Tag: scott jurek
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Top Ten Book Reviews
I’ve written over 100 book reviews for this site and plan to write many, many more. Here’s a list of the ten most popular reviews: Tani and Sera’s False Nationalism / False Internationalism Coates’s Between the World and Me Mandel’s Station Eleven Fink’s Five Days at Memorial Martin’s Game of Thrones Chopra’s Shapeshifter Levitin’s The…
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Review: Jurek’s Eat and Run
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness Scott Jurek Its rare that I’m without a book, but it happens. Last summer, it happened when I was on vacation in Vermont. Little dude was sleeping better than expected, and I had more time to read, so low and behold, three days into a seven…
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Friday Inspiration: Scott Jurek
I just finished reading Scott Jurek’s memoir/cookbook Eat and Run. Its surprisingly good. It reminded me that, while Jurek is pretty far out there on the spiritual end of the running, eh is thoughtful and articulate on the interplay between the science of running and the sports more spiritual dimensions. So, in honor of the…
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Friday Inspiration – Runners Talking About Running
This one is a different kind of Friday Inspiration. It’s a short, casual interview with of the most interesting ultra-runners out there – Anton Krupicka, Scott Jurek and Peter Balkwin. Interesting questions, and interesting answers on why they race (or don’t race) why they run, and how to treat my personal nemesis, plantar fasciitis. I’d…
Milo and the Calf 