![]() ![]() ![]() A huge shout out (and their names link to their websites should you ever find yourself in need of a great photographer), Rich Cruse, Dave Epperson, Jero Honda, and Mike Plant. Without the support of the photographers who were kind enough to let us use their images this collection of stories wouldn’t have been complete. Both would be ready by Saturday October 14, 1989. Each was putting the final polish on what had been weeks of punishing training. He was trying to ensure that this time would be different to achieve the greatest victory any triathlete could hope for. He was putting it in place each and every one of those closing seven day going into the 1989 Ironman World Championship. But, more importantly, no one has ever heard the details of each of their personal journeys during the year leading up to The Greatest Race Ever Run.īoth Dave Scott and Mark Allen knew what it took to win races. Neither Dave nor Mark have told this story from each of their perspectives. Everyone has seen accounts of the race itself. Both men break Scott's previous course record of 8:28:37, set in 1986.This is the ninth of ten untold stories about the incredible moments of personal challenge and the decisions made that led to the 1989 side-by-side eight-hour battle between Dave Scott and Mark Allen. Scott finishes 58 seconds later in 8:10:13. The event spurs enthusiasm and triathlons begin sprouting around the world.ġ982 Dave Scott finishes in a record time of 9:19:41.ġ983 A prequalification system is established to restrict the field, and Dave Scott wins his third Ironman in another record time of 9:05:57.ġ984 Dave Scott wins his fourth Ironman in 8:54:20, breaking the nine-hour barrier.ġ985 Prize money is offered for the first time.ġ987 Dave Scott takes his sixth championship in 8:34:13.ġ989 Triathlon giants Dave Scott and Mark Allen race neck-and-neck for 8 hours before Allen breaks away with just 2 miles to go, winning in 8:09:15. In 2008, Dave Scott was inducted into the Davis Senior High School Hall of Fame in its inaugural class.ġ978 The Hawaii Ironman World Championship is established.ġ980 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" covers the Ironman for the first time, bringing it worldwide recognition. ![]() Find out more about Dave's programs from his website.ĭave Scott was an early mentor of Steve Larsen, former pro triathlete, world class cyclist & mountain bike racer, founder of Mad Cows Racing Team, and the second owner of Wheelworks.ĭave returned to Davis briefly in September 2005 to help promote the Californiaman Triathlon, which adopted Davis as its home base beginning with the 2005 event. Today he lives in Boulder, Colorado and is a consultant, author, sports commentator, and runs training programs. His time of 8:28:31 was interestingly almost identical to that of 10 years earlier (8:28:37) but 18 minutes slower that his fastest ever of 8:10:13 in 1989. When he was forty, Dave shocked the world by placing second overall in the Ironman in 1996 at age 42, he finished fifh with his third fasted time ever. The first Dave Scott Youth Triathlon was held in June 1990 to acquaint kids with sports, and Dave was accessible to all the kids and their parents the event was only held twice before Dave moved to Colorado in 1992.ĭave Scott was the first man to break the 11 hour mark in the Hawaii Ironman, the first to break 10 hours, the second to break 9, and the first to break 8:30. Shortly after the 26-year old Dave won the first of his six Hawaiian Ironman championships in 1980, he organized the Dave Scott Triathlon Club in Davis - in the mid 80s the club became part of Davis Athletic Club's programs with Dave coaching. While in Davis, he was head coach for the Davis Aquatic Masters and led nine DAM triathletes, including Dave, his older sister and father, in a 1976 triathlon sponsored by the Dolphin Club of San Francisco. He graduated from Davis High School in 1972 and received his BA in Physical Education and Exercise Physiology from UC Davis. Dave Scott is a Davis native and six-time Hawaii Ironman world champion. ![]()
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