We were lucky enough to catch up with one of Britain's finest triathletes, Helen Jenkins, as she took a break from training for her London 2012 qualification target races in Hyde Park and Beijing.Jenkins is already on blistering form this year after twice finishing a close second...

Helen Jenkins is Britain's leading female triathlete and took the world title in 2008. She took the bronze position in the 2009 and 2010 World Championship circuit (a new series of seven events rather than a single race) and is one of Britain's leading contenders for an Olympic t...

It can be hard being a younger sibling - you're always that one step behind, covered in bruises, blamed for every broken ornament, outraged when you're sent to bed earlier. It's even harder when that older brother has been Junior, U23 and overall World Champion in triathlon, whic...

Joanna Carritt was terrified when she turned professional: "I really didn't know what to expect. I just wanted to get stuck in and do plenty of races to see how much I could handle and where I'd fit in the rankings." And get stuck in she did: she was seventh in Ironman Lanzarote ...

When you hear the word 'old' it's highly unlikely it conjures the image of an elite triathlete who has just qualified for the 2012 Olympics. But in the funny world of sport, 27-year-old Helen Jenkins finds herself labelled just that."It's interesting," she says with a laugh. "The...

Most of us are used to going back to our day job after racing in a triathlon. But imagine how you'd feel heading back to the office on the back of a podium finish and new British record at your Ironman debut. That was the scenario Tom Lowe found himself in after taking third plac...

Chrissie Wellington is arguably Britain's greatest ever athlete. She remains unbeaten over the Ironman triathlon distance and amazingly took her fourth World Championship victory at Kona this autumn, despite nursing horrifically painful injuries from a bike accident the week befo...

"What sets Alistair apart is that he's an athlete who only needs to be told something once," confided the Brownlees' coach Jack Maitland last week, as he put several journalists through swim, cycle and run sessions alongside triathlon's most famous brothers, at the launch of the ...

Mark Kleanthous is a founder member of the British Triathlon Association and member of the Great Britain triathlon team. Over the past 30 years, Mark has completed 71 marathons in under three hours and finished more than 420 triathlons, including 31 Ironmans and a double ironman....

Craig Alexander is a triathlon legend. In November 2011, the five-time World Champion became the oldest ever winner of the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, setting a new course record of 8:03:56 at the same time. He achieved another first in 2011 when he won the Ironman 70....