Some Work, All Play
Five to ten topics, sometimes about running, with lots of love and enthusiasm and science. We dig deep into training, races, studies, pop culture, and much more! With Megan Roche, M.D. and David Roche!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 278
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
58. Sex and Alcohol and Athletic Performance
We landed like Avengers to talk about the recovery science that has changed our relationship with alcohol, how sex affects athletic performance, and the power of wary optimism. Thank you all! WOOHOO!
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57. Five Adventure Lessons & Aerobic/Speed Development
We went full SWAG GOLDFISH to talk about lessons for adventures, believing in your creative ability, and why aerobic development can involve very easy training (but requires that you also develop you…
56. Athletic Hope In Tough Times & THC Ban
We channeled Khia's "My Neck, My Back" diagnostic approach to talk about maintaining hope in moments of athletic uncertainty (and Megan's health journey) and why the THC ban hurts athletes. Thank you…
55. Western States 100 Recap Episode
We rallied from low WHOOP recovery scores to talk about everything we saw and learned at the 2021 Western States 100. Good days are always earned, but bad days can be unlucky. Give your body a chance…
54. Olympic Trials Lessons & Taper Science
In our one-year podcast anniversary episode, we talked about amazing stories from the Olympic Trials, the science of why tapers might involve small injuries, and more thoughts on the recent doping ne…
53. Improving Fatigue Resistance & Creativity In Athletics
We harnessed our ice-bath F-bombs to talk about the weakly understood importance of fatigue resistance in endurance performance, embracing athletics as a creative process, and being vulnerable. We ap…
52. Racing Tips & Improving Training Adaptation
We pranced like show ponies before talking about 5 tips for racing, outlook when things sometimes suck, and improving adaptation/reducing injury risk. Thank you all, we appreciate you so much! WOOHOO…
51. Heart Rate Variability & Identity
We embraced our inner magical creatures to talk about heart rate variability and how it might relate to training approaches, the complex illusion of identity, and putting work in a box. Thank you all…
50. Ultra Training Principles & Dealing with Judgment
We celebrated the 50th episode (WOOHOO!) by talking about why you don't need to do huge volume in ultra training, self-judgment and uncertainty in life, and lots of bonus topics (SPACE FACTS!). We ap…
49. The Importance of Eating Enough & Thinking About Overthinking
48. Transgender Athlete Rights Are Human Rights
Sports can be the difference between a fully realized identity and feeling alone in the world. Inclusion is about human rights because it is about identity and acceptance for people that have faced m…
47. Improving Technical Running & Kicking Regrets To The Curb
We brought BIG PADDINGTON BEAR ENERGY to the podcast to talk about improving technical running (and dealing with inevitable falling), stress buckets, and moving past regrets in life. You all are amaz…
46. Laugh Rates & Unfinished Products
We practiced our literal LOL skills while talking about conflict in relationships, performance psychology, and vulnerability in athletic/emotional unfinished products. Thank you all! WOOHOO!
45. Racing Season & Fears/Phobias
We got extremely excited about UFOs (well, David did) before talking about approaching racing season with a celebration mindset, understanding fears/phobias, and balance with sports/life. WOOHOO! Tha…
44. Investing In Others & Chafing (...And Other Things)
We put some lubricant in our fanny pack before talking about investing in others, heart rate monitors, chafing, and parenting/leadership. We love you all, thank you! WOOHOO!
43. Healthy Competition & Hills Are Hard
We powered up our GPS-free watches and rocked some sweet fanny packs to talk about embracing competition with love, data-free days, and the 1-0 life philosophy. Thank you all! WOOHOO!
42. Overcoming Comparison in Sports and Life
We looked up some fascinating sex outliers (talk about comparison!) before discussing training volume and social media. Plus the answer to life, the universe, and everything! Thank you all! WOOHOO!
41. Breakthroughs From Downtime & Post-Vaccine Training
We banged our tastebuds before talking about the science of why resets can lead to breakthroughs, considerations for training after vaccine doses, and mass shootings/gun control. If you do not want t…
40. Leadership & Altitude/Heat Training
We mastered front crawl kinematics before talking about Coach Diljeet Taylor and leadership style, considerations on the interaction of altitude and heat training, and training group dynamics. Thank …
39. Loving Your Body & Breaking Through Plateaus
We had LOTS of coffee before talking about body image approaching warmer weather, physical plateaus that can stall progression, and the underrepresentation of women in exercise science studies. Thank…