7 Marathons, 7 Continents, in 7 Days!
This is the World Marathon Challenge, the ultimate endurance running competition!
Our guest in this episode, Jared Blank, shares with us his amazing journey with dyslexia and how running became his outlet for escaping and coping with the stress and challenges from dyslexia at school and college.
Jared completed the World Marathon Challenge in aid of raising awareness and money for Dyslexia charities.
What goes into preparing for the ultimate running challenge? How does it work? And, Why would you do it!? Jared tells us all in this episode, and how he used his dyslexic strengths to complete the world’s hardest running challenge.
Jared was diagnosed with dyslexia aged 5. Like many people with dyslexia, Jared had that person in his corner backing him all the way. For Jared this was his mum! With this support, nothing stopped Jared from being able to achieve academically at school and university, achieving two masters degrees!
Sports has always been a big part of Jared’s life and through his career he has worked with athletes and American Football teams. Today Jared is the Football Chief of Staff for University of Texas, Austin. Jared shares what this career entails and how he managed to find his way into an area he is passionate about.
Having completed the World Marathon Challenge, Jared shares his story around the globe to continue to support the dyslexic community and inspire young people struggling with dyslexia in demonstrating that EVERYTHING is possible if you work hard at it!
This is a story of true grit and determination, using strengths of dyslexia to complete the hardest running challenge in the world!
Dyslexic Strength:
- Grit
- Empathy
- Pattern Recognition
Dyslexic Hack:
- Recognise the Opportunities within Dyslexia.
Key Topics:
- American Football – Working for an American Football team in the states
- International Dyslexia Community – Engaging with the community and rising awareness and money through running
- Running – Using running as an outlet for stress from school/work
- World Marathon Challenge – Training and running the World Marathon Challenge, 7 marathons, in 7 continents, in 7 days.
Selected Links
- Find Jared at:
- His Book – Running The Distance
- World Marathon Challenge
