Sub 4 hour IM bike split

Good to hear a young athlete setting himself tough goals for the future! -

http://www.tri247.com/article_5624_Philip+Graves%3A+UK+Ironman+70.3+video+interview.html?region_id=&category=

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/sports/watch/v18840604JWsEjK7n#

FWIW, 2 guys went under 4h in Roth (both part of a relay though)…
Fastest went 3h57.

Jesus…that is freakin’ hauling!

Really: I am guessing they are fairly usefull domestic riders from their countries.

I see Philip Graves is currently leading IMUK at mile 10 of the run - It will be interesting to see if he can hold it all together in the final stages of the run. Maybe britain might have a Male winner at IMH in a few years time.

I see Philip Graves is currently leading IMUK at mile 10 of the run - It will be interesting to see if he can hold it all together in the final stages of the run. Maybe britain might have a Male winner at IMH in a few years time.

He won in 8:45.52, second Stephen Bayliss, third Jarmo Hast.
Philip Graves splits: S 00:51:09 T100:03:21 B 04:57:23 T200:01:42 R 2:52:19

FWIW, 2 guys went under 4h in Roth (both part of a relay though)…
Fastest went 3h57.
They both passed me really fast (my bike split was 5:13). They were about 17 minutes faster than Norman Stadler. More impressive maybe was the kenyan running the (relay) marathon in 2:17 ( he passed me too :slight_smile:

One of our club members use to be a 2:15 marathon runner in his running hayday. It is rather sick when he tells you about going through 10k marathon splits in 31mins and how he use to run 2:20-2:30 marathons in training.

I see Philip Graves is currently leading IMUK at mile 10 of the run - It will be interesting to see if he can hold it all together in the final stages of the run. Maybe britain might have a Male winner at IMH in a few years time.

He won in 8:45.52, second Stephen Bayliss, third Jarmo Hast.
Philip Graves splits: S 00:51:09 T100:03:21 B 04:57:23 T200:01:42 R 2:52:19

Guess its a course record - being that it a new course - An impressive debut for the 20 year old. Obviously this bike course is fairly tough like the old IMUK course.