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9. I’m no mountain goat, but I entered the famous Coast to Coast race in New Zealand, a bike-run-kayak triathlon, in 2006 and managed to come second.
(© Paul’s Camera Shop)

 

10. On the occasion of my grandfather Harry’s 100th birthday, with my mum and dad, brother, cousins, Rob (centre) and Tim, my aunt and uncle, Jen and Tom, and, seated, Grandad and Nanna Romey.

11. The Boss. Life was never boring with Brett Sutton around – the man who turned this nobody into a world champion.

 

12. You cannot be serious. Winning my first world title. No one can believe it, least of all me.
(© Rich Cruse)

13. One of the inspirational messages on the roadside at Ironman Australia. Also my screensaver.

 

14. In 2008, after my second world title, I pushed bikes where no bikes had been pushed before on a cycle tour through the Andean mountains in Argentina.

15. Here I am, taking my turn at one of the many river crossings.

 

16. Settling down for a night in the Andes: from left, my soul-mate Billi, Helen, me, Tina’s husband, Seba, his friend Ricardo (or ‘Rata’) and Tina.

17. In the hills outside Boulder.

 

18. Make sure you remember where your bike is. It’s one among thousands.
(© Jesse Hammond/Active.com)

19. The all-out brawl that is the start of an ironman.
(© Rich Cruse)

 

20. Out on the Queen K Highway during the 2009 World Championships, knifing through the unforgiving lava fields.
(© Rich Cruse)

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