17 Hours to Glory
by Muller, MathiasFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-05-01
Publisher(s): Velopress
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Summary
From the moment the starting gun is fired on Kona's sandy beach, triathletes have 17 hours to cross the finish line. Those hours test men and women, forcing them to look deep within themselves and revealing tremendous athleticism, incomparable drive, and an indomitable will to excel.
Author Biography
Mathias Mnller has competed in seven Ironman races, and finished the Ironman-Hawaii (1997, 1998, 2005) three times. His best performance was to finish in 99th overall in 9:28 hours in Roth, Germany, in 1998. He has been writing for several German magazines and newspapers over the last 15 years.
Timothy Carlson is among triathlon's most beloved journalists and photographers. He writes for Inside Triathlon and Triathlete magazines. He is also an author of Embedded: The Media Wars in Iraq, which he wrote with co-author Bill Katovsky.
Table of Contents
| Preface: Before the Start | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
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| p. 207 | |
| Your Ironman Story | p. 223 |
| Ironman Hawaii History | p. 225 |
| Ironman Hawaii Facts and Figures | p. 237 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 252 |
| Photography Credits | p. 253 |
| About the Authors | p. 254 |
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