“You shouldn't eat anything new on race days. Eat simple foods, and one...” — Alistair Brownlee Quote

“You shouldn't eat anything new on race days. Eat simple foods, and ones that you can easily digest.”

“We're proud Yorkshiremen: we grew up fell running, and we still do it whenever we can. I did my first fell race when I was 11. It was a Tuesday night race called the Bunny Run, on a windswept moor above Haworth, and the prize was a chocolate egg.”

“I did a term at Cambridge University studying medicine, so I could potentially have followed in Mum and Dad's footsteps and become a doctor.”

“I think my voice isn't that easy to digest.”

“The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone interviews and archival research and then the travelling.”

“I always try to have my supernatural or fantasy elements feel grounded in reality so they're easier for the reader to accept and digest.”