355 - Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, One Time-Starved Executive: The Scot Davis Story

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

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast!

In this episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon Interviews Scot Davis, a Purple Patch Athlete and Chief Operating Officer at Crow Holdings, who completed the World Marathon Challenge, running seven marathons in seven days across seven continents. His journey began after caring for his mother with pancreatic cancer. Initially training with a previous coach, he transitioned to Purple Patch Fitness Coach Will Turner, who reduced his running volume and introduced multi-sport training. Despite challenges like illness and extreme conditions, Scot completed the challenge, setting a world record for the shortest duration. Post-challenge, he aims to run 52 marathons in a year. Scot emphasized the importance of a strong support system and mental resilience.

Dixon outlines the episode's focus on Scot's preparation, mindset, and the lessons learned from completing the World Marathon Challenge. Scot's transition to training with Coach Will Turner focuses on multi-sport, strength training, and nutrition. Scot discusses the physical toll of high-volume training and the importance of rest and recovery.

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0:00.0	All right, folks, just before we get going, a quick word about the engine behind it all.
0:04.8	Purple Patch coaching.
0:06.1	If you're an athlete looking to perform at your best, whether you're chasing your first Iron Man finish,
0:11.0	a podium spot or simply want to thrive in work or life, Purple Patch Tri-Squod is your home base.
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0:22.6	Purple Patch coaches, Tri-Squad 4 provides everything that you need to train smarter, not harder.
0:30.1	It's more than a training plan. It's a system, a performance community, and most importantly,
0:34.7	it's built around your life to integrate into it, not conflict with
0:39.3	it. Thousands of athletes around the world have used TriSquad to train with purpose, race with
0:44.8	confidence, live with energy. Now, I ask you this. Are you ready to join us? Head to Purple Patch Fitness
0:50.6	to get started. Now, enjoy the show today. It's a goody. It's about a Purple Patch athlete who does something quite extreme. Seven marathons, seven days across seven continents. The Marathon Challenge. Enjoy the show.
1:07.8	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
1:11.6	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
1:17.5	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
1:21.5	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
1:36.9	Music to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life. And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon.
1:42.1	We are exploring the habits, mindset, systems that fuel performance-ready living across work, sport and life.
1:49.4	And I'm your host, as ever, you're Matt Dixon, founder head coach of Purple Patch Fitness.
1:54.1	And today's episode, well, quite frankly, it's a special one.
1:57.4	We are diving into one of the most audacious and inspiring feats of endurance
2:01.9	you're ever going to hear. Seven marathons in seven days across seven continents. It's one thing
2:11.5	to want to go around the world on a wonderful backpacking experience. But in the course of a
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