challenges of, [>], [>]
course, [>]
cutoff time, [>]
interest in, among foreign runners, [>]-[>]
preparations for, [>], [>]
2005 race, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
banana-strawberry vegan pancakes, [>], [>]–[>]
bandit runners, [>]
barefoot running, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Barefoot Ted. See McDonald, Ted
Barnet, Billy, [>]
basil/basil leaves, [>]
basketball, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
beans. See also specific recipes
flavorfulness, [>]
in plant-based diet, [>], [>], [>], [>]
soaking before cooking, [>]
in Tarahumara diet, [>], [>]
using epazote with, [>]
in vegetarian chili, [>]
beats per minute (BPM), [>]
being “in the zone,” [>]
belly breathing, [>]
Bergland, Chris, [>]
Berry, Wendell, [>]
beta carotein, [>], [>]
bicycling skills
including in training regimen, [>], [>]–[>]
uphill racing, [>]
Bighorn Mountains, Wyo., [>]
Black Hills, S.D., [>]
black kale (Lacinato/dinosaur kale), [>]
blogs, untruths in, [>]
blood pressure
high, during S.J.’s childhood, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and neuropeptide Y, [>]
and plant-based diet, [>]
blueberry picking with grandmother, [>]
Body, Mind, and Sport (Douillard), [>]
Bone Games (Shultheis), [>]
Born to Run (McDougall), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Boussiquet, Jean-Gilles, [>]
Boutigny-sur-Essonne, France, [>]–[>]
BPM (beats per minute), [>]
brain chemistry, and endurance, [>]
breathing techniques, [>], [>]–[>]
Bright Angel Trail (Grand Canyon National Park), [>]–[>]
Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, IAU World 24-Hour Championships, [>]–[>]
bromelaine (pineapple), [>], [>]
Brooks Sports, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Buddhism, [>], [>], [>]
Burfoot, Amby, [>]
burritos, during races, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
bushido, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
butter, [>]
“Buttery” Omega Popcorn, [>]
Caballo Blanco (Micah True), [>], [>]
Cable, Wisc., ski camp, [>]
Calais, Rick (“the Ricker”), [>]
calcium, [>], [>], [>]
California, Northern, long-distance running in, [>]–[>]
calories
consuming during races, [>], [>], [>], [>]
counting, [>]–[>]
from fats and oils, [>]
from plant-based foods, [>]–[>], [>]
Camacho, Jose, [>]
camping, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Camus, Albert, [>]
car, first, [>]
Caribou Lake Invitational, 1986, [>]–[>]
Carlin, Steve, [>]
Carob Chia Pudding, [>]
Cascadia trail shoe, development of, [>]
catabolic state, [>]
central governor theory, [>]
Cerutty, Percy, [>]–[>]
Chapman Gulch (Hardrock 100), [>]
checklist for overcoming difficulties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
cheese, [>], [>]
chemicals, in factory-farmed meat, [>]
cherry picking with grandmother, [>]
chewing, time for, [>]
chili, vegetarian, [>], [>]–[>]
Chocolate Adzuki Bars, [>]–[>]
cholesterol levels, [>]
Chomsky, Noam, [>]
chores, childhood, [>]–[>]
Chorier, Julien, [>]
Chouinard, Yvon, [>]
chronic disease, [>]
Clif Bars/Clif Energy Gels
consuming during races, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
sponsorship arrangement with, [>]
climbing, rock. See also slacklining
during races, [>]
training for, [>]–[>]
clothing, for training in cold weather, [>]
coaching business, [>]
Cobain, Kurt, [>]
coconut milk/oil, calories from, [>]
Coco Rizo Cooler, [>]–[>]
Cohen, Leonard, [>]
College of St. Scholastica, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Collins, Jeremy, [>]
competition, childhood lessons, [>]–[>], [>]. See also perfectionism; ultramarathons; winning, as goal
Comrades Marathon, South Africa, 1922, [>]
cooking, love for, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Cooper, Emily, [>]
Cooper, Graham, [>]
Copper Canyon, Mexico. See also Tarahumara Indians
race course, [>], [>]
2005 race, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
2006 race, 2006, [>]
core training, [>]–[>]
corn
in Tarahumara diet, [>]
tortillas, [>]
Croft, Ben, [>]–[>]
cross-country skiing/ski team, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Cudin, Ivan, [>]
D’Adamo, Peter, [>]
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Tex., Ultracentric Experience, [>]–[>]
dangerous courses, [>], [>], [>]. See also specific races
Davis, Marc, [>]
Davis Jason, [>]
Deadwood, S.D., [>]–[>]
Deadwood Canyon (Western States 100), [>], [>]
Dean, Jeff, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
death, risk of, [>]
Death Valley, Calif. [>], [>]–[>]. See also Badwater UltraMarathon
dehydration, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Deneen, Ben, [>]–[>]
determination. See also endurance; motivation
accessing, through bushido, [>]
importance of, to winning, [>]–[>], [>]
Devil’s Thumb aid station, [>]
diabetes, [>]
diaphragmatic breathing, [>]
diet. See also food; plant-based diet importance, early recognition of, [>]
typical American, illness associated with, [>]
Divine Madness group, [>]–[>]
Donner Pass, [>]
doubts and worries
about continuing as a runner, [>]–[>]
about entering the Badwater, [>]
about vegetarian diet, [>]–[>]
following injuries, [>]
prior to Western States races, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
process for handling, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
downhill running, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Duluth, Minn.
Austin Jarrow store, [>]
cuisines available in, [>]
Dry Dock Bar & Grill, [>], [>]
Lester Park, [>]
NordicTrak shop job, [>]–[>]
Positively Third Street Bakery, [>]
return to, [>]–[>]
school districts, [>]–[>]
Eat Right [>] Your Type (D’Adamo), [>]
echinacea, [>]
eggs, [>]
ego, ego strength, [>], [>], [>]
Elliot, Herb, [>]
Emigrant Pass (Western States 100), [>]
endurance
and brain chemistry, [>]
capacity for, [>]–[>]
childhood training, [>]–[>]
and the courage to continue, [>]
endurance training, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
limits of, testing, [>]
measuring in 24-hour races, [>]
during ultramarathons, [>], [>], [>]
energy balls, [>]
energy gels, [>], [>]
environmental pollution, [>]
epazote, [>]
Erdman, Ca
rolyn, [>]–[>]
Escobar, Luis, [>], [>]
Eucles, [>]
exercise
reasoned approach to, [>]
regular, finding motivation for, [>]
existential philosophy, [>]–[>], [>]
Ezekiel 4:9 bread, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
factory farming, [>], [>]
father, S.J.’s
anger, [>]–[>]
as disciplinarian/inspirer, [>]–[>], [>]
employment problems, [>]. [>]
estrangement from, [>], [>]
kindnesses, [>], [>]
reconciliation, [>]
“sometimes you just do things,” [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
training equipment built by, [>]
view of vegan diet, [>]
feet, sore, [>], [>]
fiber, in diet, [>]
fish, contaminants in, [>]
fishing. See hunting/fishing
Fletcher, Colin, [>]
Flora Oil [>]-[>]-[>] Blend, [>], [>], [>]
Foden, John, [>]
Fontainebleau, France, [>]
food
author’s early experiences with, [>]–[>]
during the Hardrock [>], [>]–[>]
life and death importance of, [>]–[>]
during long-distance races, [>]
as medicine, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
relationship to love, [>]
during runs, [>]
food logs, [>]
Foot Zone, Seattle, Wash., [>]
forefoot striking, [>]
Forest Hill aid station, Western State [>], [>]
Fort Bragg’s Resistance Training Laboratory, [>]
freeBASE climbing, [>]
free running, [>]
friendships among runners, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
funks, getting out of, [>]–[>]
Galvin, James, [>]
Gandhi, Mahatma, [>]
Gideon (massage therapist), [>]
ginger, [>]
goals and dreams. See also winning, as goal
lack of clarity about, [>]
and reclaiming the joys of running, [>]
resetting following first Western States win, [>]
“going guerilla,” [>]
grains
proteins from, [>]
soaking before cooking, [>]
Grand Canyon National Park
rainstorm, [>]–[>]
Tonto Trail run, 2010, [>], [>]–[>]
grandfather, maternal (Ed), [>]
Grandma’s Marathon, Duluth, Minn., [>], [>]
“granny gear,” [>]
granola, home-made, [>], recipe, [>]–[>]
Grant’s Swamp Pass (Hardrock 100), [>]
Greece, ancient
endurance races, [>]–[>]
marathon races, [>]
victory over Persia, [>]–[>]
Greece, modern
friendliness/kindness of people in, [>]–[>]
fruit-based diet in, [>]
Green Power Pre-Workout Drink, [>]–[>]
Greg. See Jurek, Greg (brother)
growth hormones, [>]
Guillon, Antoine, [>]
Haervejsvandring Walk, [>]
Hamski, Dan, [>]
hamstring stretch, [>]
Hardrock [>] (San Juan Mountains, Colo.)
aid stations, [>]
competitors, [>]–[>]
course, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
finishers, low percentage, [>]
food during, [>]–[>]
history, [>]
special challenges/dangers, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
time limits, [>]–[>]
2007 race, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Harvard School of Public Health, Nutrition Department, [>]
Hawke, Ferg, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
heat
acclimating to, [>]–[>], [>]
clothing for, [>]
extreme, running in, [>]–[>], [>]
internal, generated while running, [>]
training for, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Heinemann, Mark, [>]
Hemingway, Ernest, [>]
Hemp Milk, [>]
Herodotus, [>]–[>]
A Hero’s Journey (movie), [>]
Herry, Karine, [>]
Hesse, Hermann, [>]
Hian, Ben, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
high blood pressure. See blood pressure
high school, valedictory speech, [>]
Hincapie, George, [>]
Hippie Dan. See Proctor, Dan (“Hippie Dan”)
Hippocrates, [>], [>]
holistic approach to running, [>]
Holmes, Damon, [>]
Holy Moly Guacamole, [>]–[>]
hormones in cow’s milk, [>]
Horton, David, [>], [>]
hostel, Seattle, Wash., [>]
House of Gravity, Duluth, Minn., [>]
hummus, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
[>]-mile/100-K races. See long-distance running; ultramarathons and specific races
[bqc]
hunting/fishing
Arctic, [>]
during childhood, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and commitment to meat as protein source, [>]
early experience learning, [>]
as source of solace, [>]
hydration. See dehydration; water consumption
hyponatremia, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
IAU World 24-Hour Championships
competitors, [>]
course, [>]
decision to participate in, [>]
2010 race, [>]–[>]
ibuprofen, [>], [>], [>]
immune system, [>]
Imtiaz, [>], [>]
Incan Quin-Wow!, [>]
Indian Gardens campground (Grand Canyon National Park), [>]–[>]
Indian Running (Nabakov), [>]
Indonesian Cabbage Salad with Red Curry Almond Sauce, [>]–[>]
injuries
before the 2007 Hardrock [>], [>]
as messages, [>]
plantar fasciitis, [>]–[>]
preventing permanent damage, [>]
before the Spartathalon, 2007, [>]–[>], [>]
Inoue, Shingo, [>], [>]
interval training, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
IV treatments, [>]
Jenny (girlfriend)
first visit with, [>]
at IAU 24-Hour Championship, 2010, [>]–[>]
support for S.J. during his mother’s death, [>]
time spent with, [>]–[>]
at Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, 2009, [>]–[>]
Joe (friend), [>]–[>]
Johnson, Tom, [>]
joint inflammation, [>]
Jones, Chuck, [>], [>], [>]
junk food, [>], [>], [>]
Jurek, Angela (sister), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Jurek, Ed (grandfather), [>]
Jurek, Grandma, [>], [>]
Jurek, Greg (brother), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
kaihogyo (Tendai Buddhist practice), [>]
Kalamata Hummus Trail Wrap, [>]–[>]
Kamler, Kenneth, [>]–[>]
Kee, Bill (“Scott”), [>]–[>]
kidney function
impact of excessive protein on, [>]
during long-distance races, [>]
King, Jim, [>]
Koerner, Hal, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Korylo, Piotr, [>]–[>], [>]
Koski, Jess and Katie, [>]
Kostman, Chris, [>]–[>]
Kouros, Yiannis, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Krupicka, Tony, [>]–[>]
Kuwait, visit to troops in, [>]
lactate threshold level, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lao-Tzu, [>]
Last Chance mining encampment, [>]
Lausanne, Switzerland, 24-hour race, [>]
Leadville Trail [>], [>]
Leah (wife)
marriage to, [>]–[>]
move to Seattle, [>]
organic food purchases, [>], [>]
separation and divorce from, [>]–[>], [>]
time spent with, [>]
Lee, Bruce, [>]
Lee Dong Mun, [>]–[>]
legumes, proteins from, [>]
Lentil-Mushroom Burgers, [>]–[>]
Lewis Carl, [>]
lifting weights, [>]
ligaments, torn, [>]
Litton Microwave, Duluth, Minn., [>], [>]
Locks of Love program, [>]
loneliness
and connecting with others, [>], [>]–[>]
during long-distance races, [>], [>], [>], [>]
long-distance running. See also training; ultramarathoners
abdominal breathing, [>]–[>]
body temperature during, [>]
dangers of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
eating and drinking during, [>], [>], [>]
as exercise in transcendence, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and need to connect with others, [>]–[>]
in Northern California, [>]–[>]
physiological impacts, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
posture, [>]
protein needs, [>]