TW: When did you first race in Kona?SN: It's my fifth start. I was an age grouper in 2006 when I was still working then. I went full time in 2007 and won Ironman UK, which was a much better result than I expected. This will be my fifth Ironman

– with a personal best of 2:24:40 – but I couldn’t win one. My best place was second at the Kingston Marathon so I decided to give triathlon a go. At the Kirtons Farm race there were no set distances so we swam a mile, biked 40 miles and ran 13 miles. I

At the age of 18, Hollie Avil represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Four years on, she’s trying to make the team again. We caught up with her in Sydney recently.How is your training going?I’ve been training on the Gold Coast