When people aren't asking me about my brother Alistair's fitness – he's fine, by the way, and will be racing with me at Blenheim this Saturday – they often lob a gentle "How's everything going?" question my way.
To which I'm tempted to respond, well, in the last few weeks I've won two ITU world triathlon series races, completed my dissertation on Richard III and got a 2:1 in history from the University of Leeds, and bought a house.
I've certainly been busy, but with London 2012 less than seven weeks away, there's no letting up.
From now on I'll be training pretty much flat out for the Olympics – 35 hours a week, much of it at altitude, doing at least three sessions a day. Come 7 August, the date of the men's triathlon, it will hopefully have all been worth it.
I've known that I was going to be selected for the Olympics for nearly a year, after I finished on the podium in Hyde Park last August. Making London 2012 is the culmination of a series of small steps that started when Ali first came back with a Great Britain kit aged 14 – tri suits, T-shirts, the works. I was only 12 at the time but I remember thinking: "I want some of that."
At 14 I got on the GB triathlon programme and had my first race abroad, at 16 I competed in my first world championships and in 2010 I had my first senior race. When I first moved up to the seniors I was just an extra number, really, and I didn't feel part of what was going on. But I've quickly learned and, as my recent wins in San Diego and Madrid showed I can dominate the big races now.
That victory in Madrid a fortnight ago was pretty much the perfect race for me. It was a fast swim, which led to a small group of nine of us on the bike and we quickly built up a massive lead. This is the ideal scenario for me: I know there's less chance of a crash, who my rivals are, and also that I'm one of the quickest runners on the circuit.
On the run I went to the front quickly, established a gap, and moved away from the pack. People who watched the race on BBC2 last weekend would have noticed me slow down to walking pace for the last 15 metres or so before crossing the line.
It's a bit of a tradition in our sport – with the winner taking time to acknowledge the crowd's cheers. It's quite nice really. You don't often get the chance to do it because you've only got a two- or three-second lead so I thought, why not?
Because Ali has been injured I've had a bit more pressure on my shoulders, but to be honest I've enjoyed it. It's good for me that I've gone into races without just thinking my brother is going to win. Winning races is a skill, and it's one I'm getting better at. London will bring its own challenges but ultimately a race is just a race, even if it is for the Olympic title.
The plan now is as follows: do the sprint race at the GE Blenheim triathlon and a world triathlon series event in Kitzbühel in a fortnight's time, then a month of hard altitude training at St Moritz, before coming back a couple of weeks ahead of the Olympics.
London is going to be massive, and I can only imagine what the atmosphere will be like. As it is, we're getting used to being recognised more because we're on the Yorkshire phone book.
At first it felt a bit strange to have old ladies and people in the pub asking you to sign their phone book, but actually it's really sweet and shows what people in our village are like.
They are excited about London 2012 and so am I. The Olympics is something everybody understands. Instead of the world series, with races spread out over the season and points awarded for each event, it boils down to one race, all or nothing, and whoever crossing the line first wins. A lot can happen until then, but right now I'm exactly where I want to be.
Jonny Brownlee is a BT ambassador. Visit www.bt.com/london2012
