In Phil Goss we have picked up a frustrated marathon runner, who after several injury-marred attempts at training for a marathon, turned to triathlon last August and loved it.  Scheduled to do his second Olympic distance this Sunday at Windsor (if he can fix the big hole in his wetsuit!), Phil has moved onwards quickly from his first sprint tri a year ago.Phil states his tri career (all 365 days of it) highs and lows as:  being in Ali Brownlee’s wave at Abu Dhabi in March (Phil’s wife spoke to him at the end, but by the time he rolled in he’d showered, had his lunch and left) and getting sick from swimming in the Thames.

Just one tip for Phil… don’t mention your life long football playing to coach Yeo, but we all love your season’s goal and perhaps should make it a team one: ‘to burn enough calories to offset a dangerously high cake intake.’