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Is Pro Ultrarunning Entering A New Era? (David Roche Interview)

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Though he probably needs no introduction, in addition to being a stellar coach and podcaster, David Roche has been lighting it up on the 100 mile ultra scene these past few months with impressive wins at Leadville and Javelina. Honestly, these breakthroughs were just an excuse to reach out. Over two hours, we dive into a broad range of topics in the trail running world. There was no set agenda—just a fun, free-flowing chat ...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this

0:05.3

episode, I am talking with someone who needs absolutely no introduction, David Roche. In addition to

0:11.4

being a stellar coach and podcaster, David has been lighting up the 100-mile ultra-trail

0:17.3

running scene these last three months with impressive performances at leadville and

0:21.5

havalino which have certainly made the uroy conversation very interesting at the end of this year

0:26.7

honestly though this was really just an excuse to reach out david and i spent two hours covering a

0:32.3

range of topics in the trail running world we did not really have an agenda we just had fun and i hope

0:36.6

that shines through here.

0:38.5

I personally really enjoyed it.

0:40.8

And before we get started, if you don't already follow along,

0:43.7

I highly recommend checking out David's Patreon page.

0:47.7

Him and Megan put out a lot of awesome content there,

0:50.3

including one of my favorite podcasts.

0:52.6

They have this bonus podcast on their Patreon page

0:55.2

supplementing that swap podcast that you all know. I think it's excellent. I get a lot out of it.

1:00.7

And, you know, I just wanted to plug that here because I love kind of propping up good content.

1:05.5

But anyways, without further ado, let's get into it. Thank you so much, David. And I think

1:09.8

y'all will enjoy this one.

1:11.6

David Roche, it is a pleasure to have you on the single track podcast. How are you doing today?

1:15.9

I'm doing so good. My favorite podcast, I am so pumped. Finn knows because I will text him

1:21.9

hot takes as I listen, especially the long run archives episodes. So I'm so excited. Thanks for having me.

1:28.7

Well, I have some apologies to publicly make later in the episode, but first,

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