The waves crashed against the shore as a thousand athletes took to the water. It was the start of Hawaii's famed Ironman Triathlon. It was also phase one of an ingenious Russian plot against America. When Able Team's own Ironman, Carl Lyons, joins the race to shadow the Soviets, the grueling competition quickly becomes a full-scale mission. With the integrity of America's intelligence network on the line, the commandos of Able Team find themselves locked in a gritty, muscle-wrenching race against time.