Surround yourself with positivity: Jake Birtwhistle: - a podcast by Helen Murray

Back in 2010, Jake Birtwhistle earmarked the Tokyo Olympics as his year. The Australian was 15 years old at the time and hadn’t yet fully committed to triathlon.
A decade on andthe now 25-year-old heads into the Olympic year as one of the World’s best triathletes. He counts the likes of Mario Mola and Vincent Luis amongst his training partners and in 2019 he picked up his first victory on the WTS circuit, with a win in Leeds. You wouldn’t want Jake chasing you down off the bike in Tokyo - this star comes from a strong running background and was crowned Australian junior champion 11 times over middle-long distance events.
You'll hear:
*How he progressed naturally into triathlon from running*Why it’s so important to find the perfect training environment in order to be a successful athlete
*The possibility of long distance triathlon star Cam Wurf going to the Olympics as a domestique for Australia*About his passion for photography…but not for baggage charges
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INTERVIEW TIME LINE* (not the whole episode)00:00 coming from Tasmania and working on Joel Filliol to bring the squad over the Tassie!
00:00 – his background in running and doing bits of athletics and progressed naturally through a school cross country race, then the regionals and then the Australian championships, which he did from the age of 10. “It was like on no training, I was pretty fit, just from running around all of the time.My coach was setting me swimming and biking as cross training as he didn’t want me to do too much running and that progressed really naturally to get me into...

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