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  p. 227 And I beat them: T. J. Murphy, “Listen to What the Man Says,” Triathlete, April 2000, pp. 52–67.

  p. 227 heel wear went away: Dave Scott, personal telephone interview, January 2011.

  p. 228 not the whole thing: ibid.

  p. 228 early in his career: Mike Plant, “Mark Allen,” Triathlon, July 1985, pp. 34–38.

  p. 228 they ever had: Paul Huddle, personal telephone interview, September 2010.

  p. 228 on those subjects: Mark Allen with Bob Babbitt, Mark Allen’s Total Triathlete (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988), p. 11.

  p. 229 an asset for me: Dave Scott, “Ironman Champion Dave Scott Offers Tri Wisdom,” Active.com, www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/Triathlon_Wisdom_From_

  Ironman_Champion_Dave_Scott.htm, accessed August 9, 2011.

  p. 229 most accurate putters: J. Baumeister, K. Reinecke, H. Liesen, and M. Weiss, “Cortical Activity of Skilled Performance in a Complex Sports Related Motor Task,” European Journal of Applied Physiology 104, 4 (November 2008): 625–631.

  p. 229 relaxed and efficient: John Brant, “Mark Allen, Astral Jock,” Outside, March 1991.

  p. 229 And lunch: Dan Levin, “Gall, Divided into Three Parts,” Sports Illustrated, October 10, 1983.

  p. 231 he will later report: Scott interview.

  p. 231 I couldn’t do it: Mike Reilly, personal telephone interview, November 2010.

  CHAPTER 12: THE MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING

  p. 233 weekend triathlon camp: Dan Rock, personal interview, Solana Beach, CA, January 2011.

  p. 234 I’m losing: ibid.

  p. 234 rest of his life: Jim Curl, personal telephone interview, February 2011

  p. 234 fast as you can: Dave Scott, personal telephone interview, January 2011.

  p. 235 did not last long: ibid.

  p. 235 a fabulous race: ibid.

  p. 235 film canister, I think: Anna Scott, personal telephone interview, November 2010.

  p. 235 earlier in the race: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 236 previous day’s insult: Bob Babbitt, personal interview, San Diego, CA, 2010.

  p. 236 Next time: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 236 Mark won yet again: ibid.

  p. 237 Usually nobody had: Ray Browning, personal telephone interview, January 2011.

  p. 237 Dave’s legendary career: John Brant, “Dave Scott, Mere Mortal,” Outside, October 1992, http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Dave-Scott--Mere-Mortal.html.

  p. 237 a 15-year-old: ibid.

  p. 238 start getting ideas: ibid.

  p. 238 consecutive Ironman title: William R. Katovsky, “Gulf Coast Diary,” Inside Triathlon, July 1994, pp 18–21.

  p. 238 not sixth place: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 239 in his hamstrings: ibid.

  p. 239 continue the race: ibid.

  p. 239 He’s tarnishing his legacy: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 239 than he was then: Linda Buchanan, personal telephone interview, November 2010.

  p. 239 at forty miles: NBC Sports 1994 Ironman television broadcast.

  p. 240 Mark said nothing: Lisa Lax, personal telephone interview, January 2011.

  p. 240 The race is here: Greg Welch, personal telephone interview, January 2011.

  p. 240 like a life preserver: ibid.

  p. 240 regaining the lead: John Smith, e-mail correspondence, January 2011.

  p. 241 by thirty-five minutes: William R. Katovsky, “How He Did It,” Triathlete, February 1995, pp. 31–39.

  p. 241 think I was old: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 241 breaking a toe: ibid.

  p. 241 socially straitjacketed: ibid.

  p. 241 he’d sneered: T. J. Murphy, personal interview, San Diego, CA, June 2010.

  p. 242 tempted to quit Ironman: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 242 ever been in Hawaii: Ironman.com, year-by-year results.

  p. 242 so much fun: ibid.

  p. 242 pretty darn close: Mike Reilly, personal telephone interview, November 2010.

  p. 243 if not the best: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 243 ahead of their parents: Photograph by Miku, Triathlete, January 1997, p. 30.

  p. 243 earlier in the season: “Larsen Toys with Triathlon’s Long-Course Elite at Half- Vineman,” http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/Larsen_toys_with_triathlon

  _s_long-course_elite_at_Half-Vineman.htm.

  p. 243 he quit Ironman: Jay Prasuhn, “An All-American Win,” Triathlete, January 2002, pp. 26–39.

  p. 243 publisher Bob Babbitt: Babbitt interview.

  p. 243 Dave bellowed: ibid.

  p. 243 should be flying: ibid.

  p. 244 Ironman course on Oahu: Cindy Luis, “Lourens Wins Ironman Revisited,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 18, 2003, http://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/08/18/sports/story2.html.

  p. 244 to victory: Babbitt interview.

  p. 244 took second place: “Results, 2007 Ironman Revisited,” Adventurecorps.com, http://www.adventurecorps.com/magnum/2007imr/index.html, accessed August 9, 2011.

  p. 244 start line in October: Rob Klingensmith, personal telephone interview, July 2010.

  p. 244 Solid: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 245 55 to 59 age group: ibid.

  p. 245 for an open house: Amy Bounds, “Driver Ticketed in Boulder Ironman Champion Accident,” Boulder Daily Camera, May 19, 2009, http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13121459.

  p. 245 a bike-blind motorist: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 246 found her destination: ibid.

  p. 246 broadside, and hard: ibid.

  p. 246 he croaked: ibid.

  p. 246 Can I call someone: Lars Finanger, personal interview, San Diego, CA, June 2010.

  p. 247 lying on the ground: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 247 endorphin lunatic: ibid.

  p. 247 It’s gigantic: ibid.

  p. 247 divorced five years later: Anna Scott interview.

  p. 247 incident to her mother: Murphy interview.

  p. 247 swim, bike, or run: ibid.

  p. 247 interact with other people: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 248 and rightly so: Klingensmith interview.

  p. 248 his own bed: Randy Viola, personal telephone interview, July 2010.

  p. 248 protect him—from himself: ibid.

  p. 248 Dave took it anyway: Klingensmith interview.

  p. 248 left in his dust: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 249 he deadpanned: Mirinda Carfrae, personal conversation, Chicago, IL, August 2010.

  p. 249 little time to train: Dave Scott, personal interview, Boulder, CO, June 2010.

  p. 249 what you can do: ibid.

  p. 249 what her mouth said: personal observation.

  p. 249 she had uterine cancer: Dave Scott, 2011 USA Triathlon Hall of Fame induction speech.

  p. 250 got to have faith: ibid.

  p. 251 this time,” he said: personal observation.

  p. 251 minutes behind Chrissie: http://www.bamswimteam.org (results no longer available).

  p. 251 on the beach: ibid.

  p. 251 to start slipping: T. J. Murphy, “Listen to What the Man Says,” Triathlete, April 2000, pp. 52–67.

  p. 251 Dave teased: personal observation.

  p. 251 tucked in behind them: ibid.

  p. 251 It seemed possible: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 252 surged away easily: personal observation.

  p. 252 Less than nothing: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 252 looking at him: personal observation.

  p. 252 refused to stop running: Mike Norton, personal telephone interview, July 2010.

  p. 252 Yeah, right: personal observation.

  p. 253 He won: ibid.

  p. 253 pride in doing that: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 253 made it this far: personal observation.

  p. 254 out there more: Murphy interview.

  p. 254 meet his standards: Bob Babbitt, personal conversations, June 2010–May 2011.

  p. 254 out of reach: Dave Scott interview.


  p. 254 and every run: Anna Scott interview.

  p. 255 high expectations: Dave Scott interview.

  p. 255 everything she had to win: ibid.

  p. 255 win next time: ibid.

  CHAPTER 13: SHAMAN SURFER

  p. 257 to win the race: T. J. Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon,” Triathlete, August 1999, pp. 42–47.

  p. 257 nowhere to be found: ibid.

  p. 257 permit his attendance: Julie Moss, personal telephone interview, September 2010.

  p. 258 about the shaman: CJ Olivares Jr., “1989 Triathletes of the Year: Mark Allen,” Triathlete, March 1990, pp. 34–37.

  p. 258 and Kenny Souza: Kenny Souza, personal telephone interview, October 2010.

  p. 258 Pacific Ocean in Mexico: “Earth and Sky,” Dance of the Deer Foundation advertisement, Yoga Journal, September/October 1989, p. 2.

  p. 258 have their hats back: Souza interview.

  p. 258 return to sleep: Charlie Graves, personal telephone interview, October 2010.

  p. 258 night of his vision: ibid.

  p. 258 to Puerto Vallarta: “Mark Allen & Brant Secunda—Fit Soul, Fit Body, Part 3,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5Ms7TwPAA&=related.

  p. 259 the invented Don Juan: Brant Secunda, “Dreamers of the Sun: Huichol Shamanism,” Dance of the Deer Foundation, April 25, 2010, http://blog.danceofthedeer.com/2010/04/dreamers-of-the-sun-huichol-shamanism.

  p. 260 foolish adventure alone: Fit Soul, Fit Body presentation, Boulder, CO, 2009, video courtesy of Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability.

  p. 260 now saving his life: Secunda, “Dreamers of the Sun.”

  p. 260 left in him: ibid.

  p. 260 death in 1990: Chuck Thurman, “The Language of Fire,” Metro Santa Cruz, May 20–26, 1997, http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/03.20.97/hometown

  -9712.html.

  p. 260 and head scarves: “Earth and Sky.”

  p. 260 tolerance for suffering: Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon.”

  p. 261 inner happiness: Mark Allen, “Impacts of Shamanism,” Dance of the Deer Foundation, http://blog.danceofthedeer.com/2010/04/impacts-of-shamanism.

  p. 261 into the world: ibid.

  p. 261 as complete as Brant himself. Moss interview.

  p. 262 got used to that: Paul Huddle, personal telephone interview, September 2010; Souza interview.

  p. 262 filled my bucket: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 262 even better in Kona: ibid.

  p. 262 position on his bike: Moss interview.

  p. 262 his bony frame: Diane Buchta, personal interview, 1998.

  p. 262 the Huichol way: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 263 broke his collarbone: Joel Silverman, “Back to Business,” Inside Triathlon, July 1995.

  p. 263 conceive a child together: Julie Moss, e-mail correspondence, July 2011.

  p. 263 let go, and to grow: ibid.

  p. 263 Space had caused him: ibid.

  p. 263 record of 8:09:08: “Countdown to Kona: Con Muchos Bustos,” http://triathlon.competitor.com/2009/09/features/countdown-to-kona-con-mucho-bustos-1992_4640

  p. 263 for a long time: Moss, e-mail correspondence, July 2011.

  p. 264 Free of his father: ibid.

  p. 264 anything else in life: Richard Graham, “Hawaii,” Inside Triathlon, December 1993/January 1994, pp. 10–14.

  p. 264 thirty-seventh birthday: Mike Rubano, personal telephone interview, October 2010.

  p. 264 between Bill and Michael: ibid.

  p. 265 television advertisement together: ibid.

  p. 265 or sell, or whatever: ibid.

  p. 265 from Mark Allen: ibid.

  p. 266 and dropped out: Joel Silverman, “Back to Business,” Inside Triathlon, June 1995.

  p. 266 or two, or three: Moss interview.

  p. 266 to sustain him: Souza interview.

  p. 266 certain kind of cactus: Scott Molina, personal telephone interview, July 2010.

  p. 267 will talk to you: Souza interview.

  p. 267 he would walk away: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 267 was this close: Los Angeles Triathlon Club, A Night with Dave Scott and Mark Allen, October 5, 2002, videotape courtesy of Bob Babbitt.

  p. 267 to dethrone him: ibid.

  p. 268 weak field in 8:23 flat: “Allen, Fuhr Win Ironman Japan,” Inside Triathlon, August 1995, p. 23.

  p. 268 who rode 4:21:14: Julian Jenkinson, “Triumph of the Wheel,” Triathlete, September 1995, pp. 38–42.

  p. 268 saw these results: Los Angeles Triathlon Club, A Night with Dave Scott and Mark Allen.

  p. 268 70 years old: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 268 and fasting: “Mark Allen & Brant Secunda—Fit Soul, Fit Body, Part 1,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr2tTSJm_bE.

  p. 268 can win Ironman: Souza interview.

  p. 269 had already retired: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 269 vitality had returned: ibid.

  p. 269 since Iron War: Moss interview.

  p. 269 in silence, as always: Bob Babbitt, “Keith Peters,” Competitor Radio, 2009, http://competitorradio.competitor.com/2009/03/298keith-peters.

  p. 269 its girlie splendor: Los Angeles Triathlon Club, A Night with Dave Scott and Mark Allen.

  p. 269 mock disappointment: ibid.

  p. 269 for 112 miles: ibid.

  p. 270 ahead of him: ibid.

  p. 270 gusts of 45 mph: Roy Wallack, “The Stalking,” Triathlete, December 1995, pp. 18–28, 33–43.

  p. 270 by eleven minutes: Bob Babbitt, “Mission Impossible,” Competitor, November/December 1995, pp. 16–26.

  p. 270 doesn’t look so good: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  pp. 270–271 on the lava field: plaque at Lekeleke burial ground, courtesy of Keauhou Resort.

  p. 271 let alone win: “Mark Allen & Brant Secunda—Fit Soul, Fit Body, Part 8,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4TVIvA8NTM.

  p. 271 Quiet your mind: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 271 of the race change: ibid.

  p. 272 finished off the youngster: NBC Sports 1995 Ironman television broadcast.

  p. 272 the medical tent: Wallack, “The Stalking.”

  p. 272 the next two years: Timothy Carlson, “Mark Allen’s Dream-Time Transition,” Triathlete, August 1997, pp. 18–24.

  p. 272 next day less still: Mark Allen, personal conversation, Kona, HI, October 2010.

  p. 273 except him: Mark Allen with Bob Babbitt, Mark Allen’s Total Triathlete (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988).

  p. 273 Sedona, Arizona: Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon.”

  p. 273 assembled for the event: ibid.

  p. 273 broader triathlon community: T. J. Murphy, personal interview, San Diego, CA, June 2010.

  p. 274 looked completely sane: ibid.

  p. 274 things got weird: ibid.

  p. 274 this is happening: ibid.

  p. 274 through the high desert: Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon.”

  p. 274 Mark just smiled: Los Angeles Triathlon Club, A Night with Dave Scott and Mark Allen.

  p. 275 fog of heat: Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon,” Triathlete, August 1999.

  p. 275 earlier in the day: ibid.

  p. 275 was now corrected: Murphy interview.

  p. 275 connecting with: ibid.

  p. 275 in his racing: Murphy, “Shamanism and the Art of Triathlon.”

  p. 276 stable under pressure: Mark Allen, personal telephone interview, 2004.

  p. 276 home with them: Murphy interview.

  p. 276 Mona Lisa smile: ibid.

  p. 276 riding waves: Moss interview.

  p. 276 his existing friendships: Mark Allen on The Simon Gown Triathlon Show, LA Talk Radio, December 3, 2009, http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Simon-120309.shtml.

  p. 276 surfing acquaintances: Moss interview.

  p. 277 marriage was at a crossroads: ibid.

  p. 277 profound choice t
o make: ibid.

  p. 277 attend a retreat: Ken Allen, personal telephone interview, February 2011.

  p. 277 refused to enter: Carole Allen, personal telephone interview, February 2011.

  p. 277 the bitter end: Ken Allen interview.

  p. 277 after Mark’s retirement: ibid.

  p. 277 vomiting seawater: Dan Rock, personal interview, Solana Beach, CA, January 2011.

  p. 278 Indian art pieces: Carlson, “Mark Allen’s Dream-Time Transition.”

  p. 278 a human being: Mark Allen, personal conversation, Kona, HI, October 2010.

  p. 278 online coaching service: Luis Vargas, personal telephone interview, March 2011.

  p. 278 for them to change: Mark Allen on Competitor Radio.

  p. 278 proving him wrong: T. J. Murphy, “Searching for Peter Reid,” Inside Triathlon, May/June 2009, pp. 16–30.

  p. 279 in San Diego: Trilover, “Hungry and in Pursuit . . . Once Again: Interview with Three-Time Ironman World Champion Peter Reid,” BeginnerTriathlete.com, http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=362, accessed August 9, 2011.

  p. 279 by Mark’s success: Carlson, “Mark Allen’s Dream-Time Transition.”

  p. 279 utterly star-struck: Trilover, “Hungry and in Pursuit . . .”

  p. 279 the wall behind Mark: Carlson, “Mark Allen’s Dream-Time Transition.”

  p. 279 embraced Peter: Trilover, “Hungry and in Pursuit . . .”

  p. 279 in some time: Peter Reid, “Kona #1—Mark, Psycho Kona Camp,” http://peterreid.com/journals/journals_2004_01K.htm.

  p. 280 told the story: Mathias Müller with Timothy Carlson, 17 Hours to Glory: Extraordinary Stories from the Heart of Triathlon (Boulder, CO: VeloPress, 2010).

  p. 280 fly small planes: Murphy, “Searching for Peter Reid.”

  p. 280 resistant to change: Mark Allen on The Simon Gown Triathlon Show.

  p. 280 gotten there through calm: Joel Silverman, “Back to Business,” Inside Triathlon, July 1995.

  p. 280 traveled there separately: Moss interview.

  p. 281 eve of the competition: ibid.

  p. 281 first triathlon in 1982: ibid.

  p. 281 qualified for Ironman: John Meyer, “Drew Scott Wins Boulder Peak Triathlon,” Denver Post, July 11, 2011, http://www.denverpost.com/running/ci_18452368.

  EPILOGUE

  p. 287 what you have: T. J. Murphy, “A Space Between Two Thoughts,” Triathlete, October 1998, pp. 38–43.

  p. 288 to feel that again: CJ Olivares Jr., “The Art of War,” Triathlete, January 1990, pp. 24–37.