About Mark Allen

I was born in Glendale, California. Growing up I was a competitive swimmer, which eventually lead to becoming an All-American at UC San Diego where I received a degree in biology.

After competing and losing in the IRONMAN World Championship six times (often to Dave Scott), I emerged victorious in 1989, winning one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world. It would be the first of six Ironman titles in Hawaii, the last coming in 1995 at age 37.

In 1989 I also won the International Triathlon Union's inaugural World Championship at the Olympic distance in Avignon, France.

I was undefeated in ten trips to the Nice International Triathlon in France, and from 1988-1990 I put together a streak of 21 consecutive race wins at all distances of triathlons from the Olympic distance all the way up to Ironman.

Over the course of my racing career, which ended in 1996, I maintained a 90% average in top-three finishes. I was named "Triathlete of the Year" six times by Triathlete magazine. In 1997 Outside magazine tabbed me "The World's Fittest Man" and was also inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame. My most recent honor came in 2012 when I was voted "The Greatest Endurance Athlete Of All Time" in a worldwide poll conducted by ESPN.

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Race Mania Expo Boston Sunday March 26, 2017

Name: Race Mania Expo Boston Sunday March 26, 2017
Start: 2017-03-26T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2017-03-26T23:59:59-04:00
Location: http://race-mania.com/boston/getting-there/

March 26, 2017

Mark Allen will be speaking a few times during the day at this year’s Race Mania Expo in Boston, MA. It’s going to be at: Boston University Fit Recreation Center located at 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA

His talks will be as follows:

10:00am-11:00am: Mark Allen’s Running Specifics: Target Training for a Great Triathlon Run; this will be in classroom L132 on the lower level of the BU Fit Rec Center; this workshop is full with 40 attendees.
11:40am-12:10pm: From Zero to Hero: How You Can Master Running for Triathlon; this will be in the Dance Theater (seating capacity 300) also on the lower level of the BU Fit Rec.
3:00pm-4:30pm: Ironman World Championship screening; Dance Theater

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Details

Date:: March 26, 2017
Website:: http://race-mania.com/

Organizer

: Race Mania
Website:: http://race-mania.com/

Venue

http://race-mania.com/boston/getting-there/; 915 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215 United States + Google Map
Website:: http://race-mania.com/boston/getting-there/