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Purple Patch Podcast

385 - Q1 Ironman Training- What Smart Athletes Focus on Now

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9651 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! On this episode IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon discusses the Purple Patch coaching program, highlighting limited spots for senior coaching and individual coaching slots. He emphasizes the benefits of the Tri Squad program, which offers personalized, low-cost consultations and a supportive ecosystem. The focus of the episode is on training for Q1 2026, covering swim, bike, run, and strength. Dixon details technical development in swimming, endurance building, and the importance of gears. For cycling, he stresses high-intensity interval training, Terrain Management, and strength endurance. In running, he advocates for high-frequency, easy runs, technical speed intervals, and walk breaks. He also underscores the importance of strength training for performance and injury prevention.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we jump into today's episode, I want to take a moment to share something important,

0:05.7

especially if you're thinking about your training, your goals or what the right coaching support is for you

0:10.4

and what it looks like for 2026. As we head into the year, Purple Patch has a very limited number of treasured spots.

0:18.0

Yes, opportunities available in both senior coaching. We have three spots in our

0:22.7

senior coaching and we also have, which is unprecedented for us, five individual one-to-one

0:28.0

coaching slots. They're highly personalised, high touch and of course once they're filled, they're

0:33.0

gone. We don't tend to lose people very often at Purple Patch. I also want to share something else just as important, because for many athletes, the best solution isn't actually traditional one-to-one coaching.

0:43.3

It's TriSquot.

0:44.8

Tri-Squod is not generic group coaching.

0:48.1

It's not just a plan that you get.

0:50.8

It's massively personalised, but it's more autonomous in nature. It's a whole ecosystem

0:56.0

supported by the entire Purple Patch coaching team, including myself. To kick things off in January,

1:02.4

you get a complementary coaching call so that we can set things up for you the right way. We build

1:07.4

the plan together. And then throughout the season, what a lot of our athletes do

1:11.9

is leverage the low-cost consultations whenever you need them. And so you choose the coach that

1:17.6

connect with the best. You build a relationship akin to having a one-to-one relationship, but of course

1:24.2

at a fraction of the cost. And if you want a different perspective, or maybe you want to

1:28.3

dive into something that's a little bit more specialized, be it nutrition or women's health or swim,

1:35.0

you can actually reach out to a different coach within our ecosystem and have a consultation

1:39.4

with them. I can't tell you how many athletes tell us this, that they experience better communication,

1:45.7

more support and better results than they did with their prior one-to-one coaching relationship,

1:50.5

all at a fraction of the cost.

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