Chrissie Wellington taking a break from Ironman in 2012 (Page 2)

I don't think Chrissie and Macca are quite the same comparison.  Macca is far from undefeated and Crowie has already beaten him.

Agree with Fred.

Rinny know's she can win without CW in the race.  She hasn't been able to beat her though...not even when she isn't 100% like this past year.  CW has only been a pro for 5 years and has won 13 ironmans....never lost at the distance.  Nobody could possibly look in the mirror and convince themselves they are the best when she has beaten them up so badly the past few years.  She's 35 so hopefully she'll come back and race a couple of more....I wouldn't want to be giving Rinny another year to catch up to her but it could make for a great race in a couple of years.....right now...let's be honest though.  It was only even remotely close because of the accident...otherwise she is comfortably better and winning by 15 minutes ....

Good for her.  I was kinda hoping she'd be at IMKS 70.3 again this year.  Last year Leanda had a 3 minute or so lead on Chrissie heading into the run and Chrissie ran her down, and then some.  Oh yeah, all with one or two broken ribs.  I'm sure if Leanda is heading back to Kansas she would rather have Chrissie in the race.  So if Chrissie doesn't do the race this year, is that less incentive for Leanda to come back?

And then what?  People say that Rinny couldn't have beaten Wellington in her prime?  It doesn't work that way.  These people race whoever is there, and the best is whoever wins that race....  especially an event like an IM where so many variables (wind, temp, mechanical problems) turn into actual factors. 

You race whoever shows up and you get to compare yourself to them, that's what drives competitors, not who they COULD have beaten if they WOULD have showed up.  If Rinny wins next year it's ridiculous to say that she couldn't have beaten Wellington on that day. 

The UK still may have to pick up to 2 more female triathletes for the Olympics.

Any chance she may try to be one of them?

http://www.britishtriathlon.org/london-2012/who-to-watch

Not even close.

on her Twitter account, Chrissie stated "And no, for those who have asked, or were wondering, i am not pregnant"!

Does she read BT.com forums???

DanielG - 2012-01-16 4:47 PM

jford2309 - 2012-01-16 4:39 PM

on her Twitter account, Chrissie stated "And no, for those who have asked, or were wondering, i am not pregnant"!

 

Does she read BT.com forums???

Well, for the record for this BT poster, I did say "get knocked up" not "is knocked up"

Practice makes perfect

It's been such an exciting day for triathlon, first Crissie and then the P5. When will we ever have time for work?

Good For Her!

I can't wait for her book though, doesn't come out until May 15th, but will be worth the wait..

You all missed it!!

Its an Olmpic year she is in for the

Time Trial in London folks~~`

Anything can happen, but she's been pretty clear that she isn't going to compete in the Olympics, nor is she going to enter any ITU events where drafting is legal.

It would really suck if Chrissy wasn't there and she still didn't win

Yeah, well you missed an apostrophe

She has very specifically said that this is not her intention and that if she wanted to do this she would have started training for it a long time back.

Taking some well-deserved rest; promoting her new book; promoting triathlon and, perhaps, thinking of starting a family?????

Yeah.  The last time we saw this was when Jordan retired (for the first time).