Scott Jurek tell us about his rise in the sport of ultrarunning and about his vegan diet. In Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness he gives an account of competing in 100-plus-mile endurance races and surviving on a plant-based diet and he shares running and eating advice.
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Comments [15]
you don't survive on a plant based diet children,you actually thrive,and so does the planet.
Uhmmm... Tofurkey® isn't a highly processed "food" product???
@Paul from NYC
Chia seeds!
@ dboy
Enjoy having your point proven with your baseless and factually incorrect pronouncements!
Enjoy stereotyping people who go about things differently than you do!
Enjoy judging people you never met and don't know anything about!
Hugs and kisses!
Henry from Manhattan~
ROCK ON, duuuuuuuude!!
Enjoy your highly processed Tofurkey® "food"!!
...you just proved my point.
@dboy
"Veganism is NOT a diet, it's a cult."
Yeah... a cult of awesomeness!
"...nor is it necessarily "healthy"."
Yeah, Scott Jurek certainly seems like his health is impaired.
LOL!
I wonder what he thinks about barefoot running?
...nor is it necessarily "healthy".
@ Bruce
I do use Body Glide (or Vaseline in a pinch), but still, 100 miles? Reapplication must be an issue.
And sometimes you just chaff in places that you weren’t expecting.
Veganism is NOT a diet, it's a cult.
Can your guest comment on bare foot running or minimally cushioned shoes.
also, how do you get your omega 3's on a veggie diet?
thanks
Interesting aside: People often characterize humans as slow and weak among animals, but we are the finest long-distance runners of _any_ species. Our ancestors were able to hunt many faster animals by running them to exhaustion.
Henry from Manhattan: Get Nip Guards and use Glide.
Technical question...
Chaffing?
How does Scott manage chaffing, I mean, I just ran 15 miles this weekend and got a a bad shirt rash and something funky going on with blistered toes and we've all heard about bloody nipples during marathon day. But 50 miles? 100 miles?
Any hard lessons learned by Scoot regarding chaffing?
Scott Jurek!
Woot!
I'm a big fan!
Show page says, "[Jurek] gives an account of competing in 100-plus-mile endurance races and surviving on a plant-based diet and he shares running and eating advice."
"Surviving?" Um, don't you mean thriving? Flourishing maybe?
I mean, he is a champion at 100 mile races as a vegan. That's hardly "surviving."
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