Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness (35 page)
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Authors: Scott Jurek,Steve Friedman
Tags: #Diets, #Running & Jogging, #Health & Fitness, #Sports & Recreation
The adverse effects of excess protein consumption is from
The New Becoming Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to a Healthy Vegetarian Diet
by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, Book Publishing Company, 2003.
Information on the diabetes epidemic comes from “National Diabetes Statistics, 2011,” available online at the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Evidence linking the three most common causes of death in America to the standard Western diet can be found in
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World,
by John Robbins, Conari Press, 2010, and
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health,
by T. Colin Campbell, BenBella Books, 2006.
The quote about the appropriateness of vegetarian diets for all stages of the life cycle is taken from the American Dietetic Association’s “Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets,” July 2009.
9. Silent Snow, Secret Snow
Information on the way cows are treated at industrial dairy farms comes from
Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat,
by Howard Lyman, Scribner, 2001.
Course details and the history of the Western States Endurance Run were drawn from the official race website, the website of the Tevis Cup, and interviews and correspondence with race cofounder Shannon Weil.
Historical references to the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe peoples were sourced from “WA SHE SHU: The Washoe People Past and Present,” a publication of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the Paiutes of Utah website.
Gordon Ainsleigh’s story comes from “Inventing 100-Mile Trail Racing,” 42K(+) Press, 1998, available online at www.marathonandbeyond.com, and from “Western States 100’s Gordon Ainsleigh,” by Mark Vanderhoff,
Reno Gazette-Journal,
June 2003.
10. Dangerous Tune
The biographical information on Arthur F. H. Newton was taken from
Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace Across America,
by Charles B. Kastner, University of New Mexico Press, 2007, and
C. C. Pyle’s Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America,
by Geoff Williams, Rodale, 2007.
The biographical information on Percy Cerutty was taken from “Cerutty, Percy Wells (1895–1975),”
Contemporary Authors,
Thomson Gale, 2007, and from the Herb Elliot interview on Radio National on January 5, 2001, a transcript of which is available on www.coolrunning.com.
The biographical information on Chuck Jones comes from an interview with the runner.
The value of emptiness of mind for the warrior is explored in many bushido texts, among them
The Book of Five Rings,
by Miyamoto Musashi (tr. Thomas Cleary), Shambhala, 2010.
Henry David Thoreau’s famous quote about simplicity comes from
Walden.
11. “Are You Peeing?”
The body’s ability to acclimate to heat is discussed in detail in
Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance,
by Kenneth Kamler, St. Martin’s, 2004.
The rate at which a body loses fluid and salt during exercise comes from “Exercise and Fluid Replacement,” Position Paper of the American College of Sports Medicine, 2007.
The discussion of hyponatremia and the challenges of maintaining proper hydration during an ultra is drawn from interviews with Timothy Noakes, M.D., D.Sc., Ph.D. (hon causa), Discovery Health Professor of exercise and sports science, University of Capetown; Robert Lind, M.D., medical adviser to Western States 100, 1974–2006; David C. Nieman, Ph.D, FACSM, director, Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University; and Zachary Landman, M.D., researcher and ultramarathoner.
12. Battling Bug Boy
Biographical details and the quote about running 10,000 miles were taken from an interview with James Shapiro.
The story of the remarkable pilgrimage of the marathon monks comes from
The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei,
by John Stevens, Shambhala, 1988.
13. Of Bears and Gazelles
The study showing that vegetarians watch less television, smoke less, and sleep more per night than meat-eaters is the Loma Linda University Adventist Health Study.
Blood type O is described as a “canny, aggressive predator” on Eat Right for Your Type: Official Website, “The Type O Profile.”
Dr. Fredrick Stare’s takedown of the blood type diet comes from
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World,
by John Robbins, Conari Press, 2010.
14. A Hot Mess
The account of Al Arnold’s run comes from “The Road Goes On Forever,” by Bob Wischnia,
Marathoner,
Spring 1978.
Biographical details of Sri Chinmoy come from his official website and the article “Sri Chinmoy Seeks to Claim a Title: Stunt Man Supreme,” by James T. Areddy,
Wall Street Journal,
January 13, 1989 (reprinted on www.rickross.com).
Details of the self-transcendence race come from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team website, “The 2011 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race.”
Accounts of the Divine Madness group are drawn from the articles “A Running Club Is 100 Miles Outside of the Mainstream,” by Jere Longman,
New York Times,
July 28, 1997; “Running Like Hell,” by Michael Finkel,
Women’s Sports and Fitness,
November 1999; and “Ultrarunning: Runner’s Death Places Sport Under Scrutiny,” by Jere Longman,
New York Times,
March 7, 2004.
The body’s adaptations to altitude are described in
Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance,
by Kenneth Kamler, St. Martin’s, 2004.
The detailed description of the stresses of the ultra, from the loading on bones and muscles to the cascade of stress-related hormones, is culled from interviews with Timothy Noakes, M.D., D.Sc., Ph.D. (hon causa), Discovery Health Professor of exercise and sports science, University of Capetown; Robert Lind, M.D., medical adviser to Western States 100, 1974–2006; David C. Nieman, Ph.D., FACSM, director, Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University; and Zachary Landman, M.D., researcher and ultramarathoner.
15. These Guys Again?
Some of the information regarding Caballo Blanco and Copper Canyon comes from
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen,
by Christopher McDougall, Vintage, 2011.
The study demonstrating the dangers of sitting is “Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults,” by Alpa V. Patel, Leslie Bernstein, et al.,
American Journal of Epidemiology,
2010 doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq155.
16. The Central Governor
A fascinating discussion of VO2 max, lactate threshold, and efficiency in both humans and animals can be found in
Why We Run: A Natural History,
by Bernd Heinrich, Harper Perennial, 2002.
The central governor theory of neural recruitment is explained in
Lore of Running,
by Timothy Noakes, M.D., D.Sc., Human Kinetics, 2002. Noakes is Discovery Health Professor of exercise and sports science, University of Capetown.
17. Hunted by the Wasatch Speedgoat
Biographical details of the Skaggs brothers were taken from “Rogue Runners,” by Adam W. Chase,
Running Times,
June 2009.
Hardrock horror stories come from interviews with past participants, the official Runner’s Manual, and the article “It’s Gonna Suck to Be You,” by Steve Friedman,
Outside,
July 2001.
The biographical information on Rick Trujillo comes from an interview with the runner.
The biographical information on Laura Vaughan comes from an interview with the runner.
18. In the Footsteps of Pheidippides
Course details and the history of the Spartathlon come from the official race website.
Plutarch refers to the Marathon run in his essay “De gloria Atheniensium,” tr. Frank Cole Babbitt, via Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University. The full quote is as follows: “The news of the battle of Marathon Thersippus of Eroeadae brought back, as Heracleides Ponticus [an earlier historian whose works have been lost] relates; but most historians declare that it was Eucles who ran in full armour, hot from the battle, and, bursting in at the doors of the first men of the State, could only say, ‘Hail! we are victorious!’ and straightway expired.”
The references to Pheidippides in Herodotus’s
Histories
occur in Book 6, chapters 105–6. We cite the A. D. Godley translation available online via the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University.
The biographical details of John Foden were taken from the online articles “Irishman Is Co-founder of Spartathlon” on www.ultrarunningireland .com and “John Foden—A Life Devoted to Ultrarunning” on www.ultralegends .com.
Yiannis Kouros’s biography and records were taken from his official website.
Kouros’s definition of ultrarunning is taken from “What Is Ultra-running?,” by Yiannis Kouros, March 2008, downloadable from www.yianniskouros.com.
The myth of the founding of Athens is recounted in
Mythology,
by Edith Hamilton, Bay Back Books, 1998.
Hippocrates’s quote about food and drink comes from
On Ancient Medicine,
tr. Francis Adams, via the Internet Classics Archive.
The research on soldiers by Dr. Andy Morgan at Yale Medical School was reported in “Lessons in Survival,” by Ben Sherwood,
Newsweek,
February 13, 2009.
Dr. Kenneth Kamler’s book about the factors that separate winners from losers in the world’s toughest environments is
Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance,
St. Martin’s, 2004.
19. Lost
The historical background of the 24-hour race was taken from “History of the 24hr Race,” by Andy Milroy, www.ultralegends.com, November 4, 2008.
The importance of the sun in Native American ceremonial running is discussed in
Indian Running: Native American History and Tradition,
by Peter Nabokov, Ancient City Press, 1987.
20. Secrets of the Dark Wizard
Dean Potter’s biography was taken from “The Aerialist: Dean Potter,” by Matt Samet,
Outside,
July 2011.
For a discussion of the research linking runner’s high to endorphins and endocannabinoids, see “Phys Ed: What Really Causes Runner’s High,” by Gretchen Reynolds,
New York Times,
February 16, 2011.
The biographical information on Bill Kee comes from an interview with the runner.
The study about rats running themselves to death is cited in
Activity Anorexia: Theory, Research and Treatment,
by W. Frank Epling and W. David Pierce, Psychology Press, 1996.
The biographical information on Chuck Jones and his Badwater hallucinations comes from an interview with the runner.
Ann Trason’s quote about the cliff comes from
“
Catching Up with Ann Trason,”
TrailRunner Magazine,
January 2009.
Recipe Index
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“Buttery” Omega Popcorn,
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Hemp Milk,
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Minnesota Mashed Potatoes,
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Red Curry Almond Sauce,
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Rice Milk,
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