Mark Allen, six-time Hawaii Ironman World Champion, coach, award-winning author, and motivational speaker, will be on hand at the Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday 17 September at 19:30 local time to sign copies of his newly released book, The Art of Competition.
The coffee table collector’s book features 90 of Mark Allen’s most thought-provoking and significant quotes, borne of his own spiritual and competitive journey, paired with symbolic and stunning two-page images from nature.
The chapters within The Art of Competition ‘represent key themes that are vital to this process of turning challenge and competition into art’ – themes such as Change, Fear, and Being Stuck. The book is positioned as being ideal for anyone in business, sports, or life, who ‘seeks to change a challenge into art, who needs a game-changing approach to a different outcome.’
“We all face challenges, difficult times, and self-doubt, as I did with six Ironman defeats,” explained Allen. “When I stopped thinking about victory or failure and focused on flow of movement and mind-set, I overcame my own limits and put in the performances that earned six Ironman victories.”
The quotes in The Art of Competition came to Mark while on retreat in Japan with his spiritual teacher Brant Secunda, nearly 10 years after retiring from competition and Ironman racing. The words to explain the mind-set he had found had eluded him to this point; then in the span of two days he had penned the quotes that encapsulated the mind-set of a champion – thoughts that formed the backbone of The Art of Competition.
Each quote is meant to release personal perfection in the moments that count most. As the book promo copy states, ‘the evocative photos are of scenes far more enduring or lasting than our individual successes.’
Jim Collins, author of bestsellers Built to Last, Good to Great, and How the Mighty Fall, wrote in his forward, “That is the artistic gift, the ability to see or perhaps sense something others cannot quite put their finger on and use art to express it, and that is what Mark has done here. He has captured the inner terrain of the true competitor through photos and quotes, unlike anything I have seen before.”
Following the book signing, books will be available for purchase at the Boulder Book Store.
Mark Allen is a six-time Hawaii Ironman World Champion. He was named ‘The World’s Fittest Man’ by Outside magazine, voted ‘The Greatest Endurance Athlete of All Time’ by ESPN, and selected as ‘The Greatest Triathlete Of All Time’ by Triathlete magazine.
He is a motivational speaker, coach and award-winning author. Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You, co-authored with Brant Secunda, received the prestigious Nautilus Book Award in the category of Health, Healing and Energetic Medicine in 2010. He runs MarkAllenCoaching, training professional and age-group triathletes.
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