1.0No Meat Athletehttps://www.nomeatathlete.comMatt Frazierhttps://www.nomeatathlete.com/author/nomeatathlete/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UTaWRtf342"><a href="https://www.nomeatathlete.com/podcast/radio-30/">Joel Runyon — Ultramarathons and Doing the Impossible</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.nomeatathlete.com/podcast/radio-30/embed/#?secret=UTaWRtf342" width="600" height="338" title="“Joel Runyon — Ultramarathons and Doing the Impossible” — No Meat Athlete" data-secret="UTaWRtf342" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Podcast-Radio2.jpg300300After graduating from college, Joel Runyon couldn't get a job. Not at Starbucks, not at Caribou Coffee, not at Target. He also wasn't an athlete, and had never run a 5K. Just five years later, he's actually spoken at the headquarters of Target, one of the very companies that wouldn't hire him. He's spoken at TEDx, done a half Ironman, run an ultramarathon, raised $25,000 to build a school in Guatemala, and traveled the world. Joel now doesn't need a job, because he makes a living documenting his perpetual quest to do the impossible and helping tens of thousands of readers to the same. And it all started with a list. Not a bucket list, but an Impossible List. Next on the list: run 7 ultras on 7 different continents (ending with the Leadville 100) to raise money to build 7 schools. All in the next year. Joel has been a friend of mine for about as long as I've written No Meat Athlete, and it was a pleasure to have him share his knowledge and inspiration for doing the impossible on this episode of NMA Radio. Here's what we talk about in this episode: How Joel went from unemployed and living in his parents' basement to doing the impossible How an "Impossible" list differs from a "Bucket" list The 777 Project: 7 ultramarathons on 7 continents to build 7 schools Breaking through self-imposed limits to do the impossible How running helps build the "do the impossible" muscle Joel's tips for going from non-runner to multiple ultramarathons in just 5 years Click the button below to listen now: