Scott Jurek

About

Scott Jurek is an American ultramarathoner, author, and one of the most dominant endurance athletes in the sport's history. Raised in Minnesota and based today in Boulder, Colorado, he ran his first ultra in 1994 and went on to win the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, the Badwater Ultramarathon in 2005 and 2006, the Hardrock Hundred in 2007, and the 153-mile Spartathlon in Greece three straight years (2006–2008) — making him the only American ever to win that race. In 2005 he became the only person to win both Western States and Badwater in the same year. At the 2010 24-Hour World Championships in France he won a silver medal and set a US record of 165.7 miles. A vegan advocate who credits his plant-based diet for his performance, Jurek is a central figure in Christopher McDougall's Born to Run and author of the bestselling memoir Eat & Run, and in 2015 he set the supported Fastest Known Time on the Appalachian Trail.

Notable Wins

• — Western States 100 (7x
• — 1999–2005); Badwater 135 2005
• — 2006; Spartathlon 2006
• — 2007
• — 2008 (only American winner); Hardrock 100 2007; Appalachian Trail supported FKT 2015

Race History