17 Hours to Glory: Extraordinary Stories from the Heart of Triathlon

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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.

17 Hours to Glory celebrates the ultimate achievements of seventeen athletes with true strength of character, each compelling portrait building a picture of triathlon's signature event.

Some become champions; some overcome all odds just to finish. But, as 17 Hours to Glory shows, there are no limits on the possibilities of the human spirit....

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Overview

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.

17 Hours to Glory celebrates the ultimate achievements of seventeen athletes with true strength of character, each compelling portrait building a picture of triathlon's signature event.

Some become champions; some overcome all odds just to finish. But, as 17 Hours to Glory shows, there are no limits on the possibilities of the human spirit.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781934030431
  • Publisher: VeloPress
  • Publication date: 5/1/2010
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 226,732
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

    Mathias Müller 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 vii

Introduction 1

1 Julie Moss 7

2 Mark Allen 17

3 Team Hoyt 29

4 Paula Newby-Fraser 41

5 Greg Welch 59

6 Sister Madonna Buder 71

7 Karen Smyers 81

8 Thomas Hellriegel 95

9 David Bailey Carlos Moleda 109

10 Andreas Niedrig 121

11 Robert McKeague 131

12 Sarah Reinertsen 139

13 Peter Reid 149

14 Natascha Badmann 183

15 Marc Herremans 177

16 Normann Stadler 189

17 Chrissie Wellington 207

Appendix A Your Ironman Story 223

Appendix B Ironman Hawaii History 225

Appendix C Ironman Hawaii Facts and Figures 237

Acknowledgments 252

Photography Credits 253

About the Authors 254

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