Hey, fam, welcome to the free trial podcast. Of course, I am your loving host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Chris Myers,

the young mega shredder from SoCal, who recently relocated to the endurance mecca of Boulder,

Colorado. Chris is only 27 years old, and he's had a really strong start to his career,

improving slowly but surely over a couple of years before starting the 2024 season with a bang in February Chris smashed a third place podium performance at the Black Canyon 100K,

earning a golden ticket to Western states. Then he came up to Oregon to the Pacific Northwest

in our race, the Gorge Waterfalls 50K in April, where he nailed a dominant course record performance

in his final tune-up for stepping to the start line in Olympic Valley next month. Some topics

we discuss in today's episode, Chris's artistic background and creative influences. We talk about

practicing art for recreation versus pursuing art as a profession.

We talk about the state of the entertainment industry with the writer's strike and artificial

intelligence revolution. We talk about growing up in Southern California, his recent move to Boulder,

training under coach David Roche. We talk about being an underdog, dealing with nervousness,

the Black Canyon 100K performance and his epic duel with Hoopeter Carrera Casas. We talk about

the Gorge Waterfalls 50K victory, crewing for Mackay Clemens at the Canyon's 100K last weekend.

We talked about his goals and training for Western states,

and a lot more. It was great to get to know, Chris, and I hope you guys enjoy the dialogue.

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