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Some Work, All Play

213. Western States 100 Insanity and How The Sport Has Changed Forever, Why Everyone is Getting Faster, The Biggest Trail Breakthrough Ever, and History at the Olympic Trials!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

We were flying high after the best sports week of all time for this amazing episode! The main topic was the 2024 Western States 100, the most insane race we have ever seen. It was not a cool year, but the times were wildly faster across the board, building on massive speed breakthroughs from 2023. What are we seeing? The same trends are present on the track and even in other endurance sports. We have theories!

The biggest, most exciting question of all: where might this trend be going next? We aren't sure, but after seeing this year's Western States unfold... we think it's indicative of a fundamental shift across endurance sports, and we can't wait to see where things go from here.

Storylines included Jim Walmsley and Katie Schide further establishing legacies as two of the best ever, Rod Farvard's breakthrough that might be the story of the race, the importance of pushing the pace earlier than previously thought, the cruelty of sports existing right alongside the uplifting stories, aging athletes resetting what's possible, and so much more!

Plus, we brought tons of fun stories from the Olympic Track Trials, which we got to experience firsthand with the athletes. There are so many lessons to share. Most importantly, there were unlimited free snacks. We'll be eating like we stole a vending machine for weeks.

This episode is full of so much love, joy, and inspiration! We hope that you feel it, absorb it, and go on to chase your own limits. How fast can you go? How many snacks can you grab? There's only one way to find out.

We love you all! HUZZAH!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Whoa!

0:01.0

Welcome to the Some Work All Play Podcast.

0:03.0

We are so happy with you today.

0:04.7

Happy Tuesday.

0:05.7

It's Tuesday.

0:06.7

And I'm feeling the Western States Inspiration Bump in my cells on this Tuesday.

0:11.3

You have a baby bump and a Western States inspiration bump.

0:14.0

Megan, you're practically a camel at this point.

0:15.8

So many bumps.

0:16.5

I'm bumping and bumping and bumping.

0:18.3

But ourselves need some help today.

0:19.8

I feel like we need the inspiration of like the World Marathon in majors, we need the Olympic trials,

0:24.8

we need Western states, we need it all.

0:26.6

Not presidential debates.

0:27.8

We do need inspiration.

0:29.6

I titled the recording today, spiked up, like we're going to the track and that's because we have some

0:35.1

spike proteins on board right now because what happened this morning Megan?

0:38.9

This morning I had a little sore throat and some chills and thinking about we had just

0:43.1

interacted with so many wonderful people at Western states like yeah it was

0:46.7

thousands probably I gave so many hugs so many hugs the best community

0:50.4

I was leading with my tongue basically metaphor. I mean it was just a hug, but it was like a soul tongue. It was really, really meaningful.

0:58.0

It was such a wonderful weekend and I woke up this morning and I was like, you things don't feel a hundred percent I actually

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