Chrissie Wellington

Wellington tells the story of how she fought her way through a roller coaster of pain and fear to claim a fourth Ironman world title. And pros share their mind-over-matter tips.

Why the world champion thinks she's more holistically healthy now—and why she wants to bring that message to kids.

With the pursuit of fast 140.6-mile times in the news, we take a look at the fastest female iron-distance performance ever.

After three rounds of voting, it's time to announce the winners!

Thirteen years ago this month, Chrissie Wellington won her first Ironman World Championship as a relative unknown, sending shockwaves through the sports world. Here’s a look back at the race that has been called the biggest upset in Ironman Hawaii history.

The 13th iron-distance victory of Wellington's career required the most perseverance.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington of Great Britain will be honored during race week on the Big Island.

Challenge Roth organizers have revealed that Sunday's race will feature an all-star relay.

Daniela Ryf will race Challenge Roth with the intention of breaking the record for fastest iron-distance race.

Chrissie Wellington shares advice for anyone considering making the leap from long-distance triathlon to an ultra-run.

Seven former pros share what retired life is like, what’s keeping them busy, and what they miss (and don’t miss) about being a pro.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington and a team will scale the three highest peaks in the U.K.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington sits down with Bob Babbitt and Paul Huddle on Breakfast with Bob and Paul.

The spark behind Chrissie Wellington's transition from triathlon icon to cycling activist lies in Nepal, writes Ollie Williams of BBC Sport.

Four-time Ironman world champion is part of a group trying to get a women's Tour de France reinstated.

Some day, you’ll be able to tell your grandkids that you raced triathlon in the era of Chrissie Wellington.

Bob Babbitt shares a story about the adventurous side of four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington.

Wellington believes the disgraced cyclist would “sully” the sport of triathlon.

While she didn't race in 2012 and has officially retired, Chrissie Wellington still has the triathlon community following her every move.

Check out Aaron Hersh's author page.

After a year away from competing, four-time Ironman world champion has said that she will officially retire from iron-distance racing.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington sat down with Paul Huddle and Bob Babbitt at Huggo's in Kona, Hawaii.

In her book, Chrissie Wellington recounts her unlikely journey from an accident-prone child to Ironman world champion.

Several big names most likely won't be on the start line at October's Ironman World Championship.

Bob Babbitt interviewed Wellington in San Diego to talk about her storied career and how she's spending her year away from the sport.

Photographer Paul Phillips provides images of a fun and competitive day at Ironman 70.3 Kansas.

Wellington discusses her new book, her decision to take a year away from the sport and what it means to be a professional triathlete.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington writes about the mental toughness required to be successful in sport.

While in Bermuda last week, four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington broke and dislocated her fourth toe.

On April 15, she’ll be setting off on an eight-day challenge, bookended by the Paris and London marathons.

Triathlete.com will be following Chrissie as she makes her way around the U.S. on her North American book tour.

Get the inside scoop on how Endurance Live Triathletes of the Year Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington conquered Kona.

Watch Chrissie Wellington's acceptance speech for Female Triathlete of the Year at the 2012 Endurance LIVE Awards.

Endurance LIVE host Bob Babbitt caught up with four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington on the red carpet.

The endurance community gathered in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Chrissie Wellington will run in both the Paris and London Marathons and cycle 1000km as part of a Jane Tomlinson Appeal Challenge.

Ironman world champions Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington earned the top athlete honors.

Four-time Ironman world champion finished third at the 35th edition of the Empire State Building Run-Up with a time of 13:15.

She’s conquered the lava fields of Kona and now Chrissie Wellington will tackle one of one of the most iconic buildings in the world.

The (Deeply Determined, Exceptionally Sensitive, Sometimes Insecure and Downright Huge) Heart of a Champion

“Racing cannot always be the axis around which my life revolves.”

A bike crash two weeks before the Ironman World Championship would ultimately reveal Chrissie Wellington’s greatness as an athlete.

Chrissie Wellington let the Inside Triathlon staff dress her up like the Queen of Ironman, a title she deserves given her Ironman, iron-distance and Kona world records.

The reigning Ironman world champ will pursue other opportunities in 2012.

Less than 24 hours after winning the Ironman World Championship, Chrissie Wellington chatted with us about the come-from-behind performance.

In this clip, Chrissie talks about her injuries heading into the race.

In this clip Chrissie talks about inspiring others in the sport.

In this clip Chrissie talks about what motivates her.

In this clip Chrissie talks about the mental toughness it takes to compete in Kona.

In this clip we ask Chrissie: Given your injuries, how was your confidence heading into the race?

In this clip we ask Chrissie: How did you feel on the swim?

British female triathletes dominated at every level this year, boosting sales of women’s bikes, shoes and clothing.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington explains her decision to boycott the 2011 SPOTY Awards.

Wellington has called on others to boycott the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington took part in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge and the weekend's festivities back in October. Check out the photos!

The 2011 version of Ironman Arizona is just days away. Last year, Germany's Timo Bracht and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington beat out a world-class field of professionals to take the wins. Check out images of the eventful race.

A week after race day she came on to the Competitor Radio show to go through the bike crash, her recovery, her race day challenges and what just might be the greatest win of her amazing career.

Wellington concealed the extent of her injuries resulting from a bike crash leading up to the Ironman World Championship.

After last year’s shocker when the first report from the 2010 Hawaii Ironman was that Wellington wasn’t going to compete, the realm of possibility seemed wide open this year.

Two past champions regained their titles as the top Ironman athletes in the world as Australia’s Craig Alexander and Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington took the wins at today’s Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

In honor of triathlete Chrissie Wellington’s return to Kona in 2011, Brooks Running created only 200 pairs of a custom T7 Racer. Wellington wore the T7 Racer lightweight racing flats when she broke the world record at Ford Ironman Arizona last November.

Three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington offers “an honest evaluation” of her condition, and sounds very different than last year.

The top Kona contender says she’ll be at the start line October 8, despite being bruised and battered.

Hachette Book Group announced today that it will publish A Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington, known in the triathlon world as the “queen of Ironman.”

Go behind the scenes of the cover shoot for the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon, featuring Chrissie Wellington. The video also features training tips from the three-time Ironman world champion herself.

Go behind the scenes of Inside Triathlon's cover shoot with Chrissie Wellington with this time-lapse video from photo editor Nils Nilsen.

No magazine has ever published an in-depth profile of three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington, one where a writer uses long interviews with Wellington and her friends and family to paint a picture of who Wellington is outside of sport.

Even the pros—Chrissie Wellington included—had to start somewhere. We polled some of the pros to get them to share some of the lessons they’ve learned (often the hard way). Learn from their mistakes so you don’t make the same ones.

Chrissie Wellington shaves four minutes off of her 2010 marathon split to break her own world record at Challenge Roth.

It was a record-breaking day at Challenge Roth. Over 180,000 spectators cheered Andreas Raelert and Chrissie Wellington on their way to new world records. See images of the day.

Check out a few images of her bike in transition. The Cannondale Slice helped her to a 4:40:39 bike split.

Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington earned her third-straight victory at Challenge Roth in the same way she's done in each of the last two years, with a new world record.

Wish you could travel to Roth and take in the festivities of Challenge Roth? We'll take you there with this photo gallery from the pre-race festival.

"The world’s largest iron-distance triathlon” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend. Challenge Roth will take place on July 10th, 2011 with over 3,300 athletes and 600 relay teams from 61 countries.

In today's Triathlete.com Poll we want to know if you think Chrissie Wellington will break her own world record at this year's Challenge Roth race, set to take place Sunday, July 10.

On this episode of TriCenter we look forward to this weekend's Challenge Roth triathlon, which is set to feature Chrissie Wellington and Andreas Raelert.

Photos from the world of triathlon: July 5, 2011.

Three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington faced tough competition from fellow Brit Leanda Cave, while Australia's Paul Matthews cruised through the day at Ironman 70.3 Kansas.

Inside Triathlon magazine announces its picks for the 10 greatest female iron-distance triathletes of all time.

Chrissie Wellington forgot one crucial item in her suitcase for the Ironman South Africa race.

Check out Kurt Hoy's author page.

Check out Kurt Hoy's author page.

Check out Kurt Hoy's author page.

Check out Kurt Hoy's author page.

South Africa's own Raynard Tissink and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington turned in fast times to take the victories at the 2011 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Triathlon.

Athletes such as Chrissie Wellington, Craig Alexander, Terenzo Bozzone and Bevan Docherty have contributed items that are currently up for auction. The proceeds will benefit the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

Three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington joins Bob Babbitt on this week's edition of Competitor Radio.

Inside Triathlon editor-in-chief Courtney Baird breaks down what happened in the triathlon twitter world this week.