Rich Roll | Playing The Long Game

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

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

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Rich Roll is an ultra endurance athlete, author, and host of the Rich Roll Podcast. He's one of the most influential voices in modern fitness, health, and wellness. This is his first appearance on the podcast.

Topics:

Rich's recent back surgery
Realigning personal intentions during a period of forced rest
The value of stepping back and taking sabbaticals
The ingredients of successful self-transformation
Rich's orientation towards being of service
Wrestling with athletic identity
The art of communication
Voice Change Media
A lot more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, fam, welcome to the free trial podcast. Of course, I'm your loving host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Rich Roll. Can you believe it? The iconic ultra endurance athlete, author,
0:22.6	and podcaster is here on our little trail running program. What an honor. It is not an exaggeration
0:29.5	to say that Rich has had an enormous impact on me personally. His book, Finding Ultra was one of
0:35.4	my earliest and biggest influences as I was discovering my love of
0:39.9	endurance pursuits. I am also a long time semi-religious listener of his podcast where
0:45.5	Rich's skills as a listener and communicator has touched the lives of millions of people. He has
0:52.7	been a huge inspiration for me as I have found my
0:55.3	footing with podcasting too. So it is surreal to have him here on the show. Some topics we discuss
1:01.4	Rich's recent back surgery in the early phases of recovery. We talk about realigning his personal
1:08.1	intentions during this forced period of rest.
1:11.2	We talk about the value of stepping back and taking sabbaticals in general,
1:15.7	the ingredients of successful self-transformation,
1:19.4	Rich's orientation towards being of service,
1:22.6	wrestling with our respective athletic identities over time,
1:26.8	the art of communication, his voicing change
1:30.3	media project, and a lot more. It was so cool to chat with Rich, and I hope you enjoy
1:37.0	the combo. Before we get to it, as you're listening to this, we are probably getting set up
1:41.6	in Palisades, Tahoe for the big push from Broken Arrow to
1:45.4	TrailCon and through Western States.
1:47.5	So make sure you check out our daily live shows on YouTube where we'll be covering all the action
1:53.3	of these two iconic events for TrailCon specifically.
1:57.2	We are about to fully sell out.
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