(BOSTON) SEPT 10 – ULTRA MARATHONER SCOTT JUREK WHO IN JULY SET A RECORD FOR HIKING THE 22-HUNDRED MILE APPALACHIAN TRAIL IN 46 DAYS EIGHT HOURS – FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE – PAID UP WEDNESDAY FOR CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
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WALTER MCKEE, ATTORNEY FOR ULTRA MARATHONER SCOTT JUREK, WHO HIKED THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL THIS PAST SUMMER IN RECORD TIME, SAYS IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT JUREK’S GREAT ACHIEVEMENT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY LEGAL ISSUES OVER HOW HE CELEBRATED.
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LATER, BILL HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH JUREK WHO SAID INITIALLY PARK RANGERS OKAYED THE CHAMPAGNE…
…AND THAT WHEN THEY TICKETED SOMEONE THEY SELECTIVELY CHOSE HE AND NOT HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY….
JUREK SAYING HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RECOVERING FROM THE HIKE.
JUREK SAYS HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL IN 46 DAYS WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS HE’S EVER DONE.
JUREK EXPLAINS WHY HE DOES “THESE CRAZY FEATS.”
JUREK SAYS FIGHTING FOR BIG THINGS IS WHAT HE DOES.
BILL AND SCOTT DISCUSS HOW THE TIMING OF THE STORY IS A SILVER LINING.