Chapter I Badwater (BW) 2005

Eat and Run test

 

 

Chapter I Badwater (BW) 2005

1 How many miles is the distance of BW?

 

2 When did Scott Jurek become a vegan?

Seven years ago

 

3 What is the world’s toughest ultra race?

Badwater marathon

 

4 Why can using Ibuprofen be fatal for ultra marathoners?

Combined with heavy sweating, too much Ibuptofen can cause kidney failure.

 

5 What was Scott Jurek’s nickname in the middle school?

Peewee

 

 

Chapter II

6 What state does Scott Jurek come from?

Minnesota

 

7 How many hours per week could the author watch TV at home?

5 hours a week

 

8 What is his brother’s and sister’s name and how much younger are they?

Angela, 3 years younger

Greg, 5 years younger

 

9 What did his father do to earn living?

He was pipefitter during the day and maintenance in local hospital during the night.

 

 

Chapter III 1986

10 What place did Scott Jurek get in his first running competition?

2^nd

 

11 How is he similar to a frog?

Because when you put a frog in a pot of water and gently heat the water up until it is so hot to kill the frog, the animal will not move because it does not pay attention to gradual changes – Scott had the same situation with his parents.

 

12 Why was he scared after an annual medical check?

He had blood pressure problems and he was scared to see his dad being scared.

 

13 What was even worse news than putting him on pills due to his high blood pressure?

Because it meant no salt for him.

 

14 How were the rich kids called in those days?

Cake eaters

 

 

Chapter IV 1990

15 What were coach Sorenson’s 3 commandments?

1. Be in shape

2. Work hard

3. Have fun

 

16 What was coach Sorenson’s motto?

Pain only hurts

 

 

Chapter V 1992-1993

17 What nickname did Dusty give to Scott? How did Dusty call him?

Jerker and Dumb pollack; the way he said it he did not feel insulted

 

18 What incident made Scott see Dusty in a different light?

When Dusty broke his ankle and at night Scott saw that it was purple, almost black.

 

19 What does the author mean under ‘Vintage Dusty’?

It was a time when Dusty stole a nintendo game, when he told stories about being chase by cops in the woods, talked about a women he slept with, and how he stole 90 rolls of toilet paper at a time

 

20 What did Dusty and Scott have in common so that they became the best friends?

Because he had something that allowed him to keep going when everyone else stopped

 

21 What are the 4 things he told in his graduation speech but what he find difficult to follow

himself?

1. To be different

2. To find the way to help others rather than thinking of yourself

3. That everyone is capable of achieving

4. To do things while you are young

 

22 How big percentage of Procter children went to college?

1 in 5 children

 

23 Where did Dusty work?

At a Nordic Track Shop in Miller Hill Mall in Duluth

 

24 What competition ‘Made the Jerker’?

The 90K day

 

25 Why did Scott’s dad throw him out of his house?

Because one night Scott came home later than he said he will come.

 

26 What did he do next after he was thrown out of his own home?

He drove to the Thomson Hill and sat there. He took his books and started to study for chemistry test.

 

 

Chapter IV 1994

27 Why did they call Dusty’s house ‘The House of Gravity’?

Because they smoked from a gigantic bong so often that most of the time they could not get up

 

28 How many miles did Scott ride a bike with Dusty when training for Duluth Grandma’s

Marathon?

70-100 miles

 

29 What did Scott learn from the rides with Dusty?

Even he did not know nothing about riding, he could god out those long rides with Dusty.

 

30 What was Scott’s uncle’s nickname?

The Communist

 

 

31 How much trash did Hippy Dan produce per year?

1 small garbage can

 

32 What was Dusty’s training strategy?

Do monster distances,work your tail off

 

33 How long did Dusty’s monster distances last?

2, 3, 4 hours

 

34 How fast did Scott run at Deluth Grandma’s Marathon?

2h 54min

 

35 What race did Scott pass Dusty? When was Scott faster than Dusty for the first time?

Scott passed Dusty in his first Ultra. Scott was faster than Dusty for the first time in his first voyager

 

36 What is the stride rate for marathoners?

85-90+

 

 

Chapter VII 1995-1996

37 Where did Scott meet Leah?

In line of McDonald’s

 

38 How much does an average 25-30-year-old white male American consume protein per day?

56 grams

 

39 Why did Dusty have hard times of understanding Scott’s mum?

Because her vocal chords were getting weak from the MS.

 

40 How old was Scott’s mum when she moved to the nursing home?

 

41 What did an old man teach to Scott?

What we eat is a matter of life and death, food is who we are.

 

 

Chapter VIII 1998

42 How did Scott overcome the problem of getting vegetables in Deadwoods?

He shopped for the week in rapid city and planted a garden.

 

43 Why didn’t Scott love his life in Dead wood?

Because many people who he tried to help were smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, ignoring their exercises and eating junk.

 

44 What breed was Tonto?

Alaskan Husky

 

45 How much did Scott run every day when living in Deadwood?

10-15 miles every day, 20-30 miles every weekend

 

46 What state does Angela 100 ultra marathon take place?

California

 

47 What place did Scott finish his first ultra run (Angela Crest 100)?

2^nd

 

48 Where did Scott get enough protein when being a vegan? Name at least 3 foods.

Nuts, brown rice, porrige, salads, tofu, beans, wholegrains.

 

 

Chapter IX 1999

49 How big was his debt by 1999?

20000$

 

50 How much did he earn per hour as a physiotherapist?

5$

 

51 What is the most well-known ultra marathon in the world?

Westernstate 100

 

52 When did you get a bronze buckle in Westernstate100?

If you finish it under 30 hours

 

53 How many times had Tim Tweetmeier won the Westernstate100 before 1997?

5 times

 

 

54 What was the course record for Westernstate100 before Scott ran it?

15h and 40min

 

55 When was the race Westernstate100 started?

 

56 When exactly is Westernstate100 run?

Last weekend in June

 

Chapter X 1999

 

57 What does LSD stand for runners?

Long Slow Distance training

 

58 What is Saraty’s life philosophy?

Stotan – a combination of stoick and spartan- let’s become bigger, let’s become stronger, let’s become nicer people

 

59 Who became Scott’s Westernstate100 idol?

Chuck Jones

 

60 What is BUSHIDO?

The culture of ancient Japanese warriors, who esposed courage, simplicity, honour and self-sacrifice

 

61 What is the best state of battlefield according to BUSHIDO?

Emptiness or an empty mind

 

62 What was Scott’s own bushido like?

He stood in icy river to strenghten his mind control over his body, he set cross leg and meditaded, visualizing his breath and focusing

 

63 How many days in a row do the monks of Hiei Mount run 25 km every day?

 

64 Why do the monks of Hiei Mount carry a knife on the belt?

To kill themselves if they fail.

 

Chapter XI Westernstates100 1999

65 Why did Scott shave his head before WS100 race in 1999?

He wanted people to know he is not plannig to cut his hair again until he lost the race.

 

66 What was the idea of having a pacer?

Your brain can shut off a little bit

 

67 What is HYPONEUTREMIA?

When overdrinking combined with kidneys failure to compensate leads to plummeting blood sodium levels

 

68 Why was Ian pushing the salt?

Because Hyponeutremia can sometimes be fatal

 

69 How many minutes was Scott faster than Tweetmeier?

27min

 

70 What is the biggest challenge in plant based diet?

Taking enough calories to replace those that he burn’s on training runs.

 

 

Chapter XII Westernstates100 2000/2001

71 What did he add to his training routine (that he hadn’t done before)? Name at least one

activity.

Interval trainings

 

72 Why is Dusty a ‘closet vegetarian’?

Because he eats healthily, but he likes to pretend that he does not.

 

 

Chapter XIII

73 What injury did he get on mile 44 in his third WS100?

He broke his ankle.

 

74 What time did he get for his third WS100?

16h 38min

 

75 What is the ‘breath of fire’?

Breathing in through the nose and then exheil forcefelly through the mouth.

Chapter XIV Westernstates100 2002/2003

76 Why didn't Scott continue raw diet?

Because he had to plan where to get calories and eating at restaurants became tricky.

 

77 What is Scott’s blood type?

O

 

78 What was the prize of the bet that Dusty would win when Scott would win the 4th WS100?

1984 Suzuki Temptered motorcycle.

 

79 When did Scott win the 5th WS100?

 

80 How many minutes was he faster in the 5th race than in the previous year?

 

81 What was the Brooks running shoes model name he was working on?

The Cascadia

 

82 How long hair did he donate to the Children’s Cancer Society? How many inches?

14 inches

 

 

Chapter XIX (track 22)

118 What’s the second best thing about ultra marathon?

You can trail and despare and srew up but there is always a second chance.

 

119 What was Scott's first Sparthatalon’s time?

23h 12min

 

120 How to get your running mojo back?

To lose the technology, forget results and run free

 

 

WS100 2010 (track 24)

127 Why was Dusty angry at Scott?

Because Scott lost lot of money in divorce

 

 

Eat and Run test

 

 

Chapter I Badwater (BW) 2005

1 How many miles is the distance of BW?

 

2 When did Scott Jurek become a vegan?

Seven years ago

 

3 What is the world’s toughest ultra race?

Badwater marathon

 

4 Why can using Ibuprofen be fatal for ultra marathoners?

Combined with heavy sweating, too much Ibuptofen can cause kidney failure.

 

5 What was Scott Jurek’s nickname in the middle school?

Peewee

 

 

Chapter II

6 What state does Scott Jurek come from?

Minnesota

 

7 How many hours per week could the author watch TV at home?

5 hours a week

 

8 What is his brother’s and sister’s name and how much younger are they?

Angela, 3 years younger

Greg, 5 years younger

 

9 What did his father do to earn living?

He was pipefitter during the day and maintenance in local hospital during the night.

 

 

Chapter III 1986

10 What place did Scott Jurek get in his first running competition?

2^nd

 

11 How is he similar to a frog?

Because when you put a frog in a pot of water and gently heat the water up until it is so hot to kill the frog, the animal will not move because it does not pay attention to gradual changes – Scott had the same situation with his parents.

 

12 Why was he scared after an annual medical check?

He had blood pressure problems and he was scared to see his dad being scared.

 

13 What was even worse news than putting him on pills due to his high blood pressure?

Because it meant no salt for him.

 

14 How were the rich kids called in those days?

Cake eaters

 

 

Chapter IV 1990

15 What were coach Sorenson’s 3 commandments?

1. Be in shape

2. Work hard

3. Have fun

 

16 What was coach Sorenson’s motto?

Pain only hurts

 

 

Chapter V 1992-1993

17 What nickname did Dusty give to Scott? How did Dusty call him?

Jerker and Dumb pollack; the way he said it he did not feel insulted

 

18 What incident made Scott see Dusty in a different light?

When Dusty broke his ankle and at night Scott saw that it was purple, almost black.

 

19 What does the author mean under ‘Vintage Dusty’?

It was a time when Dusty stole a nintendo game, when he told stories about being chase by cops in the woods, talked about a women he slept with, and how he stole 90 rolls of toilet paper at a time

 

20 What did Dusty and Scott have in common so that they became the best friends?

Because he had something that allowed him to keep going when everyone else stopped

 

21 What are the 4 things he told in his graduation speech but what he find difficult to follow

himself?

1. To be different

2. To find the way to help others rather than thinking of yourself

3. That everyone is capable of achieving

4. To do things while you are young

 

22 How big percentage of Procter children went to college?

1 in 5 children

 

23 Where did Dusty work?

At a Nordic Track Shop in Miller Hill Mall in Duluth

 

24 What competition ‘Made the Jerker’?

The 90K day

 

25 Why did Scott’s dad throw him out of his house?

Because one night Scott came home later than he said he will come.

 

26 What did he do next after he was thrown out of his own home?

He drove to the Thomson Hill and sat there. He took his books and started to study for chemistry test.

 

 

Chapter IV 1994

27 Why did they call Dusty’s house ‘The House of Gravity’?

Because they smoked from a gigantic bong so often that most of the time they could not get up

 

28 How many miles did Scott ride a bike with Dusty when training for Duluth Grandma’s

Marathon?

70-100 miles

 

29 What did Scott learn from the rides with Dusty?

Even he did not know nothing about riding, he could god out those long rides with Dusty.

 

30 What was Scott’s uncle’s nickname?

The Communist

 

 

31 How much trash did Hippy Dan produce per year?

1 small garbage can

 

32 What was Dusty’s training strategy?

Do monster distances,work your tail off

 

33 How long did Dusty’s monster distances last?

2, 3, 4 hours

 

34 How fast did Scott run at Deluth Grandma’s Marathon?

2h 54min

 

35 What race did Scott pass Dusty? When was Scott faster than Dusty for the first time?

Scott passed Dusty in his first Ultra. Scott was faster than Dusty for the first time in his first voyager

 

36 What is the stride rate for marathoners?

85-90+

 

 

Chapter VII 1995-1996

37 Where did Scott meet Leah?

In line of McDonald’s

 

38 How much does an average 25-30-year-old white male American consume protein per day?

56 grams

 

39 Why did Dusty have hard times of understanding Scott’s mum?

Because her vocal chords were getting weak from the MS.

 

40 How old was Scott’s mum when she moved to the nursing home?

 

41 What did an old man teach to Scott?

What we eat is a matter of life and death, food is who we are.

 

 

Chapter VIII 1998

42 How did Scott overcome the problem of getting vegetables in Deadwoods?

He shopped for the week in rapid city and planted a garden.

 

43 Why didn’t Scott love his life in Dead wood?

Because many people who he tried to help were smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, ignoring their exercises and eating junk.

 

44 What breed was Tonto?

Alaskan Husky

 

45 How much did Scott run every day when living in Deadwood?

10-15 miles every day, 20-30 miles every weekend

 

46 What state does Angela 100 ultra marathon take place?

California

 

47 What place did Scott finish his first ultra run (Angela Crest 100)?

2^nd

 

48 Where did Scott get enough protein when being a vegan? Name at least 3 foods.

Nuts, brown rice, porrige, salads, tofu, beans, wholegrains.

 

 

Chapter IX 1999

49 How big was his debt by 1999?

20000$

 

50 How much did he earn per hour as a physiotherapist?

5$

 

51 What is the most well-known ultra marathon in the world?

Westernstate 100

 

52 When did you get a bronze buckle in Westernstate100?

If you finish it under 30 hours

 

53 How many times had Tim Tweetmeier won the Westernstate100 before 1997?

5 times

 

 

54 What was the course record for Westernstate100 before Scott ran it?

15h and 40min

 

55 When was the race Westernstate100 started?

 

56 When exactly is Westernstate100 run?

Last weekend in June

 

Chapter X 1999

 

57 What does LSD stand for runners?

Long Slow Distance training

 

58 What is Saraty’s life philosophy?

Stotan – a combination of stoick and spartan- let’s become bigger, let’s become stronger, let’s become nicer people

 

59 Who became Scott’s Westernstate100 idol?

Chuck Jones

 

60 What is BUSHIDO?

The culture of ancient Japanese warriors, who esposed courage, simplicity, honour and self-sacrifice

 

61 What is the best state of battlefield according to BUSHIDO?

Emptiness or an empty mind

 

62 What was Scott’s own bushido like?

He stood in icy river to strenghten his mind control over his body, he set cross leg and meditaded, visualizing his breath and focusing

 

63 How many days in a row do the monks of Hiei Mount run 25 km every day?

 

64 Why do the monks of Hiei Mount carry a knife on the belt?

To kill themselves if they fail.