Scott Jurek

Jurek won the Western States 100 seven times in a row from 1999, then proved himself on entirely different ground: the Badwater 135 through Death Valley, three straight Spartathlon wins on the Greek roads, and an American 24-hour record on a loop course in 2010. Those are mountain trail, desert heat, long road and timed loop events, all won at the top level. His book Eat and Run brought that range to a huge audience.