Last year Chrissie Wellington had a record breaking performance at the 2009 Challenge Roth event that WOW'd people around the world. This past weekend the 3-time Ironman World Champion was back in Roth to show people that she was back in shape after recovering from a bike crash earlier this year. This time Wellington totally SHOCKED the world with her amazing 8:19:13 performance at the 2010 Challenge Roth triathlon. Wellington's world record performance was comprised of 50:28 swim, a 4:36:33 bike, and a 2:48:54 marathon, which shattered her previous world record mark by over 12 minutes.
Tri247.com, a triathlon resource website in the UK has posted an interview with the amazing Chrissie Wellington after her race in Roth:
The world record
Did you think she could produce that sort of time before the race? "Absolutely not. I had spoken to Belinda (Granger) before the race, and said that I thought if I could get the record, it would be by seconds or maybe a minute or so. I really didn't expect to be able to go that fast. I truly didn't know if I could swim or bike any faster than last year. I was confident of my running, as that is where I knew I had improved, but to put it all together on one day...it was more than I could have hoped for."
The perfect day?
"To be honest, I'm not sure it was absolutely perfect conditions - there did seem to be a fair bit of wind on the bike course, and perhaps last year may have been slightly better conditions wise. I don't think you ever get a perfect race, that is one of the great things about this sport, but give or take a few small things, I think that was pretty close to perfect across the disciplines so I'm very happy and proud with that."
Here what she has to say about:
- Recovery
- The crash - a good thing?
- That run...
- Rest of the season
- Changes for Roth?
- Can you go faster...
