81 BONUS: IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Preview
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this special BONUS episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, Matt Dixon talks exclusively about the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Race in Nice, France taking place on September 7th and 8th.
In this detailed discussion, he talks about:
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The preparation leading up to the event
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Travel tips for staying fresh and hydrated
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How to navigate your arrival
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Specific course nuances and how to approach each discipline of this event
- Note: The water temperature is currently warmer than expected (high 70s) so this will most likely be a non-wetsuit swim for both amateurs and pros. Bring your wetsuit just in case, but be prepared to go without!
Even if you're not headed to Nice in person, you can join us for a Global Live Cast on Purple Patch Facebook Live and Instagram Live on Friday, September 6th from 2:30pm CEST to 3:15pm.
Shake-Out Run with Chelsea Sodaro:
Wednesday, September 4th at 4:00pm CEST
Meet in Lobby of Le Meridien Hotel (1 Promenade des Anglais | 06046 Nice | France)
30-40 min social shake out run with a few pick-ups
Ask questions and take pics!
Download our FREE IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Course Preview HERE
Traveling to Nice? CLICK HERE To RSVP for the 70.3 World Championships Pre-Race Meet-Up with Matt Dixon and special guests, Andy Blow of Precision Hydration and Mark Allen
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:03.5 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:09.3 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:12.8 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.3 | Bienvenu so the podcast. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm on Oud, Matt Dixon. |
| 0:25.4 | So why am I |
| 0:26.7 | Paul Aivru-Francée, as you might say to it? |
| 0:30.7 | Well, coming up, September the 7th and 8th, |
| 0:35.2 | 2019, |
| 0:36.8 | the Iron Man 70.3 World Championships, and we are heading to Nice, |
| 0:41.8 | France on the Cot de Zur for a wonderful, or what is at least shaping up to be a wonderful event. |
| 0:49.4 | And with that in mind, we thought we'd put together a little bonus show. So this is for you if you're |
| 0:55.7 | heading to Nice, if you're interested in qualifying for the 70.3 World Championships, you might |
| 1:00.5 | get some little gleans and nuggets within here. And in fact, if you're interested in participating |
| 1:05.3 | in triathlon or an Iron Man 70.3 whatsoever, commonly known as a half Ironman distance, you might get something out of this. |
| 1:12.8 | But if you have absolutely no interest in triathlon at all, you're just listening to the podcast |
| 1:17.6 | and the show for performance reasons, that's great. You know what you can do? You can stop listening |
| 1:23.7 | right now because we've got another great show coming this week. We're just treating |
| 1:27.6 | this as a little bonus. And what we thought we would do is go through my little course preview, |
| 1:33.2 | a few tips and thoughts as you lead into this race specifically, because as it is a world |
| 1:39.0 | championships, it's going to have a few quirks and personalities of which we should talk through, |
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