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Twenty years ago Jurek considered himself an average runner, but after falling in love with the long distances of Ultramarathoning — any race over the traditional 26-mile marathon — he really found his groove. He has won the Western States 100-mile race seven straight times, the Badwater 135 mile race twice, and the 153 mile Spartathalon three times. In 2010 he set an American record at the 24-hour World Championships, running a total of 6.5 marathons in 24 hours. Two decades after he ran his first Ultramarathon, Jurek is still going strong. He hopes to use his success in his unconventional sport to inspire others to push their minds and bodies beyond what they ever thought was possible. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] You know, you're constantly presented with these obstacles and these challenges, and, you know, you have to find a way through that. Adversity breeds transformation, and that's really what ultramarathoning is all about. [ MUSIC ] I'm Scott Jurik \ s, I've been running ultra marathons for over 20 years. An ultra marathon is basically anything longer then the marathon distance. They typically start at 50 kilometers going up to 50 miles, 100 miles and even beyond that. Initially I used to hate running, you know running was not something. I really enjoyed. I just did it to stay in shape for cross country skiing. A good buddy of mine told me one year that he was gonna run this 50 miler. And I thought, you know, gosh that's crazy. But the next year I was roped into it, ran my first marathon, and a month later ran my first 50 miler, and things kind of just took off. And I went onto win the Western States 100 seven straight times from 1999 to 2005. I went on to win the Badwater 135 twice. The Spartathlon, which is a 153 mile race in Greece. I won that three consecutive times. [ MUSIC ] In 2010, I won a Tour de France and ran the 24 hour world championship. championships, and basically it's a one miles loop that you run for twenty- four house straight and I set an American record of a hundred and sixty- five miles in twenty- four hours. That's equivalent of running essentially six and a half marathons and, you know, that type of an event was probably the hardest race I had ever done in my life. You know, physically it's extremely challenging. I mean, you have the, the fatigue in the muscles the constant balance of hydration, dehydration. But more than that it's really mentally you're stretched like the, the ultimate brink of what, you know, one comprehends as like something, you know, sane and something that you should do. And so. The bad event there were points where I just thought to myself, there's no way I'm gonna ever get through this. And there's that, you know, mental fatigue of never having a finish line. You have to prepare the mind as much as the body, you know? What it's gonna encounter. That's what I love about this sport. It's always pushing me to adapt. 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