![]() The Kalamata hummus trail wraps are now a regular in my pack. ![]() And don’t miss the delicious vegan recipes at the end of each chapter. ![]() Eat & Run is out now at all good bookstores or order online. Even more impressive, his book has me thinking about what ingredients I need to buy today to make 8-Grain Strawberry Pancakes. Filled with great characters from Jurek’s life, the book is as riddled with heartrending stories of personal triumph and loss as it is breathtaking race descriptions that take you inside the mind of a once-in-a generation athlete during some of his most grueling runs. Jurek has me thinking about life and the concentration of such that can be experienced through life-affirming prism that is ultra running. Along the way, Jurek discovered the virtues of a vegan lifestyle and used it to propel himself further and faster. Eat & Run tells the compelling story of an introverted nordic skier who discovered ultrarunning by accident and eventually grew to dominate the sport. Those would become words to live by-or, at least endure by-for Scott Jurek, whose book Eat & Run is equal parts memoir, adventure story, how-to manual, and vegan cookbook. ![]() “Sometimes you just do things,” the sometimes overbearing father would say to his young son, who would one day grow up to be one of the world’s top ultramarathon runners. ![]() Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness ![]()
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