Hi All,
I posted last week that Chrissie Wellington was racing Challenge Roth in Germany this weekend, but I had no idea that Chrissie would do what she did today. Her 50 minute swim, 4:40 bike, and 2:57 run got her to the finish in 8:31:59. This is simply ridiculous when you realize that until last year the best ever Iron-distance time by a female was Paula Newby-Fraser's 8:50:53 in 1994. Then last year, on this same Challenge Roth course, Yvonne Van Vlerken smashed that record by 5 minutes. Today, though, that record was annhilated by Wellington, who lowered it by 14 minutes!!
Congrats also go out to Rebekah Keat from Australia, who also broke the old record by going 8:39 today. Keat is best known for rescuing Chrissie last year at Kona by handing her a CO2 cartridge when Chrissie was stranded with a flat tire.
More on the Challenge Roth later this week..
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