They wear straw sandals and carry a knife at their waist, to be used to kill themselves should they fail to continue. The most devoted complete a 25-mile run every day for a thousand consecutive days.
To these monks, the sacred is everywhere.
‘The monks call their practise of Tendai Buddhism kaihogyo, an extensive daily pilgrimage through the mountainous terrain that encompasses hundreds of remote shrines, sacred peaks, stones, forests, glades and waterfalls.
The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei (John Stevens). The Man Who Walked Through Time (Fletcher). Born To Run (Christopher McDougall) one of my own favourite all time reads. Body, Mind and Sport (John Douillard) encourages breathing through the nose more than the mouth. Here is the complete list of books that Scott Jurek namechecks throughout Eat & Run in alphabetical order: Full of stories of endurance and competition as well as practical advice and some of his original recipes, Eat and Run will motivate people to go the distance, whether that means getting out for a first run, expanding your food horizons, or simply exploring the limits of human potential.I recently read and reviewed Scott Jurek’s excellent book Eat & Run.Sprinkled throughout this amazing book were many interesting book recommendations that I felt were too good not to share here with you. From his Midwestern childhood of hunting and fishing to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, to his epic, record-breaking races, Jurek's story shows the power of an iron will and the importance of thinking of food as fuel. In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as an elite athlete, and about the vegan diet that is key to his success. His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary. Jurek was also one of the elite runners who travelled to Mexico to run with the Tarahumara Indians, as profiled in the international bestseller Born to Run. He went on to win that race seven years in a row. 
In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead in the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile jaunt over the Gold Rush trails of America's Sierra Nevada. Then run even faster.' The words of Scott Jurek, a dominant force - and darling - in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade.
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