North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail Audiobook (Free)

From the writer from the bestseller Eat and Run, an exciting new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail.

Scott Jurek is one of the world’s best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Renowned for his amazing endurance and speed, accomplished on the vegan diet, he’s finished first in almost all of ultrarunning’s elite events over the course of his career. But after 2 decades of race, schooling, speaking, about North: Obtaining My Method While Operating the Appalachian Path and touring, Jurek experienced an urgent need to discover something brand-new about himself. He embarked on the wholly unique problem, one which would force him to develop being a person and as an athlete: breaking the rate record for the Appalachian Trail. North is the tale of the two 2,189-mile journey that nearly shattered him.

When he lay out in the springtime of 2015, Jurek anticipated punishing terrain, forbidding climate, and inevitable injuries. He would have to run nearly 50 miles a day, each day, for almost seven weeks. He understood he would become pushing himself towards the limit, that convenience and rest will be an issue — but he couldn’t have imagined the physical and emotional toll the trip would specific, nor the benefits it would offer.

With his wife, Jenny, friends, and the kindness of strangers supporting him, Jurek went, hiked, and stumbled his way north, one white blaze at the same time. A sensational narrative of determination and personal transformation, North is usually a family portrait of a man stripped bare on the most challenging and transcendent work of his lifestyle. It will inspire athletes and non-runners alike to keep trying for his or her personal best.