Phillip Graves
Phillip Graves is a triathlete who also is racing in UK time trials. After a a poor season last year. He rode onto my radar winning the second round of the Rudy project TT series. He went on to win two more rounds in a row taking the lead of the series.
That was led to a stunning performance in the UK Ironman 70.3, which he won. Followed by the full Tri UK Ironman win, earning him a place in the Hawaii Ironman World championships.
For those who don’t know an Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile Marathon run to top it off. astonishingly Graves finished the UK event in 08:45:52.
As part of the buildup for Hawaii he won the Team Swift 100 mile TT in 03:33:56 beating Best British all Rounder Nik Bowdler and holding an average speed over 28 mph.
For me 100 miles is a great endurance feat but an Ironman is much more and racing it all the way.
Good luck Graves.
And finally, he is aged just 20, this extremly talented young man has a great future.
Tags: Hawaii, Ironman, Philip graves, triathlon
September 10, 2009 at 7:29 am |
endurance builds with age and this guy is only 20! If he can stay injury free for a few years he could be really really special..