How did you even, what was the kind of first steps? You just did the training and then you were like, okay, well, I'm going to go

for it.

Yeah, literally.

I look back now and I think, There was an element or a big element of having absolutely no idea what I was taking on, which meant there wasn't the level of fear that I sometimes feel now that I understand the market and I understand you know, the challenges of the work.

It was more like, oh, I'll give it a go and let's see.

It'll be fine.

And I think, you know, over the years, I've since discovered I'm autistic and have ADHD.

know,

So tell us a little bit about how you got into bike racing in general and some of your background with racing bikes.

Yeah, of course.

So actually growing up, we did a little bit of cycling when my sister and I were super little, mum and dad would take us out.

But I used to hate it.

So I used to have a little seat on the back of dad's bike and it was a great time.

Like he would just, he'd go so fast on the trails and I'd just sit there and have a good time.

But then yeah, my sister, younger sister came along and um they bought me a bike and she got to sit in the seat and i was quite a lazy kid so then i had to pedal and i was struggling to keep up and she just you know smirked down at me like haha i gotta sit up here now so after that i never really enjoyed it um and then yeah when i was six i started inline speed skating So yeah, that was a huge thing in my hometown, Timaru.

You've mentioned some of your sponsors here and there throughout this, but do you want to shout out a list or any other thank yous that you want to do? Yeah, I'd love