{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"No Meat Athlete","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com","author_name":"Matt Frazier","author_url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/author\/nomeatathlete\/","title":"Joel Runyon \u2014 Ultramarathons and Doing the Impossible | No Meat Athlete","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gCkcPwmHce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/podcast\/radio-30\/\">Joel Runyon \u2014 Ultramarathons and Doing the Impossible<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/podcast\/radio-30\/embed\/#?secret=gCkcPwmHce\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Joel Runyon \u2014 Ultramarathons and Doing the Impossible&#8221; &#8212; No Meat Athlete\" data-secret=\"gCkcPwmHce\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Podcast-Radio2.jpg","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"description":"After graduating from college, Joel Runyon couldn't get a job. Not at Starbucks, not at Caribou Coffee, not at Target.\u00a0He 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:\u00a07 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:"}