CONQUER YOUR FIRST Tri IN 2021
ALISTAIR BROWNLEE
TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GAMES CHAMPION
THE RACE I can’t remember. It was a long time ago.
SUCCESS OR SHAMBLES? It must’ve been some sort of a success because I’m still doing it.
ADVICE FOR YOUR YOUNGER SELF? I wouldn’t. Naivety was probably a good thing.
TOP FIRST TRI TIP Enjoy it and prepare. Prepare physically by training consistently in the lead-up. Prepare your equipment so that you’re confident that everything is going to work and you know what you’re doing across the three disciplines.
CHARISSIE WELLINGTON
4 X IRONMAN WORLD CHAMP AND GLOBAL HEAD OF HEALTH AT PARKRUN
THE RACE Eton Super Sprint Triathlon, 2004
SUCCESS OR SHAMBLES? Despite, embarrassingly, running through the finish chute a lap too soon due to a miscalculation of distance (and it was only 5k!), the race was a huge success in that I finished, came third, loved it and came back for more!
ADVICE FOR YOUR YOUNGER SELF? Make sure you count the number of laps, and savour every minute as there’s nothing quite like the experience of losing your triathlon virginity.
Everyone was a beginner once. We all have the extraordinary within us if we dare to take that first step,
