Quotes by Jonathan Brownlee - Page 1

I get up at 6:17 in the morning. I've timed it perfectly.
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Perfectly
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I'm a big gamer, so I love my PlayStation to switch off from triathlon.
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Gamer
Playstation
Switch
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Your hips get really stiff when you're stuck on a bike for several hours each day.
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Bike
Each Day
Hips
Stuck
Stiff
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To win a joint gold medal with my brother - that's the dream, to cross the line together.
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Brother
Gold
Medal
Cross
Gold Medal
Joint
Line
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I was almost expecting the Olympics to be the biggest thing ever, but it wasn't. It was just another race.
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Expecting
Olympics
Race
Biggest
Biggest Thing
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The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours come up and wish you well, it feels more personal.
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Olympics
Event
Neighbours
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Cycling into work every day is a brilliant way to add in extra training hours without feeling like you are taking up much time.
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Add
Brilliant
Cycling
Time Work Day
Extra
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Athletes can be a very stressy bunch. We like routine. I'm a very routined person. If something changes, I really don't like it.
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Routine
Athletes
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For any good course, you need somewhere beautiful to swim with a nice backdrop, some nice roads to cycle on, and a nice, fast run.
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Backdrop
Swim
Cycle
Roads
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I remember watching the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with my nose right up to the screen, knowing there and then that I wanted a sporting career.
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Olympics
Sydney
Nose
There And Then
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2014 wasn't my finest year. I was a bit inconsistent. I did too much training and got a bit overtired. It's the way I am, and sometimes I overtrain.
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Finest
Inconsistent
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It's great to have an honest course where you can use your strength. I swim 10 hours a week, I bike 20 hours a week, and I want to be able to show that.
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Bike
Swim
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I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.
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Olympics
Cycle
Million People
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Yorkshire weather can turn quickly. At one Auld Lang Syne race, it dropped to -16C. The frost turned everybody's hair grey. I couldn't take my shoes off, as my laces had frozen solid.
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Frost
Grey
Weather
Yorkshire
Dropped
Solid
Quickly
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The variety of training is a major selling point of triathlon. Different sports, different venues means it's always interesting, and you can always switch things round if the weather messes your plans up.
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Plans
Selling
Variety
Venues
Weather
Round
Messes
Switch
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During an open water swim, it's easy to lose your direction. With all the splash, it can be quite hard to see the next buoy, so I look behind it for something bigger, like a tree or a building, and aim for that instead.
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Aim
Bigger
Swim
Tree
Water
Buoy
Direction
Instead
Splash
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I was good at swimming until everyone started to grow. The best swimmers are really tall with great big shoulders, and that just isn't us. But then a big, powerful swimmer isn't going to be so good on the bike and the run.
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Bike
Shoulders
Swimmer
Tall
Best Good Great
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I support Leeds United, and like any fan, I dreamed of playing for them. I tried out at the club and also tried rugby and cricket, and triathlon didn't really become part of my life until I was 16 or 17 - but it was the sport I enjoyed most.
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Cricket
Leeds
Rugby
Dreamed
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In a triathlon, it's all about cycling in the most efficient manner. You need to save your energy for the run at the end, so you want to ride really efficiently and not waste your energy. The only way to do that is to spend a really long time on the bike.
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Bike
Cycling
Efficient
Long Time
Waste
Time Your Long
Time Long Energy
Time Long Your
Spend
Manner
Really Long Time
Ride
Save
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On the night before a triathlon, I normally eat something simple like a pizza. You know where you stand with pizza. It's not going to upset you or give you food poisoning, and it contains carbohydrates and a bit of salt, which is perfect before a triathlon.
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Carbohydrates
Pizza
Poisoning
Salt
Upset
Contains
Normally
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The school holidays were always an exciting time in the Brownlee household. This was the opportunity for my brother Alistair and me to escape from the classroom and enjoy the great outdoors. Our childhood was jam-packed with fun family games and activities.
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Classroom
Household
Time Family Great
Activities
Escape
Exciting Time
Family Time Great
Holidays
Outdoors
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The triathlon can be a very hard sport to train for. You see all the time when people try to improve - like their swim, for example: they train really hard for two to three weeks, and then when they go back to normal training, the swim goes back to where it was before.
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Swim
For Example
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Alistair made my goals feel more achievable. I remember him competing for Great Britain when he was 15, and he came back with his GB kit. I thought, 'Wow, I want a part of that.' Sportsmen can seem distant, like superheroes. Seeing my brother achieve that made me think I could, too.
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Achieve
Britain
Brother
Competing
Great Britain
Seeing
Great Me Remember
Distant
Sportsmen
Superheroes
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