Ironman South Africa (Port Elizabeth)

1.) Chrissie Wellington (England) 08:33:56

- Swim (3.8 Km / 2.4 miles) 0h51m40s
- Bike (180 km / 112 miles) 4h45m23s
- Run (42.2 Km / 26.3 miles (Marathon)) 2h52m54s

- 1st woman
- 8th overall

- time to men winner: about 28 minutes
- time to women No 2: about 35 minutes
- bike record on the course
- run record on the course
- overall course record (bettered by over 40 minutes)
- Ironman brand world record (she holds the distance record, in a non-Ironman-branded event, as well as the top 4 times ever recorded by a woman on the distance, and the course record for the Hawaii world championship)

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and fastest marathon of the day, men and women put together....!

And best of all, after her race, she went and did her media duties, and then went back to the finishing line to greet and encourage the 'commoner' finishers, all the way until the 17 hour deadline to finish the event, rather than disappear in the distance and go for a well deserved rest.... (she does this in all the races she takes part in)

Definitely on my list of 'People I would love to have diner with'.