"I can tell you a true story mate, in my Hawaii Ironman debut in 2002, I found myself off the front on the bike. I was like a little excited kid. Sean and I were supposed to be doing this, and here i was riding up to Havi with two guys we had watched on TV for years. These were two of our favourite triathletes mate and I was a little in awe of them both. It was Thomas Hellriegal and Jurgen Zack. Both big superstars in my eyes. We had dropped the main pack and were about 6 minutes infront at this point. As we were coming up to Havi, I remembered our talk about leading the bike at Havi. Sean and I would argue about who was going to make the turn first, him or me. Thomas Hellriegal was infront of me, and i had not said a word to either of these guys in the whole race. I rolled up alongside Thomas, and asked really politely if I could lead around the turn at Havi. He looked at me really strangely and said yes. Mate I made that turn at Havi first, looked up to the sky and said mate we have done it. That is no shit mate. It was one of the most special times in my life."
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