If you want a complete package, grab a power meter already built into a wheel. You can opt for a more robust and durable training option, or move up to the amazing carbon wheels, that are designed to be able to be trained on, but more than light and aero enough for great racing.
Running Guided Plans
Marathon Guided Plan
$125
Half-Marathon Guided Plan
$105
Set your Marathon or Half Marathon PR with purplepatch
The purplepatch running programs were custom developed by purplepatch's premier Pro Endurance Coach Matt Dixon. They incorporate the same principles and philosophy used in guiding Ryan Hall towards the fastest Marathon performance by an American at the Boston 2011 marathon.
The purplepatch guided training plans are designed to provide a complete solution to your training, racing and performance needs. The purplepatch guided training program is built around the purplepatch pillars of performance that set up the opportunity for maximal success for all levels of athlete. Once you begin your plan, you become a part of the purplepatch family of athletes, and will gain ongoing guidance, feedback and support directly from Matt Dixon and the purplepatch team throughout your training and racing journey.
The purplepatch guided training plan includes:
Progressive Training Plan
- Specific progressive workouts based on your race distance
- Tailored levels of intensity and training load for different athletes based on benchmark assessment, ability, athletic experience, lifestyle, and hours available for training to deliver a sustainable approach to achieve your fitness goals
- Includes a mixture of on-road and controlled environment (trainer, track, etc) workouts, at a variety of intensities, etc, to focus on specific aspects of fitness, skills, efficiency, and race preparation
- Each week will have clearly marked "Key" workouts that should be made a priority, other workouts will have more flexibility in terms of moving to a different day, or replacing with a group ride or group run
- Workout intensities are driven by zones, which will be established following the benchmark assessments (as explained in benchmarking guide included in the plan) to ensure a targeted and specificity training load.
Support and Feedback
- Office hours: Weekly office hours and video chat with Matt Dixon, where you can ask questions on your plan, training progression or any performance topic of interest.
- Plan support: a dedicated plan-support email for purplepatch athletes, where you can ask questions about your training and plan.
Education
- Coaches Bulletin: An educational weekly bulletin by Matt Dixon, reviewing recent questions asked by current athletes, Matt’s thoughts about training and any athlete-specific news you might need to hear
- Education stream and library: You will be sent a stream of plan and performance specific podcasts, videos and resources to help you prepare for and gain a deeper understanding of your event.
Community and Accountability
- Benchmark and tracking: We will help you set training zones, record your results and provide feedback on your progression
- Athlete connections: Join our athlete community page and connect with other athletes prepping for events, gaining support, camaraderie and advice.
Specific Resources
- Nutrition and Fueling Guide. We have yet to meet an endurance athletes that is properly fueling themselves. In this guide we'll show you some simple strategies on proper fueling, hydration and nutritional approaches to optimize performance, speed up recovery, avoid GI issues and improve body composition.
- Recovery Guide It sounds simplistic, but effective training is always balanced with integrated recovery to allow maximal gains. This educational guide explores the purplepatch view on recovery, why is is important, and how to judge if you are ready for hard training. Raising the importance of recovery is not a short-cut to success, but it is a path to optimal performance.
- Functional strength guide. An essential supplement to your training progression, we will set you off on the right foot, with some suggestions of how to get going on functional strength.
Other considerations
Consistent time to dedicate to training:- Example of an average “advanced athlete” marathon training time per week is 6-8 hours, but your schedule should support training weeks of up to 10 hours
- Example of a “developing athlete” marathon training time per week is 5 - 7 hours, but your schedule should support training weeks of up 8 to 9 hours.
Recommended (not required) Equipment
General - Heart Rate Monitor
If you already own a plan,you can discuss other options with plansupport if you don't have access to equipment or if you have any questionsPartners
A second generation chiropractor, Dr. Ball is originally from the birthplace of the chiropractic profession, Davenport, Iowa.
He attended Arizona State University where he was a member of the track and cross country teams before returning to Iowa to pursue his chiropractic degree at Palmer College.
Education
Matt Dixon has helped turn over-trained athletes back into competitive machines, Ryan Hall among them. Here’s how.
Product
12 week plan for Intermediate-Developing or Advanced athletes.
Blog
Come and train with us! Club PPSV is a a group of athletes and enthusiasts of all-levels working to balance career, family and daily life, by becoming a member of a community that unites people in a common lifestyle of fitness and health. Pros have benefited from the purplepatch philosophy. You can too!