Eat & Run by Scott Jurek

Eat & Run and North are both entertaining books for the runner or running-interested.

I didn’t necessarily like Jurek or think I’d want to be friends with him after reading Eat & Run. The whole thing is very self-indulgent, and yet I really enjoyed reading it because the subject matter is quite interesting. I have come to like him after reading more and seeing him in some YouTube videos/documentaries. I think he’s a gracious competitor, and I admire his drive.

I do like how he interleaved the vegan recipes in each chapter. I likely wouldn’t sit down a read a book that was only recipes, and I probably would have skipped most of the recipes if they were 50 consolidated pages at the end of the book. Sprinkling them in was a pleasant change of pace, which also served to aid my memory of ingredients via spaced repetition.