79 Tim Deer - Badwater and Beyond
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Matt Dixon interviews long-time Purple Patch athlete, Tim Deer, about his recent experience completing the Badwater 135 ultra-endurance race from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney. The Badwater 135 is billed as the most demanding and extreme running race offered anywhere on the planet.
The start line is at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in North America at 280’ below sea level. The race finishes at the Whitney Portal at 8,300’, the highest point in the contiguous United States.
In just over 36 hours, Tim covered three mountain ranges for a total of 14,600’ of cumulative vertical ascent!
Tim isn’t just an accomplished athlete, but also a dedicated husband and father of three children. He’s also a physician, and president and chief executive officer of The Spine & Nerve Centers in Charleston, West Virginia.
Not only do he and Matt go into the nitty-gritty of the training and racing, but they also speak globally about the importance of health, fitness, goal-setting, and having a trusting support system.
He also draws on the many parallels between racing and being a doctor -focusing on a plan, keeping calm under pressure, not being afraid to deviate when necessary.
You may not have the desire to race an event like Badwater, but it is our hope that you will be inspired to take positive action in your life, just like Tim Deer - the epitome of someone who is reaching their human potential via their athletic potential.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:09.0 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:13.0 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere, integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.0 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast as ever your host matt dixon |
| 0:24.9 | and this week we've got another guest and we're going to talk about one of the craziest |
| 0:30.9 | endurance sport and events there is the bad water 135 mile running race our. Our guest today, Tim Deer, |
| 0:38.2 | Purple Patch athlete, |
| 0:39.5 | and you might not have heard of Tim |
| 0:41.4 | at least through his athletic accomplishments, |
| 0:44.1 | but he is very, very accomplished. |
| 0:47.2 | Four-team Boston Marathons, |
| 0:48.7 | more than 20 Iron Man race, |
| 0:50.3 | is the Leadville running race, |
| 0:52.2 | and now, our subject of of today his experience is training for |
| 0:56.8 | and successfully completing this 135 mile running race of madness we're going to hear about how he |
| 1:05.8 | juggles a time-starved life with crazy travel schedule, family of four kids, and of course, utilizing the |
| 1:14.9 | Purple Patch methodology, swimming and cycling to help foster his readiness. Not only is he one of the |
| 1:20.5 | heaviest athletes to ever finish, he also did it and probably less running miles than you might |
| 1:25.8 | imagine. It's a fascinating story in many ways |
| 1:28.9 | it's inspirational. You probably will leave this conversation either thinking, I want to go |
| 1:34.4 | forth and do this. But more likely, I never want to do that race. But I do hope that you're |
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