POWER THE TRIO

RACE LIKE A BOY

“Running against guys is completely different to competing against girls,” observes Clark. “Guys just want to win, whereas girls might feel like they can’t push themselves because she’s trained more than me, she’s better than me, I should let her win. I still respect my competitors but I’ve adopted that [male] way of thinking.”

JUST EAT RICE

“When you’re eating rice, just eat rice,” says Groves. “It’s a weird thing to say but it’s like, if you’re doing something, just do it. Don’t overcomplicate it. I sometimes ask myself, what’s the rice in this situation? What’s the simplest version of what I’m doing, the first thing I need to do? And I do it.”

AUDIT YOUR ATTITUDE

“If we walk into training with a negative attitude, saying we don’t feel good or whatever, our coach always rips into us,” laughs Barratt, “because it 100 per cent affects how you perform. We spend hours a day with our heads underwater – there’s a lot of time to think – so there’s a lot of self-talk, positive or negative, and it can change in an instant.”