251. Big Alta 50k and The Story Athletes Rarely Tell, Plus Q+A on Kilian to Western States, Bike v. Treadmill, and Sauna v. Hot Tub!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

We took off our armor for this incredible episode! The main discussion might have been one of our most important (and fun) ever: the Big Alta 50k DNF, failure, and what it truly means to go for it. David raced Big Alta because it was somewhere that he couldn't hide. We needed to gather data about what happened at the very edge of human capabilities. And when you F around...sometimes you find out.

We hope that you feel a connection to your big scary dreams. Thank you for giving us the courage to dream bigger!

And this one was full of great topics! Other topics: racing lessons from Big Alta, why ankles are annoying, guys v. dudes, running your own race, Jim Walmsley dominates at Chianti, Kilian is going to Western States, sauna v. hot tub, going from 0 to 1 to 2 kids, running groups, bike v. treadmill, core work, life "balance" for people with big goals, long-term training builds, and lots more.

This episode gives you a raw window into the true story that athletes rarely tell. We all fail. Life really unfolds in what happens next.

We love you all! HUZZAH!

-David and Megan

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0:00.0	Woohoo. Welcome to the Some Work All Play podcast. We are so happy to be with you today.
0:04.6	Happy Tuesday. It's Tuesday. And I'm feeling some oops and rally energy on this Tuesday.
0:10.2	What is the oops referring to? I'm not sure. What is it referring to? I'm saying that was so much love.
0:16.6	Yeah. My voice is partially oops right now. I have like some sort of upper respiratory infection.
0:21.7	Maybe that influenced the main oops you're talking about, which is the big Alta 50K, which we
0:27.3	went to this weekend and Megan first. Before we get into the whole rigmarole around how my race
0:33.6	went, I just want to thank you. You were a superstar all weekend. We went with our baby
0:37.8	Ollie and you're always the best mom. But the way you stepped up for me, it's like, you gave me
0:43.3	the courage to take a shot that I am so proud of. Like, you know, last year those shots went in and
0:49.0	this year, it clanked off the rim. In fact, it might not even hit the rim. It might have been an air ball. But I took the shot.
0:55.3	And that's all because of you.
0:56.6	So thank you.
0:57.2	I love you.
0:58.0	And I love all the listeners.
0:59.5	It was so fun to meet so many listeners out there.
1:02.1	Well, behind the scenes, look, this is why you make race trips of vacation.
1:05.0	Yeah. day if it oopsie happens. Actually, I have the Dochi song stuck in my head denial as a river. The whoopsie made an oopsie. I feel like that's kind of how this weekend went. But at the end
1:15.6	of the day, we had a fucking amazing vacation. It was so fun. We were in the redwoods. We went to the
1:19.7	beach. Olly got his first taste, the Pacific Ocean. He was sound asleep for it. And so I appreciate you thanking me. It was, but we also had so much fun. Yeah, it was so much fun. And I feel like this is why at the end of the day, when all things
1:31.0	go to fail, it's like, you can still have a great vacation. Oh my God. Speaking of Dochi,
1:35.0	I was reminded of the song that I was using to get myself hype. So last year, it was X going to give it to you by DMX. That worked really well. This year, it was nosebleeds by
1:44.7	Doche. Kevin, listen to it. Go listen to it. It's totally swagg-tastic. Exactly the type of mindset I like
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