364 - How to Nail Summer Ironman Training and Still Enjoy Life
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon from Purple Patch Fitness discusses strategies for balancing summer training for IRONMAN races with personal life. He emphasizes the importance of a flexible optimization mindset, weekly clarity through the "Sunday special," and intentional recovery. Dixon advises athletes to integrate training into life, plan around travel and family vacations, and perform specific IRONMAN simulators. He emphasizes the importance of habits such as sleep, fueling, and hydration. Dixon also stresses the need for fun and adventure in training to maintain motivation and performance. Purple Patch offers personalized coaching and consultations to help athletes achieve their goals.
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| 0:00.0 | It's been more than 20 years now. Purple Patch has coached time-starved athletes to extraordinary results, |
| 0:07.3 | from Iron Man podiums to everyday breakthroughs in energy, health and life performance. |
| 0:12.7 | Our Tri-Squodon one-to-one coaching give you the access to the very best coaching team in the sport, |
| 0:18.0 | and our personalised approach that meets you where you're at. We'd love to |
| 0:22.5 | help you integrate sport into life so it doesn't become a cage, a monkey on your back. This isn't |
| 0:28.6 | guesswork. It's a proven system, backed by a team that truly partners with you. And so if you're |
| 0:34.5 | ready to train smarter and live better, email us info at |
| 0:38.3 | purple patchfinness.com. We'll set up a complimentary call. We'll see if we're a right fit for you |
| 0:42.9 | and also ensure that you get on the right program for your goals and budget. It's amazing what's |
| 0:48.8 | possible when we do things together. Now enjoy the show. I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The |
| 0:56.9 | mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic |
| 1:01.8 | potential through the lens of athletic potential you reach your human potential. The purpose of this |
| 1:07.5 | podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life. |
| 1:21.8 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 1:26.3 | And today, there's no Max Gary. I know you miss |
| 1:29.5 | him, but it's all me, myself and I today. And I tell you what, things are getting busy. |
| 1:36.1 | In fact, my son Baxter, he's getting out of school this coming week. It's crazy. I know the |
| 1:41.6 | US love to get out very, very early. And that means that summer is almost here. |
| 1:47.3 | Today's show is for listeners that are chasing great Iron Man performance in the fall. |
| 1:54.8 | Perhaps you've picked an Iron Man race in Arizona or Iron Man California or many of the global Iron Man races. Now, most of the |
| 2:02.7 | concepts that we're going to talk about today directly correlate also if you're doing a fall |
| 2:08.1 | marathon, a subject that we're going to tackle in the coming weeks, how to prepare for your |
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