225. Kilian's Wild Physiology Data, Tara Dower Sets the Overall AT Record, The Next Race After Leadville, 7 Ultra Logistics Tips, and How Elite Athletes Eat!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

We marveled at the athletic performance of the year to prepare for this great episode! It kicked off with us picking our jaws up off the floor, in awe of Tara Dower's overall record on the Appalachian Trail. Coach Megan delves into what made it possible (strides and speed) and what sets Tara apart (being a superhero). This achievement will take decades to fully process!

The main science talk was a new study on Kilian Jornet's physiology data from 2022 UTMB, where he won in historic fashion. There are some wild pieces of information in this study that push the limits of what we know about endurance: biomechanical adaptations like reduced cadence, remarkable metabolic flexibility, shockingly high lactate levels, major reductions in hemoglobin, big variations in carb intake, and perhaps most interestingly--post-race cognitive impairment similar to brain injury patients. We jump into each finding, mixing theory with speculation about what comes next.

And this one was full of the best topics! Other topics: David's decision about whether to do the Javelina 100 Miler in October, a pros v. cons list, 7 tips for ultra logistics, why we hate chairs, Anton Krupicka qualifying for UTMB, rhabdo in college lacrosse and what runners can learn, a discussion of the amazing essay "A Case Against Supershoes" by Sabrina Little, a study on cooling headbands, the limitations of statistics in smaller sample-size studies, and how elite athletes fuel.

This might be the most exciting time in running history, with breakthroughs in performances and in research, and we can't wait to share it with you all! Plus, jokes about Halloween costumes that show butt.

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0:00.0	Whoa! Welcome to the Some Work All Play podcast. We are so happy with you today.
0:04.8	Happy Tuesday. It's Tuesday. And I'm craving spending all day in the forest on this
0:08.7	Tuesday. I think I know why you want to be in the forest Megan but why don't you tell the
0:13.3	listeners it gets back to Tara Dower who just set the Appalachian Trail
0:17.2	FKT overall for men and women in 40 days yeah just, just so so remarkable.
0:24.0	I mean, the overall FKT on maybe the most prestigious route in the world, right?
0:29.6	Like I remember reading about this in a Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson way back in the early
0:33.7	2000s when I was a kid and just being mind-blown that anyone could do anything
0:37.4	remotely like this. To do it in 40 days, thousands of miles, 54 miles a
0:41.8	day over the nastiest terrain.
0:44.0	It's one of the most remarkable achievements in human history.
0:47.2	How is the world not screaming this from the rooftops?
0:50.0	This needs to be on the front page in New York Times.
0:52.0	I know, I'm like, let's please scream it everywhere,
0:54.1	scream it into the mountains, into the abyss.
0:56.4	And she has stepped up in beat goats and legends.
0:58.9	Scott Juric has done this.
1:00.6	Carl Sabe is the current was the current record holder and he's been like you know he's got the
1:04.7	PCT record he's a Barclay finisher and Tara is stepping up she's beating Scott Jerrick she's
1:09.8	beating Carl Sabe and she's beating Bill Bryson. The most important one. I also read a
1:14.8	walk in the woods at age 12 and I was like I really really want to do the AT and so it's
1:18.7	been on my radar for a long time. Yeah I mean what did you think when Tara told you this was a goal?
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