160 Matt's Return to Racing Guide - It's Time to Dust the Rust Off

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

Fasten your seat belts, folks. It is time to get back to racing and over the course of the next several weeks, the podcast is executing a "triathlon takeover" - focusing on everything you'll need to implement a successful return to racing after our extended hiatus.

Today's episode lays the groundwork to arm you with the knowledge, mindset, and tactics for a confident experience. Matt outlines:

Expectations - How should you prioritize your expectations for this first race? The likelihood is that it has been a while since your last race, and if it is your first time then well -- it’s your first time. In either scenario, it is always unclear how your body will respond to the unique situation and stressors of racing. But, this does not mean that things are destined to go poorly. Not at all. Matt explains 'the why'...
Mindset - Instead of trying to over-analyze and come up with solutions for things that don’t need to be solved before the event, take on a mindset of excited curiosity. Your first race should be a celebration -- even mixed with a little gratitude...Gratitude for your health, your opportunity, and the signal of our world beginning to transition back to a version of normal.
Practical Tips and 'Must-Dos' - A little bonus material on how to train leading up to the race, tactical race planning, and a few logistic reminders since it has been a while for all of us!

It's time to dust the rust off and have some fun in 2021!

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.5	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.3	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:12.8	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
0:20.2	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast as ever, your host Matt Dixon.
0:25.5	And folks, we are doing something a little different over the coming weeks.
0:31.9	In a way, you might label this a Purple Patch podcast takeover. You see, for the coming month, we are going to
0:41.2	dedicate our focus around some key subjects for triathletes who are getting back into race mode.
0:49.6	Now, it might be ironic that we're going to label this as a takeover. After all, Purple Patch serves so many triathletes.
0:57.4	But we fully realize that a large percentage of our listening audience don't identify
1:02.3	with that sport per se.
1:04.6	We realize that this show is anchored around a single word, performance.
1:10.6	And this could be anchored in triathlon, but obviously extends well beyond.
1:14.7	But here we are facing a month ahead of us all triathlon racing.
1:21.3	Let me explain the why and what it's going to look like.
1:25.0	We have all shared a really tough last year. In fact, right now,
1:30.3	we're about one full year through this experience that absolutely upended lives and created
1:35.9	so much stress. And through this journey, you have heard me call for calm, stability,
1:42.1	focus on the journey. I led you to education on the path to remain on task so that when the fog begins to clear,
1:51.8	I told you that I believe that you would be primed to unleash some wonderful performances.
1:59.6	Performances with potential that were better than ever before.
2:04.4	And well, here we are. We have arrived. That fog is starting to clear. And over the coming
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