Iron War: Two Incredible Athletes, One Epic Rivalry And The Greatest Race Of All Time

Author: Matt Fitzgerald

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Price : $19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781780871349
Publisher : Quercus
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Weight (g) : 0.32
Publication date : 31 December 2012
Dimensions : 198mm X 132mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 March 2013
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Description

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012. For over a decade, Dave Scott and Mark Allen were locked in one of the fiercest rivalries sport has ever known. The men, who seemed able to force their bodies into achieving the impossible, dominated the nascent sport of triathlon, continually pushing each other to ever-greater feats of athleticism and endurance. On October 14 1989 the battle between Scott and Allen reached its peak at the 13th Hawaii Ironman, when the pair raced the 140.6-mile event side by side, for eight straight hours at breakneck speed. The eventual winner's margin of victory was a scant 58 seconds. In a profound psychological portrait of these two men, and a gripping exploration of the aching gap between triumph and defeat, Iron War tells triathlon's greatest ever story.

Awards

William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012.

Reviews

'A riveting read' Loaded. 'The greatest race in the history of triathlon' 220 Triathlon. 'It is a great read about an amazing event' Triathlete Europe.

Author description

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of numerous books on sports history and endurance sports. His best-sellers include Racing Weight and Brain Training for Runners. He has written extensively for Triathlete, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Outside, Runner's World, Bicycling, Competitor, and many other sports publications.

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The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.