Joel Runyon runs the Comrades Marathon and the 777 Challenge

We are suckers for great running stories. Joel Runyon has a fantastic one. From being unemployed, sitting in his parents basement he has gone on to travel the world and do things most people think are impossible.Find out what brought Joel all the way from San Diego to the sleepy hollow of Pietermaritzburg to run the 2014 Comrades Marathon on this edition of Run Talk SA.Joel tells us about his journey to completing the Comrades Marathon as well as some of the cool mantras that got him through this year’s Comrades.Joel is about to embark on another amazing challenge and he tells Brad all about the 777 challenge. Joel is going to run 7 ultra-marathons on the 7 continents to raise enough money to build 7 schools through Pencils of Promise. Read more