Matt, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading coaches for endurance athletes, will talk about training from a metabolic standpoint for optimal race preparation.
Originally a swimmer from England, Matt took his prowess from the pool and transitioned to a career as a professional triathlete.
And his athletes are among the best in the business. Matt coaches 3-time Ironman champion Chris Lieto (shown on left) who has chalked up 3 Top 10 finishes at the Ironman World Championships including second in 2009, Tyler Stewart, the 2009 Ironman Champion Coeur D’Alene and two-time amateur Ironman Hawaii World Champion, Linsey Corbin, 5th at the 2008 Ironman Hawaii, Rachel Joyce, 6th at the 2009 Ironman Hawaii World Championship and several other top pros as well as elite and amateur endurance athletes, CEO’s and executives from leading worldwide companies and fitness enthusiasts.
Matt, a proponent of creating Purple Patches for and with his athletes. He explains the old English saying, “Purple patches are periods of excellent performance, when everything seems to go right, work properly and is in perfect balance. Everything seems to fall into place and flows, making it seem like you can do nothing wrong.”
“My vision and business is to aid you to find more frequent purple patches. Whatever the goal, whether it is life balance, energy in the day, training for a specific event or looking to lose those extra pounds – the methodology employed by Purple Patch will help you create habits that will produce the results.”
It will be a pleasure for the open water swimming and triathlon communities to listen how they can create their own purple patches at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on June 5th.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.