28 Des and Ryan Linden
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
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On April 16th, 2018, Des Linden became the first United States female to win the famed Boston Marathon in 33 years. While she admits that she often plays the role of “underdog,” this year was different. She went from “underdog” to champion in a race that brought with it epic wind, rain, and freezing temperatures. When others faded, she chiseled away and rose to the top, earning the dream victory of a professional running career that started at the Boston Marathon back in 2006.
What goes into a victory like the Boston Marathon?
It certainly wasn’t an easy victory. In fact, much has been reported about the fact that Des almost quit the race because she felt that it wasn't her day. But, she rode the wave and came out on top. What a lesson in life and performance!
Today, she and her husband, elite Purple Patch triathlete, Ryan Linden, explore performance and relationships in this intimate conversation with Matt Dixon. This isn’t a Boston Marathon recap, but a glimpse behind the curtain of two elite athletes and how they manage their training, racing, recovery, and day-to-day responsibilities as partners in each other's success.
What are the components of their successful relationship and what can others learn from their journey? How do they overcome their own pain, adversity, and fear?
Both Ryan and Des have evolved and changed throughout their careers and they graciously open up about their personal evolutions and explore how their thoughts around coaching, collaboration, and training have matured through the years. The lessons they've learned are lessons for anyone seeking peak performance.
This is a personal conversation that feels like you're sitting with them having a cup of tea or coffee.
Speaking of coffee - Des and Ryan even talk about another passion of theirs: the debut of Linden & True Coffee earlier this year in conjunction with another pair of elite athletes, Sarah and Ben True.
In fact, they’re giving away free coffee to lucky listeners. Go to purplepatchfitness.com/coffee for your chance to win a 3-month subscription to Linden & True Coffee.
Purple Patch has also teamed up with CycleOps and PowerTap to make your summer training sizzle! Visit purplepatchfitness.com/getcracking for the chance to win a Magnus Indoor Trainer, pair of P1 Pedals and a consultation with Matt Dixon!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.0 | And welcome once again to the Purple Patch podcast. This is |
| 0:23.2 | as ever your host Matt Dixon and today we've got a great one. In fact we've got a cracking one. |
| 0:29.1 | The one and only Des Lyndon is joining us with a husband, partner and great athlete in his own right, |
| 0:34.8 | I might add, Ryan Lyndon. As you're likely known, Des was recently crowned the Boston Marathon winner, the first US female |
| 0:42.7 | athlete to win the event in 33 years. |
| 0:46.2 | But we're not going to focus on that day today. |
| 0:48.5 | We're going to go deep. |
| 0:49.5 | We're going to explore performance, the journey, adversity that she's faced, managing pain and even a little bit about |
| 0:57.3 | coffee. You won't want to miss it as it is DES like you've never heard of before. But first, |
| 1:03.6 | a little bit about fireworks and of course, word of the week. Yes, Purple Patch Fitness has teamed up |
| 1:10.0 | with our partners, Cyclops and Power Tap, |
| 1:12.9 | to make your summer training sizzle with our great cracking giveaway. Oh, seriously, did I just say that? |
| 1:21.0 | All right, I'll repeat it, guys. Yes, Cyclops and Power Tap to make your summer training sizzle |
| 1:26.4 | with a great cracking giveaway. |
| 1:28.8 | Goodness me. |
| 1:29.9 | But here's the truth. |
| 1:31.3 | Stay with me on this one. |
| 1:32.5 | It is good. |
| 1:33.5 | From now until July 8th, you can go to purple patchfitness.com forward slash get cracking, get cracking. |
| 1:40.9 | And register to win one of three great price packages, including a pair of |
| 1:46.1 | power tap P1 pedals, a Cyclops Magnus indoor trainer, and a consultation with me. And a lot more |
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