Chrissie Wellington cyclist

wicked

This could be interesting. Anyone else and I would be dubious about the chances of success but this just might work......

http://road.cc/content/news/11169-briti ... ondon-2012

DaveyL

She is *very* strong on the bike. Funny, I was wondering just recently, how she'd get on in women's road racing.

Hoping Lance takes part in IM Hawaii in 2011 so he can get "chicked" by Chrissie....

knedlicky

It doesn't seem to say it in the link, but I read elsewhere she was interested in doing the 40-50 km time trial at the Olympics.

Compared to other triathletes, she's probably strongest as a runner, but she's still pretty good as a cyclist - she took 54 mins for the Alpe d’Huez climb as part of the Alpe d’Huez triathlon … and that's after having already swum 2.2 km and ridden 100 km/1600 m (including over the Col de l’Alpe du Grand Serre and the Col d’Ornon), and still needing to keep enough in reserve for a half-marathon.

I'd like to see her do well but I imagine the Olympic time trial distance is too short for her.

(I read that after her recent Hawaii sucess she received 12 proposals of marriage, including two from women! She certainly does look fun to be with.)

shinyhelmut

knedlicky wrote:

Compared to other triathletes, she's probably strongest as a runner, but she's still pretty good as a cyclist - she took 54 mins for the Alpe d’Huez climb as part of the Alpe d’Huez triathlon

While I wouldn't describe running as her weakness it is on the bike that she has completely destroyed the field in her 3 Hawaii world championship wins.

(I read that after her recent Hawaii sucess she received 12 proposals of marriage, including two from women! She certainly does look fun to be with.)

Don't tell my wife!