Hello and welcome back. You are listening to Redirected a show where we sit down with celebrities,

athletes and entrepreneurs to hear about their career pivots and how they've dealt with life's

unexpected events. My name is Andrew East and the reason I started this show is because I have

experienced several career redirections myself, a graduated undergraduate with all intention of

starting a non-profit organization to bring water to people around the world. I ended up getting

picked up by the National Football League. Today we have a very special unique episode. Last week I

ran the Boston Marathon. It was grueling. I felt good through 15 miles and then hit a wall and

was humbled to say the least. And I ran the marathon with and because Cliff Barr, who has tons of

different organizations and charities that they were part of and I wanted to help support those.

And as part of this collaboration with Cliff Barr, they allowed me to do a series of interviews

live at the Boston Marathon Expo in front of crowds and crowds of people. And so this is the first

of that series and today I sit down with Scott Jurick, who is an amazing athlete and I had zero

intention or belief that I could run the Boston Marathon before I met Scott. And Scott instilled in

me a sense of confidence and belief that I could in fact run the marathon as a 240 pound football

player. Scott has run Ultra Marathon for the past couple of decades and has been wildly successful

at it. At the top of his resume, he won the Western States Ultra Marathon 100 mile race. Seven years

in a row, the same seven years actually that Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. And Scott has

also participated in tons of other races including the Badwater, Leadville and a 24 hour race where

they sound the gun and see how far he can run in 24 hours. So Scott has also written two books,

the first being Eat and Run where he chronicles his entry into Ultra Marathons and how he balances

that with his vegan diet. And the second book is called North and it's all about him breaking the

record for completing the Appalachian Trail, which he did in 46 days. And exciting news, North

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