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.
https://www.instagram.com/rod.farvard/
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!
READ ROD’S BLOG – https://www.rodfarvardultra.com/
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"There are a million mes." Well, I think Rod's pretty unique, but I get what he's saying, and in saying what he said, he has inspired this 64 year-old woman to keep reaching for her ultra dreams. Thank you for another great interview.
In Rod we trust
Why settle for labeling your can’t do’s ?
I love your show Dylan, I’ll be running my 80th Ultra Marathon at the Aspen Dream 50K in Flagstaff. I love the passion and excitement that you bring to our beloved sport of Ultra Running.
So what brands to super shoes ?
Wow, so much enjoyed this. D-Bo is a class act, and Rod is incredibly humble and honest. Great stuff
This was a great podcast because I think what Rod is talking about is something that all serious runners could consider and try in their own races. Are we going to perform like Rod? Of course not. But the advice here could help the average runner maximize their potential, which I think is a worthy goal.
I want to say this is some kind of Rudy story, but Rudy was riding the bench, Rod has been in the front for a while now – love his attitude of "yeah that guy is fantastic, but why can't I also be fantastic"
The salt (sodium) conversation is an interesting one. I have read (can’t remember the source 😜) that those who lose a large amount of sodium in their sweat might because they take in too much salt. I was always dehydrating on runs over 10 miles. A friend suggested I double the amount of skratch per bottle, I did , drinking 500ml per hour. Still had issues. So I added a salt tablet every hr. My vest, hat etc had a lot of salt on them after a run. Friend no2 recently suggested I was over salted and not taking enough liquid. Now using regular str skratch but drinking two bottles an hour. Perfect (for me). Ran a marathon week ago, hot sunny. No dehydration issue.
Such and interesting individual thing. I think Rod’s biggest takeaway is make effort and changes to see what works for you.
Go Rod 😀🏃♂️🏃♂️
Another freaking great itw! Thanks for the inspiration.
Can not wait for next year!
Keep trail running fr$$ , run minimal!
What an unbelievably gutsy performance. One for the ages
Freaking love these mad scientist type pro ultra runners. So cool of him for sharing all these nutrition and hydration metrics.
I also love people like Courtney who are GOATs but are shy of talking about their greatness. Amazing sport!
Rod´s the man
Thanks for the shout out. "Sucking the fun out of Ultra Running since 2021" hahaha