Just noticed ST had placed an ad on the front page for the Ironwar book. Love the provocation. Whilst reading the write-ups and allowing the appetite to be whetted for and eventual reading of the book it got me wondering one thing. Did the '89 Ironwar have become as much the seminal event in triathlon history as it has because Allen won.? Supposing it was Dave Scott that ran away at the end and won by 58 seconds, would we have ended up looking at that race with the regard that we do today?
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Well there we have it the summation of every argument ever on st.
Well there we have it the summation of every argument ever on st.
Do you have data to back that up?
Well there we have it the summation of every argument ever on st.
Do you have data to back that up?
Just this n=1 example that should be good enough to conclusively say my idea is right.
Probably cause it would have crushed Allen mentally.
Nah, we haven’t covered cross fit, stretching, and bike fit yet.
Just noticed ST had placed an ad on the front page for the Ironwar book. Love the provocation. Whilst reading the write-ups and allowing the appetite to be whetted for and eventual reading of the book it got me wondering one thing. Did the '89 Ironwar have become as much the seminal event in triathlon history as it has because Allen won.? Supposing it was Dave Scott that ran away at the end and won by 58 seconds, would we have ended up looking at that race with the regard that we do today?
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It wasn’t Ironwar simply because Dave and Mark went head to head the whole day. The race signified a changing of the guard. I can’t be bothered researching exact events, but Dave had won Hawaii about 5-6 times and Mark had tried on most of those attempts to beat Dave. The real significance was that Mark finally beat Dave at Hawaii after so many attempts. If Mark hadn’t had so may attempts at Hawaii in the years previous, then no, it wouldn’t have been dubbed Ironwar.
Mark had always given me impression in hindsight of a somewhat reserved exterior, possibly hiding what he was really experiencing. When he crossed the line in '89 he gave a wry smile which appeared possibly out of character, but an expression that he had finally achieved his goal of winning Hawaii. The Ironwar wasn’t entirely about Dave and Mark going head-to-head that day, it was a culmination of the preceding years that gave rise to that day. The Ironwar didn’t reflect 8 hours of racing, it was more about the preceding 5-6 years that lead to that final 5mi. down the Queen K.
Make sense. 1989 was the final battle from of a long war.