Explore Ashvegas
Tags
art (65)
Asheville (2725)
Asheville Citizen-Times (82)
Asheville City Council (202)
Asheville Police Department (102)
bar (63)
beer (279)
Biltmore Estate (61)
Black Mountain (73)
brewery (153)
coffee (60)
comedy (84)
craft beer (330)
crime (66)
Curate (60)
downtown (163)
Esther Manheimer (68)
featured (1728)
film (114)
food (264)
French Broad River (64)
Grey Eagle (108)
grocery store (63)
Haywood Road (177)
Highland Brewing (62)
hotel (114)
Lexington Avenue (78)
Merrimon Avenue (74)
Moogfest (59)
movie (91)
movie review (278)
music (142)
New Belgium Brewing (80)
newspaper (60)
Patton Avenue (59)
photography (68)
restaurant (242)
River Arts District (167)
south slope (127)
Stu Helm (292)
The Mothlight (62)
The Orange Peel (113)
The Week in Film (85)
UNC Asheville (70)
West Asheville (292)
Coincidentally, Scott Jurek is currently attempting to break the Appalachian Trail speed record. For those not familiar with Jurek, he is a 7 time winner of the Western States 100 mile run, two-time Badwater 135 Mile Ultramarathon champion, New York Times Best Selling author of “Eat & Run,” and was named as Runner’s World Top 8 “Greatest Runners of All-Time.”
Jurek is a vegan, and one would hope that his success and the triumph of other vegan athletes will put to rest the tired, antiquated view that people need animal protein in order to thrive.
Those interested in learning more and seeing a list vegan athletes and their stories can visit http://www.greatveganathletes.com/