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born 1973 United States
Scott Gordon Jurek (born October 26, 1973) is an American ultramarathoner, author, and public speaker. Throughout his running career, Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon (2005, 2006), the Spartathlon (2006, 2007, 2008), and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005).
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Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.
Eat and Run (2012)
Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.
Eat and Run (2012)
The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.
Eat and Run (2012)
We move forward, but we must stay in the present.
Eat and Run (2012)
The potential of the human body is immense. You can come out of some of the deepest, darkest holes if you keep pressing forward.
Interview in the documentary-film The Game Changers by Louie Psihoyos (2018)
We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.
Eat and Run (2012)
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.
Eat and Run (2012)
Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a 10K race, or 100 miles. It can be changing a career, losing 5 pounds, or telling someone you love her (or him).
Eat and Run (2012)
I'm healthier and I can run longer and faster because I eat a plant-based diet. But I don't preach to my carnivorous friends or lambaste anyone who eats a baked potato slathered with butter and sour cream. Anyone who pays attention to what they eat and how it affects them will naturally move toward plants — and toward health.
Eat and Run (2012)
We all lose sometimes. We fail to get what we want. Friends and loved ones leave. We make a decision we regret. We try our hardest and come up short. It's not the losing that defines us. It's how we lose. It's what we do afterward.
Eat and Run (2012)
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