398 - Avoiding the Ironman Shuffle: Keys to Unlocking Your Best Run From Training to Race Day
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.9 • 651 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! On this episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon discusses strategies for improving IRONMAN run performance, emphasizing the importance of training consistency, running economy, and strength training. He highlights the need for year-round consistency, especially during off-season, and the significance of running economy, which he likens to miles per gallon for the body. Dixon also stresses the value of brick runs, which integrate running off the bike, and the strategic use of walk breaks during races. He advises against overtraining and instead advocates for a balanced approach that prioritizes being "fit and fresh" on race day. Dixon also touches on the importance of bike fitness and proper fueling and hydration strategies.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings everyone, we've got a cracking show today. |
| 0:03.0 | But before we get going, I want to give you a little bit of a heads up. |
| 0:06.0 | We've got two upcoming, absolutely free webinars, |
| 0:10.0 | where I'm going to deep dive onto both Iron Man training and marathon training. |
| 0:15.0 | Now, even if you don't consider yourself really time-starved, |
| 0:19.0 | but you're looking for a fresh insight on an approach of training |
| 0:23.6 | that's going to unlock your potential it's one that we've refined over the last 20 years this is your |
| 0:29.6 | chance come and join me on june 11th is our faster fresher more fun racing an iron man on 12 hours a week of training or less. Yes, you can do it and you can be really successful and you can achieve your goals on 12 hours or less. And then one week later, June the 18th, that's our fewer miles faster finish, racing a marathon on under 35 miles a week. Once again, a proven approach to |
| 0:57.5 | enable you to progressively build, start from your starting line, but absolutely smash your goals. |
| 1:02.7 | More information and all of the sign up links are in the show notes. And as always, |
| 1:07.2 | you can email us directly. Info at Purple Patch Fitness. We'll send you the signup |
| 1:12.1 | and all of the links and hope to see you live. Oh, and one more thing. Make sure when you do come, |
| 1:17.6 | bring your friends and make sure you're armed with lots of questions because we're going to |
| 1:22.0 | leave space for you to ask any questions you want of me. All right, enjoy the show. It's a cracker |
| 1:27.3 | today. I'm Matt Dixon and welcome |
| 1:29.4 | to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human |
| 1:35.0 | being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach |
| 1:39.7 | your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere |
| 1:45.1 | in a great sport into life. |
| 1:56.0 | And welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 2:05.3 | And today, it's all about Iron Man. |
| 2:07.9 | Yeah, it's in our DNA, isn't it? |
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