Chrissie Wellington

In this presentation, Chrissie encourages her audience to live 'A Life Without Limits'. Chrissie discusses her unique and unorthodox path to professional sport, including her life prior to becoming a professional athlete. Unlike some world class athletes who were 'born into a sport', Chrissie earned undergraduate and masters degrees, travelled for 2 years, worked on international development policy for the UK government, and managed development projects in Nepal. Only after that did she take up triathlon! Chrissie shows audiences how to take a chance, look fear in the face and defy limits of what people might think is possible.
(Book release in May, 2012)

A student of Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War', Chrissie shows audiences how to use the physical and mental training strategies, philosophies and characteristics that have enabled her to become a 4 time World Ironman Champion. These strategies transcend sport and are equally applicable to business, and person life. Using strategies from The Art of War, Chrissie talks about
*Goal setting
*Effective and detailed preparation
*Remaining focused and motivated
*Knowing your battlefield and enemy
*Acknowledging and working on strengths and weaknesses
*Being prepared to adapt quickly and respond to change
*Overcoming adversity.

With a focus on health and wellness, Chrissie shares with her audiences:
*How to be a positive, healthy, active and successful sporting role model - inspiring and encouraging people, especially women and girls, through her performances; raising the bar for women in sport.
*How to combine sport/development work, including through active and passionate support of many charities. Using your platform to effect wider change.
*Chrissie talks specifically about her struggles with eating disorders during her early adulthood, and how she has managed to overcome these.