Eat & Run

My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547722078
• Print ISBN:
  9780544002319

The New York Times bestseller Eat and Run is "the inspiring story of an inspired man. Scott Jurek's phenomenal success as an ultra-marathoner demonstrates that meat and other animal foods are not necessary for optimum health, strength, and endurance."—Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestelling author of Spontaneous Happiness
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. He held the American 24-hour record and he was one of the elite runners profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run. In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as a champion athlete with a plant-based diet and inspires runners at every level.
From his Midwestern childhood hunting, fishing, and cooking for his meat-and-potatoes family to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, Scott's story shows the power of an iron will and blows apart the stereotypes of what athletes should eat to fuel optimal performance. Full of stories of competition as well as science and practical advice — including his own recipes — Eat and Run will motivate readers and expand their food horizons.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• A note to the reader
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Prologue
• Somebody
• “Sometimes You Just Do Things”
• For My Own Good
• “Pain Only Hurts”
• The Pride of the Cake Eaters
• The Wisdom of Hippie Dan
• “Let the Pain Go Out Your Ears”
• Attack of the Big Birds
• Photos I
• Silent Snow, Secret Snow
• Dangerous Tune
• “Are You Peeing?”
• Battling Bug Boy
• Of Bears and Gazelles
• A Hot Mess
• These Guys Again?
• The Central Governor
• Hunted by the Wasatch Speedgoat
• In the Footsteps of Pheidippides
• Photos II
• Lost
• Secrets of the Dark Wizard
• Back to My Roots
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• Ultramarathon Race History
• Notes
• Recipe Index
• Index
• About the Authors