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!