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Impossible Adventures

If you're ready to push your limits and face your fears, read these posts to find out about how you can do just that, cross items off your bucket list and actually do the things you talk about doing.

Say Yes To More Adventure

February 11, 2015 By Joel Runyon 14 Comments

I just got back from 10 days in the Seychelles on a round trip flight to the other side of the world for less than $500. It was the first pure fun trip I’ve gone on in a while and one of the best in recent memory (although it was exactly 12 time zones away and has left me quite thrown off as far as time zones are concerned). However, the beaches and the water made up for that (as you can see ...

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Recalculating

November 5, 2014 By Joel Runyon 29 Comments

Recalculating A few weeks back, I went on a trip to LA a few weeks back with my best friend. We threw our destination address into Google Maps and started following the directions for another adventure. At one point, we missed a turn and our Google Maps monotone navigator got to announce somewhat passive aggressively, “recalculating.” Somewhat subtlety indicating that we had missed one of our turn-off points. We had missed the mark, but ...

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Filed Under: 777, Adventures, Fitness, Gritness

Are You out on Your Limit?

October 1, 2014 By Joel Runyon 3 Comments

#boom Race 1/7 for the 777 Project is done. The Patagonia International Marathon was an absolutely astounding 63km/39.4 mile race. And we've raised almost $10,000 so far. Amazing! Thanks to everyone who has joined the cause and supported 777 in one way or another. If you still want to get involved, there's good news. You can! The fastest way to help is by taking part in The $25 Challenge. Do that here. --- As for Patagonia, it's absolutely ...

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Filed Under: 777, Adventures, Articles, The Impossible Tagged With: Running

The Biggest Challenge of My Life: The 777 Project

August 19, 2014 By Joel Runyon 12 Comments

Today's a big day. For the last few months I've been hinting at a big, upcoming impossible project. Today it's here. I want to share with you The 777 Project. - the next impossible thing. The 777 Project The 777 Project is my next impossible challenge. It's a challenge to run 7 ultra marathons on 7 continents as an effort to help build 7 schools with Pencils of Promise.. This project will be the most challenging thing I've ever done and take ...

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Filed Under: 777, Adventures, Fitness, The Impossible, The Impossible List, Updates

Why I Started My Blog

August 13, 2014 By Joel Runyon 15 Comments

The why behind what you do is often more important than what you actually do. Here's my why. --- A little over 4 years ago, I started a list. I was an out-of-work college grad, 9 months out of school who couldn't get a job for the life of him. I had started a couple blogs while trying to figure out this "internet" thing, but kept accidentally overwriting the databases on my Bluehost box. Doh! I applied for jobs everywhere I could and everyone ...

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A Few Short Updates From Switzerland

July 25, 2014 By Joel Runyon 5 Comments

Greetings from Switzerland. I arrived in the beautiful town of Davos yesterday. It's a sleepy little mountain town with some of the most picturesque mountain scenery you could imagine. Stuff like this everywhere you look. Tomorrow I'm running the Swiss Alpine K42 - a high alpine race and the highest marathon in Europe. I'm adding it on top of the Comrades ultra marathon in South Africa I ran last month in order to prepare for a new project ...

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The 2014 Plummet at the Summit in Photos

July 16, 2014 By Joel Runyon 5 Comments

A few years ago, I wanted to jump out of an airplane and go skydiving to cross it off my impossible list - but I was to scared to do it on my own. So I decided to just say I was going to do it at WDS - the World Domination Summit in Portland and invite anyone who was interested to come along. That way, if I was leading a group of people - there was no way that I could back out. Dozens of people ended up coming with me and the Plummet at the Summit was ...

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The 10 Most Impossible Ultra Marathons on The Planet

July 2, 2014 By Joel Runyon 8 Comments

Four yeas ago, I started IMPOSSIBLE when I signed up to do my first ever triathlon. Back then, this was a big deal. I’d never run more than three miles in one go before and actually finishing a triathlon seemed impossible. So much so that my first triathlon was indoor because I figured it'd be harder for me to drown in a pool. Once I finished and realized that I could do more, I set off on my Impossible List and ever since, I’ve been crossing things off ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness Tagged With: ultra-marathon

Comrades 2014: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of A 56 Mile Race

June 26, 2014 By Joel Runyon 12 Comments

It's been a little over two weeks since I ran the longest race of my life, the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Here Are The Quick Stats on Comrades: The oldest ultra marathon in the world Point-to-point ultra marathon Down route - Pietermaritzburg to Durban, South Africa (switches each year) 89 kilometers / 56 miles 11+ hours 18,000 runners All said and done, I ended up running approximately 25 miles farther than I've ever run in one ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness Tagged With: comrades, comrades 2014, ultra marathons, ultras

The Atlantic Challenge

June 12, 2014 By Joel Runyon 13 Comments

Every now and then I like to make up games. While they're similar to Dan's "parlour games", these games are life and business games. Instead of thought exercises, they're doing exercises. Want to be more productive? Try Workstation Popcorn. Want to get uncomfortable? Try Cold Shower Therapy. Want more adventure? Try Adventure Roulette. As well as being fun, games make life more interesting, and serve as challenges with which to test ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Bizness, Hacks, Hustle Tagged With: atlantic challenge, Challenge, income stream

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