Chrissie W at Roth... 8:19!!!!!

shotgunmcos

Lets all chant

"Holy Sh!t" together now :eek: Simply unbelievable!

For all you running folk who don't know who she is.. thats like a woman making it to the Mens Olympic 100m final! Or a woman taking 7th in the Mens Olympic Marathon!

OK not exactly but its hard to compare!

kingQuez

To add a bit more perspective to how incredible this is, there is nearly an hour between first and third place.

1. Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:19:13
2. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 8:50:10
3. Tereza Macel (CZE) 9:09:29

Burgman

shotgunmcos wrote: »

For all you running folk who don't know who she is.. thats like a woman making it to the Mens Olympic 100m final! Or a woman taking 7th in the Mens Olympic Marathon!

A runner here. You are right - I have no idea who she is, even after your comment. Why not tell us more?

hunnymonster

amazing woman. She stood around for hours afterwards hanging out medals to all our mates doing it with a huge smile on her face. On the bike she is out of this world.



For people who donät know the Ironman structures, the prizes are linked to the winning times. 2nd is only awarded if they are within 7% of the winner..... not many women winning any prizes at the moment

kingQuez

The more I see of Chrissie Wellington the more impressed I am. I watched the live coverage from Kona (the Ironman world champs) last year and was amazed at how the commentators spent a lot of the time giving her placement within the *mens* race rather than the womens. She seems so down to earth and normal in all her interviews.

I thought this was awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtslGL9Qat8
and her acceptance speech from her first win at Kona gives lots of background:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTa7bHU1FnA

TheRoadRunner

hunnymonster wrote: »

For people who donät know the Ironman structures, the prizes are linked to the winning times. 2nd is only awarded if they are within 7% of the winner..... not many women winning any prizes at the moment

I'm sure she is a firm favourite with all her female competitors. If I were second to her I'd be asking her to kop on and nip into a bar/cafe for a coffee so I could get close to her.

smcclaw

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I thought this was awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtslGL9Qat8
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Cool vid

jailhouse_dave

wow, didnt realise she had gone that fast, 8.19 is amazing. She is amazing. Whilst winning her second title in Kona she nearly blew the race as she didnt know how to use the inflatable can correctly to fix a puncture, just shows how new she is to the sport. Her coach wouldnt let her use the P3C Cervelo either as she hadnt got the bike handling skills, she had to use the P2C. I think there is probably more to come, she does a great interview too.

christeb

sensational stuff, it really is.

Although its worth noting that the difference between men / women lessens as the distances go up, for running at least. Maybe not as much for the bike and swim. Or is that only over like 100km+ runs??

Sport101

jailhouse_dave wrote: »

wow, didnt realise she had gone that fast, 8.19 is amazing. She is amazing. Whilst winning her second title in Kona she nearly blew the race as she didnt know how to use the inflatable can correctly to fix a puncture, just shows how new she is to the sport. Her coach wouldnt let her use the P3C Cervelo either as she hadnt got the bike handling skills, she had to use the P2C. I think there is probably more to come, she does a great interview too.

Did she really only have one gas canister with her??

tunney

Burgman wrote: »

A runner here. You are right - I have no idea who she is, even after your comment. Why not tell us more?

A 2:48 marathon - at the end of an ironman. Savage time for a man.

tunney

hunnymonster wrote: »

amazing woman. She stood around for hours afterwards hanging out medals to all our mates doing it with a huge smile on her face. On the bike she is out of this world.



For people who donät know the Ironman structures, the prizes are linked to the winning times. 2nd is only awarded if they are within 7% of the winner..... not many women winning any prizes at the moment

the percentage rule is on the way out. new points qualification for kona in. And less pro slots (to allow for more AG yanks)

jailhouse_dave

Sport101 wrote: »

Did she really only have one gas canister with her??

she had two but blew both of them (on the same puncture). her race was over only for the kindness of Rebecca Keats (i think) who gave her a canister, think she lost around 10 minutes.

mloc123

What is the definition of 'outside help'? I would have presumed somebody holding the bike for you as you put the wheel on etc.. would have been?

Abhainn

hunnymonster wrote: »

On the bike she is out of this world.

Swim time of 50 min is unreal and that 2:48 run I think would have qualified her for the last olympic games marathon.
I had to to a second take when I saw her 08:19 finish time. She is only doing tri's since 2004 and that Rot time is 19 mins of a PB.

She writes some worthwhile stuff for Triathlon 220 which is worth checking out.

Athlete of the century so far??

TheRoadRunner

Abhainn wrote: »

that 2:48 run I think would have qualified her for the last olympic games marathon.

2.37 for the A and 2.42 for B standard. Probably capable of qualifying without the little swim and bike ride beforehand.

jailhouse_dave

no she just got another canister from a competitor, she didnt get help with the puncture, i guess it was third time lucky. At the time there was some controvesy about this being outside assistance also.

tunney

mloc123 wrote: »

What is the definition of 'outside help'? I would have presumed somebody holding the bike for you as you put the wheel on etc.. would have been?

You can get assistance from a fellow competitor.

Krusty_Clown

She is awesome. End of story.

I think mloc is referring to the fact that a bystander helped her, when she was repairing the puncture by holding the bike for her while she put the rear wheel back on.

shotgunmcos

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

2.37 for the A and 2.42 for B standard. Probably capable of qualifying without the little swim and bike ride beforehand.

I'd say so.. her sheer guts and determination would get her anything she wants I'd imagine. Just a matter of what she puts her mind to.

The little swim and bike
50 mins for the swim is proabably her weakest point yet its still a brilliant time!
4:36 for an IM bike is world class for anyone (it was faster than 99% of the men!!) in its own right. Not just the level of fitness and endurance you must have but the power you need too. Its savage.

Then to run a 2:48 negative split marathon off it and cross the line with a smile :eek:

The fact that she spent hours at the finish cheering on the age groupers and handing out medals is a testement to the sportsperson that she is.

My old hero Sir Steve Redgrave has been replaced!

MrCreosote

An amazing athlete really.
Why is Roth so fast by the way- is it the road surface?

I read somewhere that CW was thinking of training for the Olympic TT in 2012. She's so far ahead of the competition it seems only a mechanical failure or injury will stop her winning Kona again and again. In that 2008 race she was still 1st coming off the bike despite all the time spent with the puncture.

MrCreosote

Good race report!

http://www.chrissiewellington.org/blog/challenge-roth-anything-is-possible/

kingQuez

In a q&a with CW (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCgJGQ2lJls) someone asked what the hardest training sessions were. She mentioned under Bret (one of her old coaches), swimming could be hard: 100x100s on someones birthday. Ouch! :eek:

buzzingnoise

MrCreosote wrote: »

An amazing athlete really.
Why is Roth so fast by the way- is it the road surface?

Chrissie is a machine.
I want to know how Roth is so fast too. I know it's pancake flat like all those Challenge races but there has to be something else to it??