Chrissie Wellington’s Inside Triathlon Photo Shoot

Photo: Matt Harbicht

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. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Inside Triathlon published 10 pages of Chrissie Wellington content in its September/October issue. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Inside Triathlon’s Wellington coverage includes the Ironman star’s first ever in-depth magazine profile, one where the writer used long interviews with Wellington and her family and friends to paint a picture of her outside of sport. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Prior to Ironman, Wellington worked for the British government, including as a speechwriter for then Prime Minister Tony Blair. Photo: Nils Nilsen

In her Inside Triathlon profile, Wellington talks about how letters and e-mails from her fans are extremely important to her—she saves every single message. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Wellington also talked to Inside Triathlon writer Holly Bennett about her insecurities. Despite her many accomplishments, she doesn’t consider herself a supremely confident person. Photo: Nils Nilsen

“A feeling of superiority would be my own undoing,” Wellington told Inside Triathlon writer Holly Bennett. “I’m continuously surprised by what I achieve. I think that in itself is indicative of the fact that I’m not overly confident. I’m fully aware—almost too aware—of my own weaknesses.” Photo: Nils Nilsen

Wellington has always been an ardent supporter of charitable causes, even as a child, when she wrote a variation on the theater production “Aladdin” and then convinced her classmates to perform the play to raise money for those afflicted by famine in Ethiopia. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Today, some of Wellington’s favorite charities are the Blazeman Foundation for ALS, the KIDS Foundation and GoTRIbal. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Wellington also talks in the Inside Triathlon profile about pulling out of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, last year. Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine today to find out what she said. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Nils Nilsen

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Matt Harbicht

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Matt Harbicht

Pick up the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon magazine, on newsstands now. Photo: Matt Harbicht