Although you may well have seen Helen at an event, or on TV, for this post we wanted to delve a little deeper into the person behind the athlete and give you ten things you may not have known about Helen Jenkins – the former World Champion triathlete… so here goes!
- Helen had the same key ring on my race bag (a hippo) from 2008-2016.
- Helen paints her nails before every race.
- Helen likes to write a new plan of what she is doing before every race – time to get up, go to race, warm up
- Helen didn’t start cycling and running training until she was 15 years old
- Helen loves training!
- Helen doesn’t like coffee – probably the only triathlete ever to not like it!
- Helen loves Great British Bake off and is a closet “Trekkie” who has watched every episode of Star Trek she can!
- Helen loves food and serves salad with nearly every meal she cooks.
- Helen had a lower back fusion in 2018 and has 6 screws and plates in her back now.
- Helen loves dogs.
