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1992 Con Mucho Bustos PHOTO BY DAVE EPPERSON It’s funny how things turn out. Throughout the 1980’s, to win the Ironman World Championship, you had to dethrone the Lord of the Lava, the one and only Dave Scott. After Mark Allen finally defeated his long-time rival in 1989 in the classic IronWar battle, he came back to win five more titles, but each time the person who finished in second place was different. In 1990 it was two-time Ironman World Champion Scott Tinley, in 1991 it was Aussie Greg Welch, in 1992 it was Cristian Bustos from Chile, in 1993 it was Pauli Kiuru of Finland and in 1995, in Allen’s last ever race, it was Germany’s Thomas Hellriegel. This feature, The Grip 6, showcases the articles I wrote after each of those races. I hope you enjoy this trip back in time! IRONWAR / 1989 THE EQUALIZER / 1990 CHECKMATE / 1991 CON MUCHO BUSTOS / 1992 THE KILLING FIELDS / 1993 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE / 1995 COPYRIGHT 2021 BOB BABBITT / CON MUCHO BUSTOS BY BOB BABBITT BEFORE THE 1992 GATORADE IRONMAN, DEFEND- resolved that fear.” Allen paused momentarily, thinking ING CHAMPION MARK ALLEN PLAYED OUT EVERY back. “It was interesting. The night before the race, all of a POSSIBLE SCENARIO IN HIS MIND. HIS MAIN COM- sudden Cristian Bustos’ name came into my mind.” PETITION FIGURED TO COME FROM GREG WELCH, Mark Allen had reason to fear Bustos, who won his PAULI KIURU OR JEFF DEVLIN. THE NIGHT BEFORE first-ever marathon in Santiago, Chile, in 2:19. That win THE RACE A NEW NAME POPPED INTO HIS MIND: got him a ticket to Frankfurt, Germany, where he ran a CRISTIAN BUSTOS. 2:16. At the Pucon Triathlon in Chile last January, Bustos It starts slowly but can quickly — and totally — con- came off the bike with Allen and put three-and-a-half min- sume. One minute you’re powerful and confident, utes into him during the 10-mile run. “In Chile, we came all-knowing and in control. The next minute history is not off the bike together,” Allen remembers. “All I saw of him only your major but your middle name. You’re suddenly, was his back disappearing in the distance.” without warning, a quivering shell. October 10 dawned Ironman cool. Temperature in the Powerful? Not anymore. In control? Sorry. He’s been mid-to-high-80s, partly cloudy, no 50-mile-per-hour gusts traded for an emotion to be named later. Confident? anywhere. As the triathletes plunged into Kailua Bay, Mark Connie left on the early bus. All-knowing? Replaced by his Allen stopped thinking about Bustos. He wasn’t even sure friend All Over. if Bustos, last year’s ninth-place finisher, was entered in When doubt creeps into the sub-conscious, fatigue the race. and failure are usually waiting at the door, bags nearby, When the top swimmers emerged a little over 48 planning to stay for the night. And after six hours of hand- minutes later, the German, Wofgang Dittrich, was first out to-hand combat in the lava fields, three-time defending of the water and first to leave the transition area on his Gatorade Ironman champion Mark Allen was about to bike. Right behind him was Australian Greg Welch, the succumb. guy Mark Allen went head-to-head with for nine miles on After arriving in Kona, Hawaii, a week before the Octo- the run the last time they met in Kona. Allen, swimming “I REALLY TRY TO GO OVER THE RACE IN ber 10 multisport championship of the world, Allen set better than he has since college, was two minutes behind MY MIND,” SAYS ALLEN. “I GO THROUGH aside part of each evening to visualize, to play out the up- Welch. EVERY SCENARIO. I SAW MYSELF RACING coming race in his head. After all, no one likes surprises. So Mark, in all the scenarios you played out in your GREG WELCH AND I SAW MYSELF WITH “I really try to go over the race in my mind,” says Allen. mind, did Greg Welch ever come out of the water two PAULI KIURU. BUT I COULDN’T GET THIS “I go through every scenario. I saw myself racing Greg minutes ahead of you? Allen laughs. “There was no way FEAR OUT OF MY MIND THAT THERE WAS Welch (second in 1991) and I saw myself with Pauli in a million years that could happen. His swimming hasn’t GOING TO BE SOMEBODY ON THE RUN Kiuru (fourth in 1991). But I couldn’t get this fear out of been as good as mine the last couple of races. I was WHO I CONSIDERED STRONGER THAN ME.” my mind that there was going to be somebody on the stunned.” PHOTO BY LOIS SCHWARTZ run who I considered stronger than me. At first, I thought Right off the bat, Allen had to play catch-up on the bike. it would be Jeff Devin (third in 1991), but it was never He didn’t bridge the gap until mile 20. At that point, the clear. I’d convinced myself that I’d be all right, but I hadn’t lead group was led by Pauli Kiuru of Finland and included 2 COPYRIGHT 2021 BOB BABBITT COPYRIGHT 2021 BOB BABBITT 3 PHOTO BY RICH CRUSE “WHEN YOU COME UP ON MOST PEOPLE FROM BEHIND, YOU’RE MOVING MUCH FASTER,” SAYS ALLEN. “IF THEY TRY TO MATCH YOUR PACE WHEN YOU CATCH UP, USUALLY THEY CAN’T HOLD IT VERY LONG. WHEN I CAUGHT UP TO CRISTIAN, HE JUST LOOKED AT ME OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE AND DECIDED THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING WAY TOO SLOW, BECAUSE HE PICKED IT UP.” 4 COPYRIGHT 2021 BOB BABBITT COPYRIGHT 2021 BOB BABBITT 5 / CON MUCHO BUSTOS Welch, Allen, Dittrich and every press person in Hawaii and I ride 27 inches.” Plus, it didn’t have much air in it. I with access to a motorcycle and a camera. had to push hard to catch up. When I started the run, my The entourage hammered north along the Queen legs were very tired.” Kaahumanu Highway, past Waikoloa and Kawaihae to the Along Alii Drive, Zack rode off the front and put a minute bike turnaround at the quaint island village of Hawi. It’s on the chase group by the end of the ride. He was already a given in the triathlon world that on the way to or on the out on the run by the time the others arrived. Bustos was way back from Hawi the wind will swirl and the cyclists quickly in and out of transition, followed by Kiuru, Allen, will whine, curse and slow to a crawl. It’s one of the few Welch and Dittrich. certainties of life, like bears hanging out in the woods or Of that group, Mark Allen was only worried about one Ross Perot wearing over-sized earmuffs. But for the first person. “Welchy didn’t look himself,” Allen admits. “He time in living memory, the wind in Hawi took the day off. was spinning easily on the bike, but it didn’t seem like he The men took advantage of the we-may-never-see- had any strength. I didn’t think over the long haul that any weather-like-this-again day. Out of the water not quite five of the other guys could put it together on the run like Cris- minutes behind Wolfgang Dittrich, Cristian Bustos started tian could. He was the one guy I was concerned about.” the climb to Hawi two-and-a-half minutes down to the fab Allen ran off after Bustos, not feeling particularly good. four of Kiuru, Allen, Welch and Dittrich. “It took me two miles to make up 15 seconds on Cristian,” The pace on the bike was intense, with Kiuru doing he says. “That’s when I realized that he wasn’t very tired most of the pushing. “Pauli hammered the bike,” remem- form the bike ride.” “I tell myself I have 26 miles to go so be careful. I wait for Allen… wait for Greg… nobody… nobody… what happened? I wait… wait… wait. Then Allen catch up. I listen to Allen. Sometime he not sound very good.” - Cristian Bustos bers Greg Welch. “When you come up on most people from behind, you’re “Pauli seemed very confident,” says Allen. “He looked moving much faster,” explains Allen. “If they try to match like he could grind out that gear all day long. It seemed your pace when you catch up, usually they can’t hold it like he wanted to take something out of us on the bike.” very long. When I caught up to Cristian, he just looked at He did. “In previous years, it was too slow a ride,” insists me out of the corner of his eye and decided that we must Kiuru. “I decided to push the pace.” have been going way too slow, because he picked it up.” Behind them, Cristian Bustos was making up ground Put yourself in Cristian Bustos’ racing flats. He’d never in big chunks. “I feel good on the hills,” says Bustos in his led a race as prestigious as the Gatorade Ironman before. broken English. “I was getting more close… more close.” Basically, he was waiting for his tour guide to show up. “I “When I glanced at the leader board, I saw Cristian’s tell myself I have 26 miles to go so be careful,” says Bus- name was there,” says Mark Allen.
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