Episode 275: Megan and David Roche – Some Work All Play
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Megan and David Roche of Some Work All Play coaching are on the show today and I can’t even begin to describe how much fun they were to record with. What an amazing duo! They are the authors of the popular book “The Happy Runner” and coach dozens of amazing runners around the World. Learn more about Megan and David here:
Megan is the 2016 USATF Trail Runner of the Year at the ultra and sub-ultra distances. She is a five-time national champion, a North American Mountain Running Champion, and a six-time member of Team USA. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in Neuroscience and received her M.D. from Stanford Medical School. At Stanford, she is doing a PhD in epidemiology, focused on population health and genetics for athletes.
Megan started coaching with SWAP in 2016 with the premise that she could help athletes learn to love the process of training, embrace their inner ninja, and recover using a Taco Tuesday approach.
David is the 2014 USATF Trail Runner of the Year at the sub-ultra distance. He is a two-time national champion and three-time member of Team USA. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Science and received a master’s degree and law degree from Duke University.
David started the SWAP team in 2013, with the premise that he could help athletes learn to live like puppies and run like rockstars while not giving a f#ck about things that aren’t important.
Megan and David came back on for an extended 30 minutes for patreon supporters as well – make sure you check that out!
What we talked about:
5:45- Their book, The Happy Runner
7:10- The process of writing the book together and how they divided the writing
10:20- How and why Megan decided to start coaching with Some Work All Play instead of going to residency after medical school
13:40- What David learns from Megan from her science background while working together as coaches
15:45- What David has pulled from his law background and how he integrates it into coaching
18:00- Why David started Some Work All Play coaching
20:20- Communicating with athletes
30:30- Their podcast, the joy that it brings them and what it has taught them
35:10- What their coaching mission is
37:30- Their process of intaking athletes and assessing their mental health and mentality around running
39:35- How they bring the joy back if an athlete lost their passion for running
41:35- Coaching an athlete that is afraid of failure
44:30- Listening to music while running
45:10- Deciding who coaches which athletes
46:10- Creating a community and connecting their athletes with each other
48:10- How their coaching has changed with COVID-19 and the race cancellations
51:45- The importance of not always being in your best shape, the benefits of consistency, and the importance of a rest day
56:00- What their rest days look like
56:55- The hormonal balance and how rest days play into that
1:00:40- How they coach athletes that are injury prone
1:07:05- Encouraging athletes to look at the big picture and put running into perspective
1:08:30- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I am your host Lindsay. Thank you so much for being here today. |
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| 1:02.0 | Today you're listening to episode 275 and this is the last of the little four part coaching series we have done. We've cut up with some coaches every other week. |
| 1:13.0 | And this is with Megan and David Roach. You may know them from their book Happy Runner and they are coaches at some work all play. |
| 1:26.0 | Megan is the 2016 USATF trail runner of the year at the Ultra and Sub Ultra distances. She's a five time national champion, a North American mountain running champion and a six time member of team USA. |
| 1:40.0 | The really cool thing about Megan's story is that she graduated from Duke University with a degree in neuroscience and received her MD from Stanford Medical School and now she's doing a PhD in epidemiology. |
| 1:53.0 | She's focused on population health and genetics for athletes. She also just completed an FKT that she actually shares all about over on Patreon. |
| 2:06.0 | We caught up yesterday and after this podcast episode we recorded this episode about six weeks ago and just yesterday, David and Megan hopped on the phone with me and we did about 25 minutes over on Patreon. |
| 2:18.0 | So if you love this episode you'll get to hear more over there if you support at patreon.com slash Lindsay Hine. |
| 2:25.0 | Okay David is the 2014 USATF trail runner of the year at the sub Ultra distance. He's a two time national champion and a three time member of team USA. |
| 2:36.0 | He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in environmental science and received his master's degree and law degree from Duke University. |
| 2:46.0 | These two have been through a lot of school. I love their coaching philosophy and how they approach life with so much positivity and man so many great athletes are coached by these two. |
| 2:59.0 | And I know you're all going to walk away from this episode feeling just a little bit happier and definitely encouraged. |
| 3:05.0 | Alright friends before we get started look the Donna marathon campaign is underway. I'm so excited to be partnering with the Donna marathon again. |
| 3:16.0 | This will be my third no my fourth year partnering with the Donna marathon and they're going virtual in 2021 and what I want to tell you about first of all the Donna foundation supports those walking through breast cancer and also supports groundbreaking research for the disease they partner with the Mayo Clinic and they do all kinds of great work. |
| 3:41.0 | They have three events okay yes the marathon weekend is in February but they actually have a 5k coming up October 24th and then they have the marathon weekend February 12th through the 14th and then they have a mother's day your way race which is also May 8th. |
| 4:01.0 | Okay so when you complete the fearless series the 5k coming up here on October 24th the Donna marathon weekend February 13th and the new Donna mother's day your way race which by the way this is really cool they invite athletes to swim bike run surf yoga Pilates. |
| 4:20.0 | However you want to complete that activity that weekend that is how you do it any form of exercise that you love qualifies most importantly I love supporting the Donna foundation so if you're looking for some virtual races and events to hold yourself accountable and also support a really impactful important organization consider registering go to breast cancer marathon.com for more information and use the code Lindsey. |
| 4:49.0 | To get $5 off your registration for any of those events all right friends enjoy my conversation with Megan and David Roach. |
| 5:02.0 | All right well today on the podcast I'm excited to have David and Megan Roach on the podcast welcome to the show guys. |
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