Find Your Finish Line with Mike Reilly

The first athlete I ever called across an IRONMAN World Championship finish line was Mark Allen, and that day still feels like a Hollywood script to both of us. The six-time IRONMAN World Champion joined me from Nice to talk about a wide-open men's race in Kona. We got into why the Norwegians train together like a think tank, what happens when you draw on your deepest reserves, and why the athlete who wins is usually the one who adapts when the day stops going to plan.

Then six-time IRONMAN champion Laura Siddall, who will cover the women's race from the back of a motorbike, walks me through the deepest women's field Kona has seen, with four former world champions on the start line. She also has advice for every age grouper heading to the island, and it works for any big moment in life. Stay to the end and you'll hear Mark explain why the hard things we earn stay with us for good.