Episode 61: Matt Hanson - Running with Ironman

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

The Ironman race... 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run. A ridiculous feat of preparation, endurance, and mental toughness. To not only finish, but to be a 3 time North American champion and shatter numerous course records around the world is on a different level. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt Hanson who accomplished just that, and asked him all about what that’s like at that magnitude. I was always a big fan of triathlons growing up, and this episode I had a lot of questions and desired insight into the mind of someone who has competed at that level. From bike crashes to shitting yourself, we get into what it really takes to push yourself way past what you thought was possible.
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Table of Timestamps:
Breaking the Ice - 5:55
Morning Routine - 12:45
Growing Up in the Midwest - 21:40
First Major Injury - 29:45
The First Ironman - 36:30
Peak Workout - 48:00
Strategy & The Chess Game - 59:30
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Workout & Nutrition - 1:25:00
Matt Hanson Coaching - 1:35:30
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0:34.3	Do you remember what your fastest average time per mile was on any of the runs that you
0:42.1	set records on?
0:43.1	Oh yeah, I think I set, I have the fastest marathon off the bike with the 234-something
0:52.4	that was at Ironman, Texas in 2019.
0:56.0	What is that breakdown to per mile?
0:58.0	551.
0:59.0	Man.
1:02.0	It's just a learning, there's a lot to learn and there's just, it's a tactical race, there's
1:08.2	a lot of mistakes that you can make and to perform, you know, basically it's who can perform
1:14.3	eight hours without making those mistakes and some of those mistakes can be pretty devastating
1:21.1	on race day.
1:23.7	So were there like some legitimate fucking ruffled feathers the fact that you show up in
1:28.4	the first time nobody's heard of you as an amateur you qualify?
1:31.0	I mean, a lot of these races, you know, no one's really, you know, I didn't do any, I
1:36.0	had no idea, I didn't know what corner was, I didn't know what the world changed, I
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