Chrissie Wellington: A Life Without Limits

Page and Palette is hosting a book-signing event with four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington!

The event takes place Monday, May 21st from 6-8pm.  The name of the book is “A Life Without Limits: A World Champion’s Journey”.

 “I don’t think I’d ever struck anyone as obvious world-champion material,” Chrissie said as she recounts her first Ironman World Championship experience in her new memoir “A Life Without Limits: A World Champion’s Journey.” Describing herself as an “accidental athlete” with no distinguishing childhood sporting achievements growing up in England, Chrissie conquered the most grueling sport in the world, giving hope to readers who may also aspire to test their physical limits.

Now with four Ironman World Championship wins to her credit and five world records, Chrissie is one of the top female athletes in the world. No one saw it coming, least of all Chrissie herself. “For a start, there’s my nickname. It’s Muppet. And, yes, it’s for pretty much the reasons you would think. I have always been accident-prone and low on common sense,” she writes. “I was sports-mad as a kid but there was never even the slightest sign of any unusual talent.”

Chrissie did have talent, however, for pushing herself. Whether striving academically and achieving top grades at school and university, trying to tame her issues with self-esteem, or throwing herself into global development and world travel, Chrissie’s mantra “Crash or crash through” was evident in everything she did.

Dormant athletic talents began surfacing as Chrissie became increasingly competitive in all manners of endeavors including running, kayaking, swimming, surfing, and cycling—winning a 2006 duathlon in Argentina on a whim and igniting the spark to become a triathlete, making it to the World Championships on borrowed equipment and no real method but winning her age group anyway. “At the age of twenty-nine, that world champion had finally stepped out,” she writes. In 2007 Chrissie became the only triathlete, male or female, to have won the World Championship less than a year after turning professional. She remains undefeated at the ironman distance.

Chrissie has experienced the highs and lows of being a professional triathlete, along the way conquering anorexia and bulimia, a near-drowning, and training with a controversial coach. Revealing her secrets to success, including her diet, training, and motivational tools, Chrissie provides an inside look at the fastest growing sport in the world in her new book.

“A Life Without Limits” is available for purchase at Page and Palette or through www.pageandpalette.com .