I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.

- Alistair Brownlee

I train for about 30 hours a week. That's at least four hours every day. I swim at seven most mornings. It's got to be your life. You've got to fit e…

- Alistair Brownlee

Every athlete has training they enjoy and training that they do because they have to and they don't enjoy so much. Do the training you love, remind y…

- Alistair Brownlee

You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in t…

- Alistair Brownlee

Triathlon has quite a short season. It only runs from May to September so there's a lot of time when you're not racing. So I try to set myself the ta…

- Alistair Brownlee

I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

- Alistair Brownlee

I train for about 25 to 30 hours a week so I need to eat a lot. You just need to have a generally healthy diet. You need to be eating foods with lots…

- Alistair Brownlee

In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yours…

- Alistair Brownlee

I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more serio…

- Alistair Brownlee