Rod Farvard | Western States 100 Runner Up
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman · Dylan Bowman
July 18, 20241h 32m
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Show Notes
Rod Farvard is a professional trail runner from Mammoth Lakes, CA. This season, Rod has had two world-class, breakout performances - a Golden Ticket win at the Canyons 100k, and a 2nd place finish at Western States, running the 2nd fastest time in history. This is his first long form appearance on the podcast.
Topics discussed:
- The value of taking chances
- Rod's analytical approach to training
- The 2023 UTMB and the learnings from the race
- Rod's coach and their long-term multi-sport relationship
- An nutritional epiphany after Black Canyon
- Super shoes on the trails
- Rod's win at Canyons 100k
- Deep dive on the WS performance
- Recent examples of Rod betting on himself
- Where he's racing next
- A lot more!
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy: Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB