258. Quad Rock 50 Mile Record and the Western States Moonshot! High Carb (150 g/hr), Big Hydration (1 L/hr), and Heat Breakthrough

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Endurance sports are in the midst of a revolution that will change everything about what we think humans can do. This week at the Quad Rock 50 Mile, we felt it firsthand.

David set a 14-minute course record at this classic, steep Colorado race. We break it all down, "no secrets" style. Topics: high-carb fueling, big hydration totals, why heat training might be the next frontier, pre-race meals and supplements, ice bandanas, gut training, downhill running, uphill treadmill, and lots more.

No matter what distance you go or speed you run/bike/hike, there's a path within these approaches that will make everything easier, healthier, and more fun. It's one thing to talk about it... it's another thing to FEEL IT. We try to bring you within those feelings, laying it all out there so that you can use the playbook.

Thank you so much for being here for the whole journey. If you told us when we started this podcast 5 years ago that we'd be 7 weeks before the Western States 100 with this level of hope, we'd have said you're dreaming. Listeners have made it all possible. You have showed us that love is waiting on the other end of both success and failure.

It's one thing to say that results don't matter and that love is waiting either way. It's another to FEEL IT. Thank you and we love you.

7 weeks until the Western States 100 Mile moonshot. We got this.

-David and Megan

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0:00.0	Woo.
0:01.4	Welcome to the Summerk AllPlay podcast.
0:03.2	We are so happy to do with you today.
0:04.7	Happy Tuesday.
0:05.4	It's Tuesday.
0:06.4	And my mind is still blown on this Tuesday.
0:08.9	What is your mind blown from, Megan?
0:10.8	You're questioning it.
0:12.0	Wow.
0:12.7	You, what a weekend.
0:14.6	What a performance.
0:16.0	Yeah, my mind is accurately still blown.
0:17.9	Oh, thank you so much. It was so fun to be out there at the Quad Rock
0:20.8	50-mile, which is what I assume you're talking about here. No, I'm talking about your parenting.
0:25.6	You crushed Mother's Day. Not the Quad Rock 50. For Mother's Day, I did say,
0:31.3	ride as long as you want, and you made the most of it. So that is a pretty good dadding. I did. Actually, after crewing you on Saturday,
0:38.0	you know, it's a lot to crew you. So much. Yeah. Five different aid stations to crew kids at the same
0:42.5	time. And conveniently, it was Mother's Day the next day and I was like, I'm going to go ride for a
0:46.2	long time. I just started grabbing carbs and gels. And I was like, it's my turn now. Okay, but you crushed on Saturday. And it was so inspiring and I am still inspired.
0:55.8	And I was actually just reflecting.
0:57.2	I think I have 14 tabs open on my computer right now.
0:59.7	And I think four of them are your Strava.
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