In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as an elite athlete, and about the vegan diet that is key to his success.įrom his Midwestern childhood of hunting and fishing to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, to his epic, record-breaking races, Jurek's story shows the power of an iron will and the importance of thinking of food as fuel.įull of stories of endurance and competition as well as practical advice and some of his original recipes, Eat and Run will motivate people to go the distance, whether that means getting out for a first run, expanding your food horizons, or simply exploring the limits of human potential. His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary.

Jurek was also one of the elite runners who travelled to Mexico to run with the Tarahumara Indians, as profiled in the international bestseller Born to Run. He went on to win that race seven years in a row. An ultramarathon is about transcendence and requires metaphysical strength as opposed to athletic talent and has been described as 99 mental and 1 physical. Being a vegan, I always look for different recipes and ways to combine veganism with my running. Scott Jurek, author of 'Eat and Run', is a vegan ultramarathon winner and his book recounts his adventures running ultra races all over the world and how he did it on a vegan diet. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead in the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile jaunt over the Gold Rush trails of America's Sierra Nevada. Eating and running, two of my favourite things in one book It must be good I've followed Scott Jurek for a while now, especially from a nutritional perspective. The words of Scott Jurek, a dominant force - and darling - in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade.

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