Brendan Leonard - How to Run 100 Miles, Get Paid to Write Books and Blogs, and Make Movies and Cartoons About Adventure

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🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Brendan Leonard is the creator of Semi-Rad, a blog he started in 2011. He’s also an author, adventurer, illustrator, filmmaker, ultra-marathoner, and an all-around interesting guy. He’s also a contributor to sites like Dirtbag Diaries and The Adventure Journal. Over the last year, he has built a large following, from his hilarious Seinfeld-esque illustration on his Semi_Rad Instagram account that documents the daily choices we make in the outdoors and as adults.

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0:00.0	This is episode 63 with adventurer, filmmaker, illustrator, writer, and creator, Brendan Leonard.
0:07.0	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living, an adventure podcast presented by REI co-op, the brand who helps get you outside
0:16.7	through gear, classes, and adventures. We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:24.0	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving businesses,
0:28.0	and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger
0:35.8	and I hope youround interesting guy. He's biked across America, ridden through the Grand Canyon on a raft,
0:56.0	and walked across it twice,
0:58.0	lived out of a converted van for three years,
1:00.0	and climbed and adventure in the mountains all around the west.
1:03.8	He's all about showcasing the joy that comes from adventures for the every man and woman, meaning
1:08.3	you listening, and he just made a movie presented by REI called How to Run 100 Miles where he did a giant 100 mile
1:15.6	ultra race. He gets paid to not only write and do amazing adventures but he recently
1:21.2	started creating humor cartoons and getting paid to do them
1:24.6	even though he's never been trained as an artist. This episode is chalk full of
1:29.8	gems and wisdom from an everyday guy making it happen in a major way. I hope you enjoy this
1:35.8	episode as much as I did. I think we should just start with your latest movie how to run a hundred miles that you
1:45.4	recently did presented by REI for those of you listening if you haven't seen it
1:49.8	this is a great movie Brendan made with his best friend,
1:52.9	and it's really more than just running 100 miles.
1:57.2	Yeah, hopefully people will see it if they haven't.
2:00.1	Boy, I would never try to do both of those things at the same time again.
2:04.0	It isn't my first 100 mile ultra marathon and first film of that size, like just budget wise and like knowing where it's going to go because
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