A week or so ago, I did an interview with South African radio station: SAFm (so, you could say I'm big in South Africa). If you want to hear a bit of the backstory of the 777 Project and behind the Antarctica race, I dive into everything right here. Take a listen: I'm planning on doing a few more of these in the future. Stay tuned. via SAFm.co.za ...
Inside The Coolest Camp on The Planet
Over the past couple years, I’ve researched A LOT about Antarctica and about this race - the Ice Marathon 100k. I’ve learned a ton, but I realized I never shared much about the facilities or where the race actually takes place. And I screwed up. Because back in the day, they were basically wooden huts with men hardening up and dealing with it and yelling, “RUB SOME SNOW IN IT” any time they got hurt and fixed “being cold” by becoming numb and ...
Antarctica: A Photo Essay
After 4 days in Antarctica, I'm back. I spent 2 of those days basically running through the night and while it was light 24 hours (so it didn't seem like night), it's weird coming into the main camp tent to change clothes 10 hours in a race and seeing people sit down to eat breakfast when it feels like you've been up for a day. This trip was really special to me - partly because in the back of my mind, I sort of thought I'd never actually make it to ...
My Packing List for Antarctica
I just got back from doing a pre-flight departure meeting last night. Today, I’m flying out to Antarctica. I’m half excited and half terrified. I’m 100% packed and really don’t know what to expect, but according to our packing lists, I’m theoretically prepared (although I'm not sure how prepared you can be until you show up). I travel pretty minimally and pride myself on the fact that I don’t have a bunch of “stuff”, but for something like ...
The Narrabeen All Nighter – Running 12 Hours Through The New Year
http://www.instagram.com/p/BO4LJwbF1Z4/?taken-by=joelrunyon I looked at the menu at the hotel restaurant trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. I arrived in Narrabeen, Australia about 48 hours earlier, and after a few bad “I’ve narra been” to this place before” jokes, everything was going good. Except for this decision…. What do you eat before an evening race? I haven’t run an evening race…maybe…ever? I thought about the race ...
7 Reasons Why You Should Consider 777 For Your Last-Minute End of Year Giving
I don’t make a lot of direct asks around here, but the next few days I will. If you’re thinking about doing something the last few days of 2016 to make an impact (or reduce your taxes), I'd like you to consider the 777 Project and Pencils of Promise. Here's 7 reasons why. 7 Reasons Why You Should Consider 777 For Your Last Minute End-of-Year Giving You ready? Let’s go: The Importance of Education It’s easy to say that you’re not successful ...
A Quick Update on 777
I wanted to give you a quick update on the fundraising efforts for 777. In case you missed it, first a quick recap: I launched 777 two years ago. But not everything went as I planned. First, I got hurt. Then I got sued. Now I’m getting back up and finishing 777 over the next few months. I ran the Chicago ultra last month (and here's proof), That means, so far, of the 777, I’ve run 2 ultras on 2 continents. #boom Even better, the ...
IMPOSSIBLE 003: Inside the 777 Relaunch & Where We Stand Today
On today's episode of IMPOSSIBLE PODCAST, Joel goes into the backstory behind the 777 relaunch and the current status of the project. [powerpress] Links mentioned in the show Donate to the 777 Project (get your donation doubled through the end of 2016!) The 777 Project Impossible.org ImpossibleX.com Pencils of Promise School #1 Race #1 - Patagonia Ultra Race #2 - Chicago Ultra Support The Show Rate on iTunes Rate ...
Chicago Ultra 50k – Ultra Race #2 of 7
As you might have noticed, 777 is back on planned to finish before my 30th birthday. After what happened the last time, I didn't want to speak before I started doing stuff (if you want the backstory, you can read that here and how I'm getting back on my feet here). Sometimes, you ned to climb a mountain and tell no one. Just do it for you. So that's what I did. Last month, I quietly did the Chicago Ultra 50k race to kick things off. No lead ...
How To Get Back Up: 777, Building a School & 3 Steps Forward
Yesterday, I wrote about some of the failures and setbacks that I've faced and dealt with over the past 18-24 months. Read that before you read this. It might help if you've ever sat on the floor of your apartment staring at a wall, feeling hopeless and wondering what to do next or slept on your mattress on the floor for a month after you moved apartments because you didn't have the mental capacity to put your bed together. Yeah, all that ...