Grant Gilbert
Grant is an age group triathlete and member of Team PureSport – Triathlon. Major sponsors, PureSport, Champion System, Merida and Vorgee, provide Team PureSport with optimal nutrition, equipment and attire to compete to the best of their ability.
Team PureSport – Triathlon is a collection of top-ranked age group triathlete’s from around Australia. They are every day people with regular jobs who find the time in their busy schedules to train and compete in triathlons. We are proud to have Grant as a part of our team. See his athlete profile below.
Blog Posts
| Athlete Profile | |
| Name: | Grant Gilbert |
| Age group: | 45-49 |
| Occupation: | Chocolate Maker |
| When and why did you start doing triathlons: | Started tri’s in 1996 to give my legs a rest from running all the time got hooked and have stayed in the sport |
| Most memorable sporting moment: | Cadel Evens winning the 2011 Tour De France |
| Greatest sporting achievement: | Winning my age group @ Noosa 2011 and 3rd place@ Gold Coast worlds in the sprint event |
| Favourite training session: | Run Session 2km warm up 10 x 400m 30sec break in between 2km warm down |
| Favourite race: | St Kilda Melbourne |
| Strongest leg in triathlon: | Bike |
| Individual PB’s in the past 2 years: | 1500 swim – 21.20 min 40k bike – 58.52 min 10k run – 36.40 min |
| Favourite sports person/s: | Cadel Evans |
| Your sporting goals: | To remain injury free and not to get any slower |
| Toughest course you have ever done: |
New Zealand 2003 world Champs Queenstown |
| Craziest sports event you have done: |
Mountain run Pomona King of the Mountain (QLD) |
| Favourite sports team: | Essendon football club (AFL) |
| Favourite sports gear brand/s: | Unanswered |
| Favourite sports store: | Rebel and Anaconda |
| Favourite foods: | Any type of pasta |
| Favourite movies: | Shawshank Redemption |
| Favourite drink: | Lemon Cordial/Water |
| Favourite music: | Simple Minds |
| Favourite PureSport flavours: | Workout – Lemon Lime Recovery – Lemon Lime |
| Your one wish: | To live along and happy and health life |
