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Scott Jurek Biography

Scott Gordon Jurek (born October 26, 1973) is an American ultramarathoner, New York Times bestselling author of Eat & Run, and public speaker. Throughout his career, Jurek has been one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning many of the sport's most prestigious races multiple times, including the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon (2005, 2006), the Spartathlon (2006, 2007, 2008), and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005). In 2010, at the 24-Hour World Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Jurek won a silver medal behind Shingo Inoue and set a new US record for distance run in 24 hours with 165.7 miles (an average pace of 8 minutes and 42 seconds per mile). Jurek has followed a vegetarian diet since 1997, and a vegan diet since 1999.

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We move forward, but we must stay in the present.

Forward, Move, Moving, Moving Forward, Present, Stay

As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.

Legs, Mind, Nothing, Powerful

For me, it's about optimizing health. It's about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the mass population, in terms of lower consumption of resources. When you look at the numbers, it's pretty staggering.

Diets, Numbers, Staggering, Terms, Thinking, Vegetarian Diet

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

Beauty, Further, Inspirational, Moment, Running, Universe

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

Earth, Effort, Joyously, Simply, Vegan

You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.

Big, Bigs, Deal, Endurance, Hurt, Thought

It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

Energy, Faster, Run, Running, Simple

Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.

Blessing, Harsh, Loss, Pain

Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.

Assessment, Assessments, Rational, Surrender, Surrenders

What we eat is a matter of life and death.

Death, Eat, Life, Life And Death, Matter

Train at your current fitness level, or slightly above — not where you want to be.

Currents, Level, Levels, Slightly, Train, Want

Injuries are our best teachers.

Best Teacher, Injuries, Injury, Teacher, Teachers

Most of all, the ultra distance leaves you alone with your thoughts to an excruciating extent. Whatever song you have in your head had better be a good one. Whatever story you are telling yourself had better be a story about going on. There is no room for negativity. The reason most people quit has nothing to do with their body.

Alone, Distance, Nothing, People, Quit, Song

Overcoming the difficulties of an ultramarathon reminds me that I can overcome the difficulties of life

Difficulty, I Can, Life, Overcoming, Reminds

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish.

Accomplish, Attempt, Possesses, Single, Strength

Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

Adversity, Pain, Remember, Running, Times

You could carry your burdens lightly or with great effort. You could worry about tomorrow or not. You could imagine horrible fates or garland-filled tomorrows. None of it mattered as long as you moved, as long as you did something. Asking why was fine, but it wasn't action. Nothing brought the rewards of moving, of running. Sometimes you just do things.

Asking, Fate, Moving, Running, Tomorrows

The reward of running — of anything — lies within us … We focus on something external to motivate us, but we need to remember that it’s the process of reaching for that prize — not the prize itself — that can bring us peace and joy.

Bring, External, Focus, Joy, Lying, Running

Humans aren't built to sit all day. Nor are we built for the kinds of repetitive, small movements that so much of today's specialized work demands. Our bodies crave big, varied movements that originate at the core of our body.

Body, Crave, Demand, Movement, Varied