Adam Merry | Chuckanut 50k Champion

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Running, Sports

4.8 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Adam Merry is a pro trail runner for Saucony living in Boulder, CO. He recently won the Chuckanut 50k in Bellingham, WA -- a historic and competitive early season event on the North American circuit. Adam is also a brand new dad, welcoming a baby boy in February of 2023. In this conversation we talk about his new chapter as a dad, the value of training partners, Adam's high volume training block, Chuckanut race execution, what led to the breakthrough, and a lot more.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I am your loving host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Adam Mary, the
0:21.6	23 Chucanaut 50K champion and brand new dad, father of a brand new baby boy named Arthur
0:28.9	J. Mary, who was born just a month ago, putting wind in his dad's sales and carrying him to a
0:35.2	fantastic victory at the Chugganot 50k, the best race of Adam's
0:39.8	career. It's a great story and it was great to finally have Adam on the pod to discuss everything.
0:45.6	We talk about what makes Adam unique as a person. We talk about being a new dad and the support
0:50.5	system he has in his family. We chat about the mega talented training group.
0:54.9	They've assembled in Boulder and what Adam has learned from his training partners.
0:58.8	We talk about his high volume training block, the chucking up 50K race execution, and a lot more.
1:05.8	Oh, and also make sure you stick around to the end to hear Adam's answers to my closing philosophical
1:10.3	questions.
1:11.2	It's a fantastic highlight from an amazing conversation.
1:14.4	Hope you all enjoy it.
1:15.4	As a reminder, this is Gorge Waterfalls Race Week, the premier Pacific Northwest event that Free Trail owns in partnership with Daybreak Racing.
1:24.6	It's happening over three days, Friday to Sunday, 30k, 100K, 50K, in that order.
1:30.6	We're going to be providing live coverage of all three events throughout the weekend.
1:34.6	So make sure you go follow at Run Free Trail on Instagram, much like we did last year.
1:39.8	We will do a series of Instagram live sessions throughout the weekend to keep you up to speed on what's happening in the Columbia River Gorge.
1:47.2	Again, follow at run, free trail on Instagram.
1:50.9	Come hang out with us this weekend.
1:52.6	Before we get to the episode, a massive thank you to Speedland, the presenting partner of the free trail podcast and also sponsor, of course, Waterfalls.
2:00.2	Speedland has begun shipping the GS-Tam.
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