211 Your Ramp to Racing - Mindset, Race Strategies, and Matt's Essential Tips for Success
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, we built the show for those getting ready to launch into their race season. Races are coming thick and fast and, for the first time in a couple of years, we are charging ahead at full steam.
We know you have questions.
How should I pace? What should my mindset be for this first event of the season? What lessons will I draw? How can I assess the success of my race? What if I don't reach my time goal? What should I pack?
Matt has answers and that's why this episode not only provides your framework for a successful ramp into racing but also a long-term perspective on a successful season of racing.
In today’s show, Matt provides:
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A mindset and lens to help diffuse fear and alleviate the pass-fail shackles that many athletes face in early season racing
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A strategic approach to the race to set you up for success
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A list of essentials to tick off so that you minimize risk and optimize the chances of trained potential meeting race day performance
We know your race goals are important and you should be excited and nervous; however, we also encourage you to stay grounded. No matter what happens, remain focused on what you can control and the effort you put in on the day. This will give you the biggest yield for what the day brings, but also clarity for the path ahead.
Your homework? Assess, Learn and Build.
Every experience is a chance for growth and improvement.
Have a great day? Assess it. Was it a struggle? Assess it.
It's just as important to learn from the good days as it is from the bad ones. That is how you continue to grow.
Now, go and have a super day. Smile, be happy you are here, and enjoy the process. Racing is your opportunity to shine and allow yourself to express your months of hard work.
Episode Timestamps
0:00-08:27 Introduction and Squaddie Update - Purple Patch Napa Camp -May 18-22. We have TWO open spots. If you are one of the two to take the final spots, you'll be able to join a day early for a live bike class at Studio One in San Francisco, Coach Mike will deliver a personal assessment around strength and mobility, and you and the other guest will join Matt for a private luncheon.
Register and watch our webinar replay on race day fueling and hydration with Andy Blow, CEO, and Founder of Precision Fuel and Hydration
Charging towards race day and have questions? Book a consult with one of our Purple Patch coaches
08:45-11:00 Word of the Week - “Comfort” - What should you look for in a running shoe?
11:15- The Meat and Potatoes - Dust the Rust Off - Your Guide for a Successful Return to Racing
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:13.3 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.3 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 0:25.5 | And this week, we built the show for those that are getting ready to launch into their |
| 0:31.0 | race season. |
| 0:33.0 | Triathlon, maybe you're prepping for a marathon, an ultra? |
| 0:40.4 | The newfangled gravel racing. |
| 0:46.3 | Whatever it is, in the northern hemisphere, the races are going to be emerging thick and fast. |
| 0:53.3 | And for the first time in a couple of years, there are very few astericks or unknown when we think about these races. |
| 0:57.3 | For the most part, it is full-blooded seasons of racing ahead of us. And that's good. So we thought, you know what? It's timely to build a |
| 1:03.1 | framework for you to ensure that your first races of a whole season are successful, but also you go on to have a season of success. |
| 1:14.1 | And so in today's show, you're going to learn a few things. |
| 1:16.6 | The first is the right mindset, the lens to look through, so that you can diffuse some of the |
| 1:22.0 | fear and alleviate some of that pass, fail, shackles that so many athletes face in early |
| 1:27.0 | season racing. |
| 1:28.3 | We're also going to line up a strategic approach so that you can dial into your race |
| 1:33.4 | and make set it out for the most success that you can. |
| 1:36.0 | And finally, a little quick list to finish. |
| 1:38.5 | Some reminders, some essentials for you to tick off so that you can minimize risk |
| 1:43.3 | and optimize the chances of your |
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