Firstly congratulations on becoming Sprint Distance World Triathlon Champion, how did it feel when you crossed the line?
It felt absolutely amazing, in the last kilometre of the run, the 9 months training I had done in preparation for the race flashed through my mind. I finished and in my joy I let an almighty roar out (which most people back in the UK probably heard) and I can just remember not feeling any pain in my legs or lungs but pain in my face from smiling so much. Many of my friends and family had travelled over to Budapest to watch and the atmosphere was electric at the finish line. Most of my friends and family were more ecstatic than I was, it took a while for the win to really sink in, but when I saw my coach, mum and dad running towards me at the end like crazed football fans and lifting me up on their shoulders and carrying me around… it sort of sank in then. Your time was simply amazing, you won by almost 2 minutes against the best age groupers in the world, how did you manage to win by such a great margin? 13 months prior to the World Champs in Budapest I did my first serious triathlon
