This page shows Phil Craze’s progress as he attempted to beat the indoor rowing record – it all started at 9am Thursday 12th May, and at 08:35 Friday 13th May he beat the age group record (307683m). At the end of the 24 hours, the overall record (313112m) had been beaten by 136m!
This is a 24 hour row in aid of the Stroke Association and the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Scotland. In the process, Phil is attempting to break the age group world record, which has been held for over ten years.
Both these organisations are important to me and if you’d like to support them too, then please visit my Stroke Association fundraising page or my MS Society fundraising page. Thank you in advance for your support.
Note from David T:
To answer all the questions about reading the graph: The pale blue line is how far Phil has done so far, and the red line is how far would be covered if he was matching the record pace (both are attached to the left-hand scale). The dark line is attached to the right-hand scale, and shows how far Phil is ahead of the record pace. I hope that helps make some sense of it!
lauretta
As i said earlier I never doubted you but to get the non age world record as well, brilliant. X
Steven Annett
Congratulations Phil!
It’s an incredible achievement!
Debs
Congratulations Phil, what an achievement! A very emotional moment when you broke the overall record. You’ve done yourself and your family proud!
Paul Buchanan
you’ll have to rename yourself as “Phil Amazin” ;o)
Kirsty Barratt
Well done Phil, knew you could do it. What record are you gonna break next? :-) Well done!
keith
Absolutely awesome. I hope at some stage you had the decency to break sweat – you were still cruising at 2.30 in the morning, a mere 18 hours into the event. Well done that man.
Phil B
Dedication. Dedication. Dedication.
That’s what you need.
If you wanna be the best,
and you wanna beat the rest.
Oo-ooh! Dedications what you need.
(Trumpet Solo)
Dedications what you need.
If you wanna be a record breaker. Record Breaker ooooooh!
Paul R
Truly truly awesome acheivement mate, and fantastic work for great charity causes. I never doubted for a moment that you would become a world record breaker. Emotional end to an epic journey for you. Congratulations!!
David T
My apologies to anyone that was unable to track Phil’s progress here as 09:00 approached – you all came close to killing the server!
Well done Phil for such a massive achievement – you are an inspiration to us all. In this world there are a great many people, and many great people, but only one Phil Craze!
Robert Snapper
Totally fabulous – Chapeau, chapeau, chapeau!
Robert Snapper
Totally fabulous! Chapeau, chapeau, chapeau !!!
les eke
Phil you’re a star! what an achievement!
michael
amazing – Phil Craze – World Record Holder – no need to mention any age group!! well done!!
Karen S
Well done Phil – what a great achievement. Nadia & I were honoured to row 500m each with you y’day lunchtime.
Strachs
Brilliant. Absolutely awesome achievement. Well done – now go and enjoy that cooked breakfast; I think you’ve maybe earned it!!
Gav
What an achievement Phil. Blew everyone away. What commitment and determination. I wish I could have been there to see you cross the finish line and experience the atmosphere.
Awe inspiring!!!
Nadia Kirkland
Fantastic Achievement Phil!!! Amazing – you dont see that every day at your Staff Entrance!!!!!!
Your a WORLD RECORD BREAKER – so emotional
Enjoy your weekend RECORD BREAKER!!!!
Nadia xxx
Tracy Stewart
Absolutely fantastic achievement(s). Blew my guesses out of the water.
Congratulations!
Bill Wright
Great day Phil – well done – you’ve just rowed the equivalent of Exeter to London and it’s a World Record!
Enjoy your well earned rest
Craig
Amazing achievement Phil, Well done
Colin Duffus
Fantastic achievement – awe inspiring!!
Donna McKenzie
What an amazing man! Well done you! Massive congratulations.
Fatty P
Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Show those younguns how it’s done. Amazing feat of strength and endurance from the big fella! We are proud of you! Hope you recover quickly – as you normally do! Iain, Jo, Annabelle, Alex and Isabelle.
John O'Donovan
Outstanding Phil, very well done!! Will grab an autograph next time I see you!! :)
Paul Buchanan
so now you’ve warmed up – you rowing in the 5k comp on Sat? ;o)
Caro
Well what a great way to wake up!!!! Lucs is going to tell all his friends at school… we will have to organise an autograph for him too!
Congrats again and enjoy the rest! ;-) lol
Graeme Cunningham
Amazing Phil! Enjoy your sleep!
Claire A
Congratulations! What an amazing achievement!
Enjoy your well deserved rest.
Mum
Could not believe that the site crashed on me, but worked out better as I phoned Catriona and heard all the support and spoke to Philip just after he finished. I was in tears with 6 minutes to go then was still not sure as the noise was unbelievable. Have since spoken to Philip and all well after my panic about him being looked after by the medical professionals.
WOULD YOU ALL NOT BE THE PROUDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD IF HE WAS YOUR SON?
UNBELIEVABLE TRUE GRIT AND DETERMINATION.
I am lost for words which is rare .
Mum
Thank you to everyone for supporting him through his row and making it an interactive experience.
Cat
I am so proud, he’s such an inspiration. An absolutely awesome achievement. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet in for him yet. He’s sleeping now (still not had that full English yet). His body is completely and utterly drained and he can barely move now but it was all worth it. He’s chuffed to bits as you can imagine and is so delighted with all the support. I’ve been relaying messages to him and he’s looking forward to reading them all. Thank you to everyone, the crowds really spurred him on for the last spurt when he really felt he had nothing left to give. He’s a wreck now but an extremely happy one and i’m just an emotional wreck!
Jen
Wowsers!!!! Absolutely amazing Phil well done!!!!
Lisa
Came down to watch you finish this morning and it was amazing, I was close to tears! What an amazing achievement, well done!!!
Lyndsey
My closest friend suffers from MS, thanks so much for doing this, truly inspirational.
No 1 Fan
Well done big fella!!
It was inspiring stuff to watch, every time you touched your limit your determination and sheer strength of will would push you to go even further, the mark of a true champion.
Gill MacD
Well Phil you truly did it – thank you for allowing all of us to share your achievements – its not often that you get to witness such a fantastic feat, there were more than a few tears when you finished – congrats to all the support team – they did an awsome job, you can expect many bowing and courtsaying at work when you pass ;O) happy recovery
Grant
Video of the final few minutes & the speeches afterwards for those who wanted to see it:
(Apologies for the terrible compression applied by YouTube which has degraded the picture somewhat).
M&M Oz
Wow Phil what a mighty effort. Congratulations on achieving your goal. (was there ever any doubt)
Pauline T
A view from the crowd of the final few minutes and the speeches:
Mick Butler
Thanks Grant, I couldn’t see what was going on from the back.
Phil Craze
Hi Guys,
For anyone checking in after the event. I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who left a message they were getting through to me on the day…and night, all of these helped to know that I wasn’t alone. I can’t believe we went global too.
Just to also let you know, I’m almost fully recovered, and will be back in the gym tomorrow more for a stretching session than anything else.
Phil