David & Megan Roche | State of Trail Running, Training Theory, Leadville, & Parenthood

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Today we are joined by David Roche and Dr. Megan Roche for a fun and wide ranging conversation. David and Megan are top athletes, coaches, and co-hosts of the Some Work All Play podcast -- one of the most popular shows in running. We center the conversation around the state of trail running, sports science, and why it seems like everyone is getting significantly faster in the modern era. We also spend time talking about David and Megan's family life and athletic life, David's upcoming race at the Leadville 100, Megan's role as Co-Medical Research Director for the Western States 100, and parenthood as they prepare to welcome their second child.

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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:

Courtney Dauwalter | Hardrock 100 Post-Race Interview

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Jim Walmsley | UTMB Post-Race Interview

Also, please check out our other podcast, Second Nature: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-nature/id1737242598

Transcript

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0:00.0	Free Trail fam, welcome back to the show. Of course, I am your host, Dylan Bowman, and today
0:18.7	we are joined by David and Megan Roche. Finally, the swap, free trail crosscast. I'm sure most of our listeners know David and
0:26.5	Megan very well. They are great athletes, beloved coaches, and of course also co-host the SomeWork
0:32.5	All Play podcast, one of the most popular shows in running. In my opinion, David and Megan are prolific in so many ways.
0:40.4	Their podcast is filled with incredibly intelligent dialogue, often around heavily scientific subject matter, but always, always packaged with humor and positivity that many people, myself included, really appreciate. We centered
0:56.0	today's conversation around the current state of endurance sport and especially trail running,
1:00.3	as everybody is seemingly getting faster simultaneously no matter what the sporting discipline.
1:05.7	So we talk about fueling, cooling, super shoes, sports psychology, increasing talent density,
1:13.0	and a lot more dissecting why it feels there's been a step change in trail running performances
1:18.4	at the highest level globally.
1:21.1	We also talk about David and Megan's family life and athletic life, David's recent win at
1:26.1	the Leadville Silver Rush 50-miler. We talk about Megan's
1:29.6	work as the co-medical research director for the Western States 100. We talk about parenthood and
1:34.6	expecting their second child. We look ahead towards UTNB in a couple of weeks and a lot more.
1:40.5	And of course, before we get to it, David Roche is making his 100 mile debut this weekend at the Leadville 100s. So a big, huge, good luck to him and to Megan and Leo, who I'm sure will be shepherding him on that amazing 100 mile journey. As usual, the free trail podcast is only made possible with the support of great partners our title
2:01.5	sponsor the feed and our supporting partner speedland osprey gnarly nutrition and ketone iq make sure you
2:07.9	check out the show notes to take advantage of generous offers from all those great brands hope you enjoy the show
2:13.8	the free trail podcast is grateful for you enjoy the show.
2:24.6	The free trail podcast is grateful for our presenting partner, The Feed, the one-stop shop for all your trail running nutrition and training gear needs.
2:28.4	Your boy just placed a big order of some of my favorite products over at TheFeed.com.
2:33.5	First, I got a few boxes of the Morton
2:35.5	160 gels that I've developed a huge affection for. I realize that the thing that I love about
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