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Scott Jurek, born on October 26, 1973, is a renowned American long-distance runner and author. He is best known for his exceptional achievements in ultra-trail running, having won the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run multiple times and setting several world records.

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“She always encouraged us to be grateful for the things we had—for life itself. She always expressed joy.”

Life Joy Grateful Encourage

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Я начал читать экзистенциальные книжки еще в старших классах школы и продолжил читать в колледже. У Сартра и Камю я нашел описание борьбы индивидуума, не вписывавшегося в окружающую среду. Герман Гессе писал о поиске святого в хаосе и боли. Экзистенциалисты не верили в познание жизни только посредством разума. Они знакомили меня с концепцией испытания отчуждением и отказом от оправдания чужих надежд ради жизни, полной уникального смысла.”

Reading Existentialism Individualism Sense Of Being

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dump wheelbarrows full of rocks onto the trail.”

Appalachian Trail

Book:North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Source: North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

“For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.”

Feels I Can Moments Challenges Chance Break Records Type Goes On Endeavor Trails Challenging Myself

Author:Scott Jurek

“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.”

People Reason Stories Body Song Rooms Distance Quitting Negativity Ultras

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Thinking Looks Term Can Do Numbers Mass Resources Population Lifestyle Diets Vegetarian Consumption Longevity Staggering Vegetarian Diet

Author:Scott Jurek

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

Bigs Hurt Deals Endurance

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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 Pure Vegan Live Simply Pure Happiness

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

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

Moving Moving Forward

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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).”

Running Race Careers Losing Accomplish Miles Pounds One You Love Someone You Love

Author:Scott Jurek

“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.”

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Want Trying Sometimes Loses Decision Failing Regret Losing Come Up Hardest Loved Ones

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Humans Kind Body Bigs Today Movement Demand Built Core Crave Repetitive

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.”

Surrender Rational Assessment

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.”

World Attention Grace Artificial Constructs Decency Breaking Free

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Injuries are our best teachers.”

Teacher Injury Best Teacher

Book:Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.”

Way Arena Humbling Energizing

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Important Matter Moving Goal Achieve Strive What Matters

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

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

Pain Challenges Loss Blessing Perceive Harsh Delusional

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Hard Running Energy Simple Source Faster Calculus

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Hard Running Pain Remember Growth Alive Transformation Adversity Breathe Hard Times Lure

Author:Scott Jurek

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

Mind Matter Powerful Arms Legs Muscles Magnificent Lungs Nothing Matters

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Sometimes the road to wellness isnt a well-marked expressway.”

Wells Sometimes Wellness

Author:Scott Jurek

“What we eat is a matter of life and death.”

Matter Life And Death

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.”

Author:Scott Jurek

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

Book:Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Source: Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

“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.”

Needs Running Remember Joy Lying Process Focus Rewards Reaching Prize Peace And Joy

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

Want Levels Train Currents

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

I Can Overcoming Difficulty

Author:Scott Jurek

About the Author

Born: October 26, 1973
Known for: Author
Quotes: 30

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