Chrissie Wellington's got a book coming out . .

Greg T

Chrissie Wellington's New Book in The Grauniad

She describes what would seem like unbearable suffering to most of us as "discomfort" when coolly listing the demands of an Ironman race – in which an athlete completes a 2.4 mile swim and a 112 mile bike ride before running a marathon of 26.2 miles.

Wellington, who has won every single one of her 13 Ironman competitions, holds the women's world record of 8hr 18min 32sec – which is 32 minutes faster than the previous record which had stood for 14 years. Perhaps the simplest way to explain her extraordinary endurance is to underline the fact that, immediately after her draining ordeals in the water and on the bike, Wellington can run a marathon in 2 hours and 44 minutes.

I did 100km this weekend and was proper proud of myself . . .

Must Man Up . . .

asprilla

I've had it on pre-order from Amazon for a couple of months now.

bigmat

She's doing a book signing at the Waterstones off Leadenhall Street this week I think (might even be today? - must check).

dhope

BigMat wrote:

She's doing a book signing at the Waterstones off Leadenhall Street this week I think (might even be today? - must check).

Thursday, 12.30
May pop over...

bobinski

Cracking interview. Have to buy the book now.

rick_chasey

dhope wrote:

BigMat wrote:

She's doing a book signing at the Waterstones off Leadenhall Street this week I think (might even be today? - must check).

Thursday, 12.30
May pop over...

Get a burrito from tortilla round the corner before you queue.

FoldingJoe

Or a pint in the Lamb Tavern!!

Although, to be fair, I don't think the queue will stretch that far!!

FoldingJoe

Queue's growing

il_principe

She really deserves to be more widely recognised. Speaking of Triathletes - Vanessa Raw is something of a fox.

dhope

Bugger, forgot about this.

asprilla

Had the Kindle version delivered this morning. Do you think I can get it signed?

kelsen

I'm 10 minutes away. Is it worth popping over? Is she kitted out in her triathlete kit?

rick_chasey

kelsen wrote:

I'm 10 minutes away. Is it worth popping over? Is she kitted out in her triathlete kit?

No idea but the queue is massive.

FoldingJoe

No, not in kit. Massive queue as Rick said.

davis

Good spot. Seriously impressive individual.

bigmat

I just popped in to see what all the fuss was about. She seemed pretty nice, was having some pretty genuine chat with a lot of healthy looking city types who were probably triathletes. I didn't fancy queuing or buying the book so did neither!