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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

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon interviews Stephanie Go, a busy Doctor and Mother, shares her journey as a Purple Patch Athlete, emphasizing the importance of consistency and efficiency in training. Despite a demanding schedule, she achieved significant success in 2024, including qualifying for the Hawaii IRONMAN and the World Championship in New Zealand. Stephanie's training averaged just over six hours per week, with only two weeks exceeding 10 hours. She highlights the importance of proper nutrition, sleep, and recovery, and the support from the Purple Patch Community. She advises others to commit to oneself and leverage expert guidance for practical training.

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:04.0	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.8	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:13.8	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people a great sport into life.
0:34.4	I get the privilege of welcome one and only Stephanie go to the show.
0:36.3	Thank you very much for joining us, Stephanie.
0:37.9	Thank you so much for having me.
0:43.6	I'm flattered. You are a long time purple patch athlete. You haven't been able to escape.
0:49.0	You're trying to find the hatch, but we've had it out and I'll claws into you for a long time right now.
0:58.9	I've happily stayed. I don't want to set you up with more pressure. But the reason I wanted to have you on the show is that over the last years, if I think of the epitome of what it means to be a purple
1:08.1	patch athlete, of an optimise athlete, time-starved, but getting
1:12.8	great personal performance in the broadest spectrum of performance.
1:17.1	We're not just talking about race results, which we'll get into a little bit as well.
1:21.6	But winning across all aspects, I would be hard pressed to find anyone's name that would come above your name
1:29.8	as a purple patch athlete. And I'm going to set you up with that and put a little pressure on your
1:36.2	shoulders. It is. But I think that over the course of the next half an hour or show so that we
1:43.0	have a nice chat here.
1:44.9	I think that your journey, your approach, your mindset and everything,
1:49.9	listeners can really draw from and apply to hopefully their own journey to help them improve
1:55.1	and win across all aspects of life, not just sports performance.
2:00.1	And so if you're ready and your seatbelt is fastened,
2:03.5	shall we rock and roll? Let's do it. All right. Well, as you know, as a podcast listener,
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