Chrissie Wellington World Record Holder!

bryancd - 2009-07-12 8:56 AM Chrissie just won Quelle Challenge Roth in 8:35, a new WW for women IM racing. AMAZING.

Daremo - 2009-07-12 6:56 PM She is the best currently in the world.  And given time as long as she stays healthy and motivated she may even climb up to the best female long distance triathlete of all time!  I'm certainly not going to deny her abilities!

But Roth is well documented as being short on both the bike and run and it is where everyone goes to set their records an PR's.  The fact that she beat the old record from the same course by 15 minutes is very impressive.  But I would not personally call it the "world record."  Triathlon is ripe with improperly measured courses as opposed to certified running courses.

As I mentioned before, still kick azz for her.  But the time is bogus compared to the ACTUAL distance to me.  She is still far and away the fastest current female long distance triathlete in the world, no doubt.

I knew people were gonna give me a bunch of sh-t for calling out the race for what it is ............ not the true IM distance.  Not discrediting HER effort, but as soon as someone says World Record for IM distance, Roth is ALWAYS the race.  The race is a sham, not her effort and abilities.