Introducing The Hardo Of the Year - Guy Who Set The Record For Speed Walking Through The Appalachian Mountains

Runners World – By nuzzling his bearded face into the engraved wood on the highest peak in Maine, Jurek became the fastest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. He beat the previous record, set by Jennifer Pharr Davis in 2011, by a mere three hours and 13 minutes. He originally wanted to break the record by four days, planning an itinerary that would bring him to Mount Katahdin in 42 days. “Everything that could go wrong, went wrong,” he said. Injuries to his knee and quad in the first week forced him to wear braces on his legs. During one of his lowest points, he was in the van with Jenny as rain pounded the windshield. “They asked me, do you want the record or do you want to sleep?” Jurek said. “This was the hardest thing I have ever done,” he said. “I am way tougher than I think I am,” Jurek said. “Just when you think you have gone to the deepest darkest place, you have something more to give and you have deeper places to go.” “I had been shredded to the core. I didn’t know how much more I could give,” Jurek said. “This trail has a way of doing that to you. You find strength that you never thought you had. That’s why I do this stuff. At the other end of that deepest darkest place, there’s an ease and joy on the other side. “Somehow I made it through, and that’s something everybody can take home. Maybe they don’t have to go from Springer to Katahdin, maybe they don’t need to be crazy like me, but they can find that strength in other ways.”He called it his “masterpiece.”

This fucking guy huh? Just some all time hardo quotes from this clown. “Do you want the record or do you want to sleep?” That’s straight out of the Bron Bron playbook. And I love how he’s acting like he’s so fucking great too. Bro you thought you were gonna break the record by 4 days. You broke it by 3 hours. Not to mention the fact it was a god damn chick who had the previous record! I could probably have shattered this record if I felt like it. Hell Blind Mike could probably beat it too. Seriously how many dudes have actually tried to do this? Can’t be more than 2 or 3. So spare me all the hyperbole. Beat a man’s record at anything and then come talk to me.

PS – What’s that part about him being in a van with his wife midway through this thing? Vans are allowed? Bullshit.