Helen Glover's day starts at 4:30 in the morning.
That's when she's joined in bed by two-year-old Logan. By 5am, Helen and husband Steve are up and playing with one-year-old twins Kit and Willow.
Then she goes for a 90-minute session on the lake at Caversham. If she has time, she'll have breakfast at the British Rowing centre or return home to 'be mum again for a bit.'
Glover's second session of the day might be on the water, or a weights session. She's then home in time for the three kids to wake up from their nap.
She fits in a third session around them, on the exercise bike or lifting weights while Steve watches the kids. Then it's bed, bath, and crash.
"It's really easy to see the negatives, less sleep, less time to recover," says the 34-year-old.
"But when you come home, you leave work at the lake and forget about training. Playing, laughing, going for walks - it's a great reset."
She continues: "Home is a reminder of why I do it. I come home really tired, look at the three kids and think: 'I really want to make you proud.'
"Then there are days when things aren't going so well and think: 'it doesn't matter how I've been rowing, it matters how I've been as a mum.'
"It's a whole perspective on sport and life that I didn't have pre-London, or pre-Rio."
Elite sport is about controlling the controllables. But there is no playbook for what Glover is attempting to do.
It has never been done. No woman has come back onto the British Rowing team and returned for the Olympic Games having had children.
Then again, no woman had won a rowing Olympic gold for Team GB until Glover and Heather Stanning opened the floodgates at London 2012.
Sand pit ✅ Wendy house ✅ Mud kitchen ✅. All the high performance elements..
— Helen Glover (@Helenglovergb) March 11, 2021
Hiding from the stormy weather while I #workfromhome 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/r8zXk9GpQs
The double Olympic champion will go in search of a third title in Tokyo (and winning Olympic gold at three separate Games is something no British woman, in any sport, has ever done) - but with Logan, Kit and Willow, Glover already has the three she needs.
"Approaching London and Rio, I was all about winning the gold," she says. "Now, that result doesn't matter as much.
"It's about showing my children, other parents and other kids that it's possible. I want to pave the way for other women behind me to do the same.
"It's a different motivation, but one that's more exciting than just driving for that result."
Glover wouldn't be in the position she is today without her own mother, Rachel, who pointed her towards the UK Sport Sporting Giants scheme that brought her into rowing.
She can now speak from experience and talks of fellow mothers with genuine admiration.
"It's so tough being a parent, it's so incredibly hard," she said.
"I'm a two-time Olympian, and I can say the hardest thing I've ever done is being a mother.
"Mums that have been through the last year with children, I salute them. They're all absolute heroes.
"Keep doing a great job and keep being excited about what there is out there. Being a parent is exciting and tough, but you can still follow your passion."