Evan Romero & the Red River Gorge 50K ft. Taylor Witt
In the S2 finale of the PRP, Adam welcomes back first time ultra marathoner, ardent PhD candidate, passionate nature connoisseur and proud PRP alumni Evan Romero who has been training for the Red River Gorge 50K on December 3rd, 2022. The lads kick off the finale with some insight, fun facts and reflections on PRP Season 2. From one-mile time trials to 250+ mile races and everything in between, one thing is certain, it's been one helluva ride! Evan enlightens the PRP listenership on his current professional pursuits and shares details about why the next year of his life will be one of major transition.
Taylor Witt, on again off again runner, mechanical engineer extraordinaire, aspiring musician and proud new cat daddy joins the show to offer his stoic and witty take on both life and running. Taylor sheds light on his personal history with running and provides details about his current relationship with the sport. If there is one thing his journey has taught him, it's that running can do what you want it to do, and be what you want it to be. Don't let someone else's opinion or vision of running dictate what you make of it. Make it your own.
Things get vulnerable when the boys go all in on advice surrounding runners and our collective relationships with the sport. Be sure to check yourself and ensure that you're running for enjoyment and not putting too much self-inflicted pressure on yourself. Leverage running as a mechanism to better yourself on a spiritual level and take advantage of the wonderful opportunity it provides you with to nurture relationships with other wonderful humans. That's it. If running doesn't make you happy and you're not enjoying it, don't do it. And guess what? That's completely fine! There are copious other forms of movement that are accessible and available for exploration.
Is running really just a big metaphor for life? Science Olympiad?! Garden Gang, say whaa? Tostones?! Wait... did Taylor design a custom speaker for WuTang?! Yikes, we unintentional daddy'in? Ummm, how many times up and out da gorge?! Organic Chemistry?! Biocatalysis?! What is the meaning of life?! Arm wrestlin for the Romero toilet?! Triple deucer??? All of this and likely more than you're interested in listening to in this hilarious, crass and heartfelt episode of the PRP.
Recorded Tuesday November 29th @ 6:30PM EST
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