and two huge minders, an official answer is dutifully trotted out about getting to travel the world, meeting his lovely fans, and seeing first-hand how he inspires others. But when I remind him in a quiet moment later that in an interview last year, he
. There are triathletes from all round the world. I think the town of Kona is pretty sleepy the rest of the year too so that contrast over race weekend is exciting. The chaos created by the race is good fun. Everyone checks each other out in training.On race day
of what I'm about to do. That calms me down. But as the competition progresses and the stakes get higher, you get these thoughts in your head: 'What if things go wrong?'"Subscribers can view the rest of the Runner's World's exclusive interview with Jess
way to start an interview but, as is soon apparent, if there's one thing the multi-talented 25-year-old athlete doesn't do with aplomb, it's dull.We've just met at St Pancras station in London. Jess has arrived by train from her home in Sheffield
Q. How are you feeling?A. My training's been going well, although I did get sick just before the Great North Run. I haven't had any major setbacks since then. Travelling to the NYC Marathon was uneventful compared to the journey I had getting
Open water swimming's poster girl Keri-Anne Payne made history when she took silver in the very first Olympic 10K marathon swim in Beijing. A year later she followed this feat with gold at the 2009 World Championships.A true water baby, Keri
Chrissie Wellington is one of the UK’s most successful athletes. She won the Ironman World Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In July the 33-year-old shattered the world record for an Ironman-distance race, winning Challenge Roth in Germany in a
