![]() ![]() ![]() From his Midwestern childhood hunting, fishing, and cooking for his meat-and-potatoes family, to his early beginnings in running (he hated it), to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, to his world-spanning, record-breaking races - Scotts story shows the power of an iron will and blows apart all the stereotypes of what athletes should eat to fuel optimal performance. ![]() In Eat and Run, Scott Jurek opens up about his life and career - as an elite athlete and a vegan - and inspires runners at every level. His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary, but that he has achieved all of this on a plant-based diet makes his story all the more so. And he was one of the elite runners who traveled to Mexico to run with the Tarahumara Indians, as profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run. He triumphed in the 153-mile Spartathlon in Greece three times. Twice he won the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile "jaunt" through Death Valley. He won that race seven years in a row, setting a course record along the way. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile traverse over the old Gold Rush trails of the California Sierra Nevada. ![]() For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force - and darling - in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. ![]()
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