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Some Work, All Play

220. Leadville 100 Mile Record! What Just Happened?! Stories, Lessons, and Gratitude from a Dream Day

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

We pinched each other to make sure it wasn’t all a dream before recording this celebration episode! This one was all about processing David’s course record run at the Leadville 100 Miler. For 19 years, Matt Carpenter’s Leadville record of 15:42 has been talked about as one of the most untouchable marks in running. But a lot has happened since 2005, with advances in training, fueling, shoes, and altitude science. So even though Matt is a GOAT, we thought it was possible.

Yes, it seemed like low odds. All we knew for sure is that there would be a chance for one half-court shot at history.

And shooters shoot.

David ran 15:26, setting the new record by 16 minutes on a magical day. We share all of our initial reactions: the build up, what made the shot seem work taking, why adversity might have been a blessing, how the sport is changing, and how it all unfolded. During the race recap, we took tangents to talk about all of the weird and wild moments! We are still processing everything, so you’re getting our raw, sleep-deprived feelings on what happens at the edge of human experiences.

The race story ends with an emotional moment that we’ll both never forget. We just want to take a step back and share that with you all. Throughout this journey, the podcast has been our weekly check-in with people who we love so much. Yes, there has been humor, sadness, frustration, joy, setbacks, and everything else along this journey. But coming into that finishing chute, breaking the unbreakable record... that was only possible because of love. And we love you all!

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Thank you all. If this is a dream, we hope that when we wake up, we remember what it felt like to know there were all of these people out there shooting big shots, being silly, feeling feelings, and shining their lights.

Shoot your shot.

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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 to with you today.

0:05.0

Happy Tuesday.

0:06.0

It's Tuesday.

0:07.0

And for the first time in podcast history, David, I'm speechless on a Tuesday.

0:10.0

You're speechless.

0:11.0

It doesn't sound like it.

0:12.0

I hear you talking

0:13.0

Megan. I know usually I wake up and we record these early. It is 5 a.m.

0:16.2

right now in Boulder, Colorado. And usually I wake up and I'm like I have so many

0:20.2

thoughts. Yeah. And today I was like I am overwhelmed by joy and I don't even know how to start besides

0:26.4

saying David you are a fucking legend. Oh I love you so much Megan. This weekend was wild.

0:32.4

Thankfully I haven't really been sleeping that much

0:34.9

since they were raised. These are the bodies a little bit disregulated. So for 5 a.m.

0:39.1

for me feels like noon. So I'm very energetic. I'm not speechless at all I got all the words coming

0:44.0

I know I woke up and I came downstairs and you were like it was like thought boom

0:48.4

boom then I opened the microwave and you made tea already for me and I found an extra

0:53.7

tea bag hanging out in the bottom of the tea and I was like you're giving me a

0:57.5

little extra caffeine. Yeah two teas today I wanted to give you just that

1:01.5

extra boost to meet me where I am.

1:03.6

I know I was like this is good actually I need to meet you which is like I feel like you have

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