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Ultramarathoner and vegan Scott Jurek attempts to break the AT record, running from the south end to the north. His wife is his crew, but he gets a little help from a lot of friends. It takes a village to run the AT. I was fascinated at his determination to complete the journey, running over 50 miles per day most days. He also had a lot of fans meeting him and running with him at various points on his journey. I was shocked by that--I'd never presume to run with someone attempting to break a rec
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2.5 stars.
I think this wasn't a good book to listen to in the car because it's Non-Fiction, and somewhat repetitive since it describes the 40-something days Jurek spent trying to break the FKT for the Appalachian Trail. My mind wandered a lot. I had to keep skipping back when he started talking about a new person who joined him on the trail (usually by trail name), and I was like, "Wait, who is that again?" It might have been better to read the physical book.
I really liked his first book, and ...more
I think this wasn't a good book to listen to in the car because it's Non-Fiction, and somewhat repetitive since it describes the 40-something days Jurek spent trying to break the FKT for the Appalachian Trail. My mind wandered a lot. I had to keep skipping back when he started talking about a new person who joined him on the trail (usually by trail name), and I was like, "Wait, who is that again?" It might have been better to read the physical book.
I really liked his first book, and ...more
Very inspiring journey with plenty of setbacks along the way. Made it a lot easier to deal with my own injury and to put things in perspective! The duel perspective story telling was also unique, however I really didn't like the voice of the female author. Not that she can do anything about it, but I remember it being difficult to get used to in the beginning. However, by the end of the book I was not bothered by it so much, so I think she grew on me, just like she grew on one of the other chara
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Farrah
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