Name: Gavin Spiers
Date of Birth: 11 May 1982
Born: Auckland, New Zealand
Live: Palmerston North, New Zealand
Occupation: Aircraft Technician in the Air Force
Years in Triathlon : 1
Triathlon History: 2008 Tauranga Half
PB at the Half: 4hrs 48min
Coach: Graham Park
Favourite place to train: Coromandel
Training Schedule: Trying to complete what Graham dish's out each week.

Favourite Music: Alexis on fire, Pennywise, Millencolin
Favourite Movies: Most Adam Sandler movies- that guy cracks me up.

Most enjoyable part of training: Run sessions because I did fair bit of running before I started doing triathlons
Least enjoyable part of training: Brick sessions, especially when I first started training for tri's (I find them slightly more enjoyable now)

2008 Season Goals: Having fun whilst improving my fitness and doing more races.

Other Sports: Bodyboarding and snowboarding
Hobbies (other than triathlon): Fishing
Dream Sporting Trip: Boat trip around Indonesia, getting good waves and having good times.