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Some Work, All Play

231. New "No Secrets" Q+A on Western States 100, Javelina, High-Carb Fueling, Heart Rate, Heat Training, Improving Speed, Shoes, and More!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

We answered tons of amazing listener questions on this great episode! We approached Leadville and Javelina like science experiments, and like all good science experiments, we want to share everything before starting a new experiment for the Western States 100. This one is full of sexy science, theory, psychology, nutrition, and so much more!

Our philosophy is "no secrets"... sometimes to a fault. That means spilling the beans on everything from training to nutrition to gear, plus some hot takes on where we think the sport is going.

A list of some of the topics: Freetrail's Javelina race video and our obsessive Youtube history, the Wikipedia page journey, Kilian going for a golden ticket to Western States, whether athletes should wait to do longer ultras, what we have learned about recovery after the races, how we are framing sponsorship discussions, what makes ultras so cool, why David wears nose strips, the anti-chafe approach for Javelina, supershoes for slower runners, training "belief" in running, how our training theory is evolving, muscle fatigue later in races, framing performance through running economy, aerobic build weeks, cross training approaches, longer singles, key workouts, heart rate patterns in training and racing, race day execution, doubts and fears, bicarb and ketones, whether heat suit training will be something we do in the future, pushing the frontiers of hydration, alpha dogging, and big dreams at Western States.

This one was such a joy to record. We can't wait to share the journey with you all ahead!

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0:00.0

Woo!

0:01.0

Woo!

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 I'm feeling all the 100 mile inspiration on this Tuesday.

0:09.0

You're feeling 100 mile inspiration.

0:11.0

Is that for you to run 100 miles?

0:13.0

Yeah.

0:14.0

I feel like there's been some inspiration magic happening in this house, but mostly because I need a really

0:18.5

productive work block right now.

0:23.2

How does that relate to the 100 mile inspiration?

0:28.7

Okay, so this is your classic 100 mile recovery is you kind of can't sleep for two or three weeks after the race.

0:34.7

And so you wake up sometimes at like 2, 3, 4 a.m. and you are downstairs cranking.

0:37.9

I walk down the stairs this morning at like 503 a.m. And you presented me with a full PowerPoint that you had already made. And I was like,

0:42.0

dude, what's going on? I'm making pitch decks at 4 a.m. This is how you know I'm on the

0:46.2

rise and grind game. No, it's just because I can't sleep after the 100 mile or I go to sleep

0:50.2

great. I fall asleep like an absolute baby. But then I also wake up like a baby. It's a

0:55.2

nightmare. Yeah, but unlike a baby, you're down there doing productive work. Meanwhile, for me in

0:59.9

pregnancy, I also kind of can't sleep either. Yeah. But my, like, I don't know, my coping method of

1:05.0

choice is reading a book in the middle of the night. And right now I'm reading about fairies.

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