Take a second to appreciate this reporting and writing...
"Hawaiian legends have always celebrated speed along this coast. Makoa, a courier of King Kamehameha, was said to be so fast he could carry a fish from Hilo, on the far side of the island, to Kona without having it die. Today's Ironmen don't carry fish, but they carry the dream of victory, and only one of them is fast enough to keep that dream alive through the long day to the finish."

They both would have smashed 8hrs that year with the bike tech in 2020.

Anyone here November 2024?

At first I thought they were talking about four different people, it took me a minute to realize that it wasn't mark, allen, dave, and scott but mark allen and dave scott

"Right on!" - such an 80’s phase…

I ran a 10k with Allen in WildWood Classic 10k, in the late 80's,  he ran a sub 30min

I hope people understand how amazing these times were , on old heavy bikes!!!! These 2 were Beasts !!!!    Love this!

The best part of this video, in my opinion, is the silence of the commentators right around 18:00 in the video.  So much of today’s tv sports involves this idea that there can never be any “dead air”, so commentators will be running their mouths adding nothing to what is happening.  Here, there is a section where the viewer knows the stakes....you know how serious both guys are in their focus on trying to win.  The so called “dead air” really drive home that moment for me. The silence of the commentators allowed for the ambient sounds to really come through....the feet biting the pavement, the talking of the runners at water stops....the sounds of the motorcycle cameramen.  All of it....it really put me right there on the pavement.

Allen: “I don’t want to create a dynasty here…”. Well, yes with 5 additional wins :-)

'these are not everyday bike...each one cost roughly three thousand dollars..'   chuckles

15:08 he says "I don't want to create a dynasty here" and yet he went on to go so, following Dave Scott's dynasty. Incredible story and well done documentary.

Interviews during the race were awesome.  Really miss this kind of coverage.  Now all we get is product placements.

Notice the Perfect Mark's form: Unchangeable from the beginning to the end.

The best race in the history of any endurance sport.

I grew a mullet watching this

Such inspiring mullets.

This moment changed my life forever….thank yo7 to this Leyends!

Greatest one day race ever

Let's not forget that this was Mark's validation of the Maffetone training he'd done the previous year.

fucking love the 80ies !!!