Scott Jurek

In the book

In 2006 Jurek traveled to the Copper Canyons with a group including McDougall and Jenn Shelton for the race Micah True organized. He narrowly lost to the fastest Rarámuri runner, Arnulfo Quimare. The book significantly raised his profile.¹

By then he had won the Western States 100 seven times in a row (1999–2005) and Badwater in 2005 and 2006.¹

Since 2009

• 2007Returned to the Copper Canyons and won the race. He also won the Hardrock Hundred that year.¹
• 2010Set a US record of 165.7 miles in 24 hours at the 24-Hour World Championships in France.¹
• 2012Joined the search for Micah True.¹ His memoir Eat & Run (June 5, 2012) became a New York Times bestseller.¹
• 2015Set the Appalachian Trail speed record: 46 days, 8 hours, 7 minutes.¹
• 2018North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail, with Jenny Jurek.¹
• 2026Not on the reunion call. The hosts named him as one of three trip members who were missing.²