Eat & run : my unlikely journey to ultramarathon greatness

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Label

Eat & run : my unlikely journey to ultramarathon greatness

Title remainder

my unlikely journey to ultramarathon greatness

Statement of responsibility

Scott Jurek, with Steve Friedman

Title variation

Eat and run

Creator

• Jurek, Scott, 1973-

Contributor

• Friedman, Steve, 1955-
• OverDrive, Inc

Author

• Jurek, Scott, 1973-
• Friedman, Steve, 1955-

Subject

• Marathon running -- Training
• Vegan cooking
• Athletes -- Nutrition
• Electronic books
• Marathon running -- Physiological aspects

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force and darling in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. 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. He won that race seven years in a row, setting a course record along the way. Twice he won the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile "jaunt" through Death Valley. He triumphed in the 153-mile Spartathlon in Greece three times. 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. 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

Cataloging source

TLC

Dewey number

796.42/52

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

GV1065.17.T73

LC item number

J87 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult