Purple Patch Podcast

Malindi Elmore is the queen of evolution. Growing up in Canada, she knew early on that running was her passion. This, after all, was a girl who was more excited about winning the 100-meter dash than the spelling bee in school. She was raised as a multi-sport athlete who participated in soccer, field hockey, skiing, waterskiing, running, and hiking, but running was her passion, and coaches took notice early on. By 12 years old, she decided it would be the sport that would take her to the Olympics. After a stellar middle-distance career at Stanford, she went on to run professional and put her efforts into qualifying for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Her dreams came true on July 1st, 2004 when she won the Canadian Track and Field Championships in 4:04 and was selected to the Olympic Team. Elmore retired from professional running in 2012 and, after the birth of her first son Charlie, dove headfirst into the waters of long-distance triathlon (under Coach Matt Dixon) where she raced a sub 9:00 hour Ironman in 2016, placing 3rd in her first Ironman event. While she enjoyed the variety of Multisport training and earning her pro card, the birth of her second child evolved priorities once again and Malindi transitioned back to her first love - RUNNING. This time? Her focus was on the marathon. In January 2019, just six months after the birth of her second child, Elmore ran a 2:32 at the Houston Marathon. As she writes, "A 2:32 marathon left me hungry for more and brought an old flame back into my life: the pursuit of the 2020 Olympic Games. I realize I have a narrow window left to do some amazing things as an athlete in the sport as I will be 40 years old next year and my clock is ticking!" There are, no doubt, many lessons to learn from this passionate coach, athlete, wife, and mother. Not being defined by one label Putting disappointments and injury into perspective Managing life as a Mom and professional athlete Embracing and leaning into change Focusing on the process Constant evolution in order to stay fit, fresh and passionate Congratulations and best of luck on your Olympic pursuits. We'll, no doubt, be following along! To learn more about Malindi: Malindi Elmore Website Malindi's Instagram Malindi's Twitter To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts

This is a replay of Episode 55 - an interview with Purple Patch Pro, Chelsea Sodaro. After months of rehabbing an injury, Chelsea won IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Rosa with a blistering 1:16 Half Marathon split. Congratulations, Chelsea! Chelsea Sodaro was born to be an athlete. Both parents competed in triathlon and Chelsea also remembers her Dad training for the Boston Marathon! With energy like that in your life, how could you not love sport?! And she did. Chelsea fell in love with running, which took her through college at Cal Berkeley along with a post-collegiate professional running career. She may be a superhuman on the track, but she is also very human, having suffered frustrating injuries and setbacks that kept her from having the running career that she truly desired. But, just like the rest of us, she was inspired by the 2016 Rio Olympic triathlon. She loved watching the build-up to that race and decided to give the sport a go knowing it would provide a new outlet for athletics and beneficial cross-training. Today, she's just a couple of years into her professional career and in the process of writing history. Chelsea landed on the podium in both of her 70.3 races in 2018, including an overall win at Indian Wells 70.3. She opens up with Matt today on her past and the valuable lessons that triathlon has brought into her life. She also discusses: Her Key Ingredients for Successful Training Non-negotiable habits in her life The Value of Good Coaching on her career Advice on Searching for the Right Coach Highlights of Attending Camp Rookie Mistakes at Races And finally, Chelsea shares what success in the sport of triathlon will look like for her. Her answer may surprise you. Or maybe not. It is an intimate coaching moment with Matt that resonates across all performance levels. Best of luck, Chelsea. Your Purple Patch fans are cheering for your success! To learn more about Chelsea Sodaro follow her on: Instagram Transition Four Site Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

How you chop carrots is how you live your life. What does this mean, exactly? Well, how people do seemingly simple tasks will seep into everything they do and, as a coach or a leader, you can spot talent or value by observing the basic habits and behaviors of your athletes or employees. In this episode, Matt explores: The concept of talent How you as a coach or manager can identify talent Paving a path to excellence with intentional focus How you chop carrots is how you live your life. Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

Matt opens the podcast inbox this week and answers a variety of listener questions including: How much you should run for marathon training Returning to running post-injury Wearables and fitness trackers Yard work and other physical stressors Bike selection on a budget Training indoors vs. outdoors Yoga Integration To submit your question for the podcast, fill out the form on this page: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast Episode with Jordan Ouida - 3 Runs per Week for Marathon Training Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

Matt dives into the oven and talks about training and racing in the heat! It's common for performance to suffer in hot and humid conditions, but why? What happens physiologically when we enter into these conditions that make it so hard to regulate our core temperature and blood volume? In addition to helping you understand "the why," Matt also provides specific strategies on how to prepare in advance for heat training and acclimation and how these strategies can boost performances in any of your races. . To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

While Matt is on holiday, we replay one of his favorite episodes - "AARP Anarchists and Still Crushing It" featuring Purple Patch Masters Athletes, Rick Wimmer and Ken Pagliughi. "The list of what I want to accomplish continues to grow," says 65-year-old Purple Patch athlete, Rick Wimmer. "Society expects people to retire, but this is how I get the most out of life!" Maintaining a growth mindset is everything - at any age. In this episode, recorded on location at the recent Purple Patch Training Camp in South Carolina, Matt converses with two Purple Patch Masters athletes, Rick Wimmer and Ken Pagliughi, about their recipes for success and longevity in sport and life. Both are highly successful individuals — Rick was a partner at Ernst and Young for 35 years, Ken a District Attorney in New Jersey — but they also continue to thrive and improve in their athletics, health, and mindset. With Rick at 65 and Ken at 72, they both have so much more to accomplish and refuse to settle for stagnation. This conversation is packed full of humor, personal anecdotes, inspiration, and education for athletes of all ages. You, too, can develop a path to longevity and excellence at any age as long as you maintain a growth mindset and choose to evolve. Have a plan, don't settle for less, be willing to reinvent yourself, and as Ken jokingly says, "Don't Screw It Up!" Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Play Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

Effective communication is not just about getting your message across or making your point. It also isn't just about being a keyboard assassin and sitting at your computer or firing off emails to your athletes or employees. Effective communication empowers the athlete or employee to execute as intended, to believe in the path forward, and have clarity in actions needed for success. What are these key principles of communication that enable a real coaching relationship to flourish? How can you adapt your communication style to establish trust and confidence? Matt investigates in this week's episode. Matt: Defines effective communication across all spectrums Explores the central principles for coaching success Dissects a real-life example of how coaching and communication can and should evolve Outlines his Top 10 components of effective coaching communication The goal? Set you on a path to evolve your leadership style and ultimately become a more effective communicator. . To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

No doubt, you listen to this podcast because you are a high-performer in all areas of your life. Some of you may even be seeking the highest level of performance as a triathlete…You want to go pro. Remember, there is a critical divergence between performance at a high-level and going pro. As a time-starved athlete, your mission is to integrate sport into your big life and around the important non-negotiables of work and family commitments. A professional athlete, however, must be selfish and unapologetic around their quest for performance. To put it another way, they integrate life around their sport. The journey of a pro is hard…very hard, but there are key takeaways for all of us here. You don't have to be a pro athlete to embrace pro habits and characteristics into your daily life. The heart of this episode is built upon personal growth and development. By adopting the characteristics and behaviors of a pro into your life, you set yourself up for long-term progression, improvement, and resilience. You become willing to receive feedback and adapt to an ever-changing landscape, and you embrace habits and traits around a value system that ultimately makes you indispensable. What could be more PRO than that? In this episode, you'll learn: Key components of elite behavior What it means to be a pro in both sport and life Quick tips to become a professional triathlete How you can develop from a good coach to a great coach How can you become a pro team member To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

Where do supplements, pills, powders and the like fit in the spectrum of your performance evolution? Are they a key catalyst to performance, or a bunch of voodoo and empty promises designed only to drain your wallet? Today, Matt dives into the nooks and crannies of performance trickery and supplementation - the big promises of maximizing performance gains through supplements, treatments, and interventions. There is a veritable gray zone between medicine and coaching, and this episode bridges that murky gap to provide an information filter and appropriate lens when it comes to supplementation. He details: Factors to consider when taking supplements How and when to supplement Which supplements may actually be useful and beneficial in your daily life The mission of this episode is to simplify and help you focus on what is important. At most, the supplements you take should be a shelf in your cabinet and not the whole cabinet. If you want performance, health, longevity, sex drive and all of the other promised results from charlatans — it is not coming in a pill. The bedrock of success sits in the fundamentals and, as always, nailing the basics. Referenced Podcast in Question of the Week: Purple Patch Podcast Episode 47: Child's Play - FUNdamental Lessons from Youth Development in Sport To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

To submit a question to the podcast, visit https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/podcast and fill out the podcast question form. --- Do you need a training intervention? While people seem to be more aware of the cumulative effects of training stress and the need to integrate training into their lives with a pragmatic approach, it still seems that confusion reigns among those who are simply checking the boxes. This week, by request, Matt presents two important case studies for the time-starved athlete. He digs in on the training landscape of these two individuals and, while they may be training for the same race distance, have employed two very different approaches. Within the discussion, Matt dissects: Classic mistakes many time-starved athletes face How to adapt your training to fit into your time-starved life The need for recovery and how to integrate it within training How to optimize the training hours that you do have Types of workouts that may be beneficial for time-starved athletes This mission of this episode? Clear up the confusion and give you the courage to to simplify and make bold decisions to create a runway to success. ____ Sami Inkinen Website Follow Purple Patch Fitness and learn more about our Coaching Services, Training Camps, Promotions and Matt's Latest Book, Fast Track Triathlete: Purple Patch Fitness Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Thanks for taking a listen and, if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, rate and review. Your feedback is appreciated. Subscribe to the Purple Patch Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved