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- 1. Somebody
- BADWATER ULTRAMARATHON, 2005
- 2. "Sometimes You Just Do Things"
- PROCTOR, MINNESOTA, 1980
- 3. For My Own Good
- CARIBOU LAKE INVITATIONAL, 1986
- 4. "Pain Only Hurts"
- TO ADOLPH STORE AND BACK, 1990
- 5. The Pride of the Cake Eaters
- RUNNING AROUND WITH DUSTY, 1992–93
- 6. The Wisdom of Hippie Dan
- MINNESOTA VOYAGEUR 50, 1994
- 7. “Let the Pain Go Out Your Ears”
- MINNESOTA VOYAGEUR 50, 1995 AND 1996
- 8. Attack of the Big Birds
- ANGELES CREST 100, 1998
- 9. Silent Snow, Secret Snow
- WESTERN STATES 100 TRAINING, 1999
- 10. Dangerous Tune
- (MORE) WESTERN STATES 100 TRAINING, 1999
- 11. “Are You Peeing?”
- WESTERN STATES 100, 1999
- 12. Battling Bug Boy
- WESTERN STATES 100, 2000 AND 2001
- 13. Of Bears and Gazelles
- WESTERN STATES 100, 2002 AND 2003
- 14. A Hot Mess
- BADWATER ULTRAMARATHON, 2005
- 15. These Guys Again?
- COPPER CANYON ULTRAMARATHON, 2006
- 16. The Central Governor
- WESTERN STATES 100, 2006
- 17. Hunted by the Wasatch Speedgoat
- HARDROCK 100, JULY 2007
- 18. In the Footsteps of Pheidippides
- SPARTATHLON, SEPTEMBER 2007
- 19. Lost
- DULUTH, MINNESOTA, 2008–10
- 20. Secrets of the Dark Wizard
- YOSEMITE VALLEY, 2010
- 21. Back to My Roots
- TONTO TRAIL, GRAND CANYON, 2010
- Epilogue
- WORLD 24-HOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2010
- Acknowledgments
- Race History
- Notes
- Recipe Index
- Index
Eat & Run
My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
