Iron War: Two Incredible Athletes. One Epic Rivalry. The Greatest Race of All Time.

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The first part of the book is great biography-type writing about Dave and Mark and how they came to meet at the Ironman.

He knew when I took downtime from training that I had an uncanny ability to overeat and gain weight.The classic account of an unforgettable endurance test, now updated with a new introduction The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. As had been the case all day, by the time they reached T2, there were still just mere seconds separating them. This makes sense when you consider that a runner who exhibits large accelerations in the AP plane is a runner who slows down and speeds up quite a bit from stride to stride, even while trying to hold a steady pace.

The amazing central characters Dave Scott and Mark Allen, and their continued struggle to win the Iron man, had me gripped. For students of the sport and fans of its history, it is perhaps the most famous and most talked-about Ironman race.He did, of course, sprinting so hard he opened up a gap of about 20 yards over the course of 15 seconds. I enjoyed reading about Dave Scott and Mark Allen's different approaches to the training and racing, all leading to the 1989 showdown on the Ironman World Championships on the Big Island.