Chrissie Wellington almost made a mockery of the rest of the field. Despite having to stand by the side of the road for almost ten minutes with tyre problems she won going away by a quarter of an hour.
On a day when conditions were less than ideal, she would undoubtedly have broken the course record were it not for the mishap.
There isn't really anything else to say.
Such was her pace on the run that she had men's winner Craig Alexander asking the time keepers what her mile splits were. He didn't want to be shown up!
Her parents, who were caught by surprise with her win last year, were there to see her storm home.
"That was the hardest thing I've ever done," Chrissie Wellington said after she lay down and rolled across the line.
"Thank you all for your support," she continued.
"I just remember what my coach tells me - I didn't panic, I stayed calm. I want to thank Rebekah Keat for giving me a cannister - she's a legend."
"I want to say first and foremost thank my mom and dad, my family and friends who came out to support me, my coach and training partners, and all the spectators."
Later she punctuated the air with colourful descriptions of the "bloody" puncture and the "blasted" canister that didn't work.
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