I then flipped over to Instagram and saw the announcement that Scott and Jenny were going to publish North. We spent hours watching videos and reading articles about or written by Scott. I then pulled up some footage on Scott from YouTube, and my son was captivated.

I pulled up some cartoons on my phone to play for him, but he hated that. We do our best to keep him away from screen time, but desperate times called. As the late hours of the night faded into the early morning dawn and my stories began to wear thin as my brain waded further and further into sleeplessness, I called in back up to keep my son occupied. Sick + restless + barely toddling = scary combination. He was sick, and the days of trying to keep him as motionless as possible to keep from disturbing his IV were catching up to him. A few months ago I sat in a hospital room with my 1 year old. It will inspire runners and non-runners alike to keep striving for their personal best. A stunning narrative of perseverance and personal transformation, North is a portrait of a man stripped bare on the most demanding and transcendent effort of his life. With his wife, Jenny, friends, and the kindness of strangers supporting him, Jurek ran, hiked, and stumbled his way north, one white blaze at a time. He knew he would be pushing himself to the limit, that comfort and rest would be in short supply - but he couldn't have imagined the physical and emotional toll the trip would exact, nor the rewards it would offer. He would have to run nearly 50 miles a day, every day, for almost seven weeks. When he set out in the spring of 2015, Jurek anticipated punishing terrain, forbidding weather, and inevitable injuries.

North is the story of the 2,189 mile journey that nearly shattered him. He embarked on a wholly unique challenge, one that would force him to grow as a person and as an athlete: breaking the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. But after two decades of racing, training, speaking, and touring, Jurek felt an urgent need to discover something new about himself.

Renowned for his remarkable endurance and speed, accomplished on a vegan diet, he's finished first in nearly all of ultrarunning's elite events over the course of his career. Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. From the author of the best seller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46 day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail.

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