![]() He's also excited about the IRONMAN U curriculum itself, a module-based program that includes sections on exercise science and other core topics. He's excited to see IRONMAN U and USAT work together as the two main leaders in the coaching space. He says that many coaches may be great cheerleads, but that hard-line coaching is lacking. "Many are just ex-athletes who are applying some of the things that worked for them." He says that's a good thing to some extent, but that there's a huge need for basic criteria for coaching in this country. "There are so many coaches out there who have no background in the sport at all," he laments. "But I wouldn't do it if I didn't like it."Īs someone who has seen the sport grow and change, Scott has also watched the coaching business evolve. "There's an extraordinary amount of travel on my calendar, I'm about to have a heart attack," he says. He's about to launch his own clothing line and is also a frequent guest at training camps. He meets with clients and works on training plans, as well as on various video projects. Once at his office, Scott has no shortage of projects to keep him busy. He returns, makes his lunch (which he puts in a "cute little lunch pail that IRONMAN gave to me…it says Hawaii on it"), and heads to the Colorado Athletic Club to sneak in a short swim. Then, he jumps on his bike for a 35-mile ride. "Even when I was younger, running next to Mark Allen, he was this elegant machine and I looked like I've been run over by a diesel."Īfter coaching, he does his own run: "I didn't do what they did, that's too hard," he says. He coaches from the seat of his bike, where he can see running form sins from a dropped shoulder to "lordosis of the back." "I'm kind of fickle on holding technique, even though my form itself is wickedly bad," he says. He walks me through the run group he coached that morning, a dual hill repeat session near where he lives in North Boulder. "This week was even earlier because I felt like my head was going to pop with work," he said. most days, either to coach his run program, work or train. ![]() When I asked Scott about what a typical day looks like for him, I got tired just listening. His latest role, as a Master Coach for the newly-launched IRONMAN U, brings him right back to his IRONMAN roots. He has clients all over the world: From Dubai to Brazil, who he consults via Skype, to face-to-face clients in Boulder. He has about 13 full-time age-group athletes, from elite amateurs to "some old guys like me," as he calls them. In the coaching realm, he has worked with professional athletes such as Rachel Joyce, Chrissie Wellington, Julie Dibens, Eneko Llanos, Lauren Goss, and his son Drew, and served as an advisor to Craig Alexander and others. He has carved out a place for himself in the multisport landscape as a coach, motivational speaker, and triathlon jack of all trades. In 1993, he became the first inductee into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. In 1994, at the age of 40, Scott returned to Kona and placed second by a three-minute margin he took fifth two years later with a 2:45 marathon. In 1989, the rivalry between he and fellow competitor Mark Allen reached a peak in what has been called the "Ironwar" - one of the closest battles in the sport to date. He would go on to win the event five more times: Consecutively from 1982-1984, and 1986-1987. Scott burst onto the scene in 1980, besting the previously-held winning time of the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, by almost two hours. made his mark early on the future of not only IRONMAN triathlon, but the sport as a whole. As one of the original "Big Four," which included Mark Allen, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina, the swimmer-turned triathlon phenom from Davis, Calif. You don't have to be around triathlon for long to learn that Dave Scott is one of the names that matter. The six-time world champion's latest role as a Master Coach for IRONMAN U brings him back to his IRONMAN roots.
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