See more from Paul Terranova at his personal blog: Grand Kona Slam. There, you’ve been warned, now go out there and CRUSH IT!!! You WILL find yourself pushing yourself harder BOTH in training and race scenarios. Those that have NOT done a triathlon MIGHT be inspired to do so. Your heart rate MAY spike up from time to time into Zone 4/5 while reading it. Mark Allen is a six-time IROMAN world champion and an IRONMAN Master Coach. That course challenged the very best Sue. It was a course that she described as relentless and the toughest run she has ever experienced. WARNING: You WILL be motivated by this book. She has been 10th and 18th in her division at the last two IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship races. In fact, as the third discipline in triathlon, running is where BOTH Dave Scott and Mark Allen most differentiated themselves from other competitors throughout their triathlon careers and ultimately from each other in the ’89 Iron War. – Despite his success, Mark Allen suffered from a lack of confidence, a classic “choker”.Įven if you’re not a triathlete or a fan of triathlon, the author Matt Fitzgerald goes into riveting details about the “community of suffering” surrounding endurance sports, the willpower that goes into making an endurance athlete, and the mental energy and psychology that creates winners and champions. – Despite his success, Dave Scott wallowed in depression year after year only to resurrect himself for Kona. Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through the Ironman 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and 26.2-mile marathon. – Mark Allen found swimming and triathlon as a sanctuary from his indifferent father. In a spectacular duel that become known as the Iron War, the world’s two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles.
– Dave Scott found swimming, water polo and ultimately triathlon as an outlet for his bottomless energy. – Mark Allen crushed most if not all of the lead-up races to Kona, only to come up short time after time. – Dave Scott was the 6-time Ironman World Champion, Mark Allen – Zero. The book came out in 2011, and I can’t believe it took me TWO years to read it, it’s THAT good! Therefore, I must share why without ruining the book: Mark is now a motivational speaker, lecturer, coach and author. And says, Dave Scott and Mark Allen had one of the greatest battles in sport history during their epic 1989 Ironman Hawaii matchup. Mark won the inaugural ITU Olympic Distance World Championships in 1989 and amassed a 20-race undefeated winning streak from 1989-1990. He won 66 of the 96 races he entered during his 15-year career as a professional triathlete. My latest read is titled Iron War about the 1989 duel between Mark Allen and Dave Scott at the Ironman World Triathlon Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Mark Allen is a six-time IRONMAN World Champion. Reading passes the time very quickly when soaking the legs in a tub of ice water in the middle of summer. Busted! I’m an avid reader of non-fiction, with always one or two books in the queue ready to go at any time and one or two on hold at the library.
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