189. UTMB Boycott News, Zone 1 v. Zone 2, Epigenetics of Endurance, Blood Values, and UROY Rankings!
Some Work, All Play
David Roche and Megan Roche
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
We had fire (and iron) flowing through our veins for this awesome episode! There is a big development in the UTMB controversy: reports that legends Kilian Jornet and Zach Miller sent a letter to some of the best athletes in the world considering a boycott of this year's races. We talk about what we think it means through the lens of negotiation theory. This shift in leverage could be a turning point in the UTMB drama!
We also discussed emerging evidence that endurance training fundamentally alters long-term gene and protein expression. Combined with studies on trained v. untrained twins, new science may give the ultimate justification for consistent endurance: we can fundamentally alter how our physiology acts, 10 minutes at a time.
And this episode was jam-packed with our favorite subjects! Other topics: why it's Tough B season, Megan's big life decision and next steps, blood values for health and performance, testosterone and SHBG, choosing running surfaces in training, Zone 1 v. Zone 2 for easy training, our spicy feelings on Ultra Runner of the Year voting, and hot takes.
In Hot Takes, David has an opinion on temperature and wind chill that is so wrong that it's almost impressive. Can a Hot Take be awful enough that it's actually cold? Tune in to find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Whoa! |
| 0:01.0 | Whoa! |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to the Some Work All Play Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | We are so happy to do with you today. |
| 0:05.0 | Happy Tuesday. |
| 0:06.0 | It's Tuesday. |
| 0:07.0 | And it's officially tough bitch season over here on this Tuesday. |
| 0:11.0 | Where did tough bitch season come from? |
| 0:12.0 | The fact that it's one degree Fahrenheit outside and snowing, |
| 0:15.8 | and it's the time of year where it's just like hard to get outside, it's cold, |
| 0:19.7 | we're in the doldrums of winter, it's a lot. |
| 0:21.4 | But you got to give credit where credits do. Who came up with Tough Pitch season? the do |
| 0:23.0 | who came up with tough bitch season okay that was you that's very fair because you went outside and you ran in it yesterday I did but where it really originated was in my bike workout on Saturday. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm coming back from a little in the injury, |
| 0:34.8 | and I finished my first 11 minute interval, |
| 0:37.2 | and it seemed impossible to do any more. |
| 0:39.1 | And then, you know what I thought? |
| 0:40.6 | Megan, the ultimate tough bitch would do it and not complain. |
| 0:44.4 | And so I did it and I didn't complain and that my body actually rebounded pretty well and I decided |
| 0:48.7 | that 2024, just not even going to think about it, I'm just going to be a tough bitch. |
| 0:52.8 | You crushed it. |
| 0:53.8 | Do you think it was extra hard because I came downstairs? |
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