Idol Kipchoge giving Yee a London lead

ALEX YEE has spent the past four months preparing for the unknown.

- By Alan Smith

And triathlon's most decorated Olympian knows no amount of training can replicate the feeling of haring down Birdcage Walk at this Sunday’s TCS London Marathon.

Yee's nerves are building as he counts down to a 26.2mile debut that is a "lifelong dream". But he is already beginning to sound like idol Eliud Kipchoge as he weighs up a crack at the “magical distance”.

Yee said: "Everyone says you come out the other side potentially a different person to who you were before.

"Time goals can be the be all and end all but, fundamentally, we're doing it as a personal journey. Make sure that the enjoyment factor is at the forefront of your mind."