Although it might get lost with all the IAAF Diamond League, ITU, 70.3, and Tour de France races that seem to be dominating the endurance headlines, Chrissie Wellington put together a day today at the Quelle Challenge Roth that might never be matched.
Going into the Iron-distance race today, Wellington was looking at her first race at this distance since Kona 2009, after having to sit out her normal spring visit to Ironman Australia due to recovery from her bike injuries in January. There was also some question about whether she still had the drive to keep setting the bar higher and higher, even with other women like Mirinda Carfrae and Julie Dibens starting to match her dominance in 70.3 races.
All those question marks were thrown out today, after Chrissie went a remarkable 8:19:13 today (a race in which only 6 guys beat her time). This was almost 13 MINUTES faster than the previous women's world record (which was set a year ago by Chrissie at this same race). She also broke the course records at Roth with best bike time (4:36:33) and best run time (2:48:54) to win by 33 minutes over Rebekah Keat. Chrissie now appears to be making Kona a race for second place.
12 weeks til Kona!!
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