeks prior involved full rest and cortisone jabs in my hip. Less than ideal but that’s running.”

ANDY TORBET

He spent a decade in the British Forces as a paratrooper, diver and bomb disposal officer involved in operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland and the Falklands. These days Andy Torbet, 40, can be found diving, climbing, caving, skydiving and kayaking. He credits a childhood spent in rural north-east Scotland for his love of the outdoors.

Past adventures include snorkelling from Cape Wrath to Land’s End and exploring the wreck of Titanic’s sister ship Britannic off the coast of Greece.

Torbet recently co-presented the BBC series Britain’s Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney.