Jack Grundy Wight tri triathlete sponsored by Wightlink and Gamson Gray competed in the Blenheim Elite junior triathlon competition on the 3rd of June.The race was over the sprint distance of 750m swim, 19.3k bike and 5.2k run all set in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. The swim section began with a mass in the water start in the lake, this was completed in 10.32 minutes, the transition to bike did not go well with Jack being delayed as his bike had been knocked off the racks by another competitor. Despite the delay he managed a good ride of 33.59 minutes and the second transition went well allowing him a good start for the run which was finished in 21.56 minutes giving an overall time of 1.10.49 after transition times had been added and a position of 26th out of the 46 elite athletes who started the race
Blenheim Elite Junior Triathlon 2007: 03/06/07
Jack Grundy Wight triathlete sponsored by Wightlink and Gamson Gray competed in the Blenheim Elite junior triathlon competition on the 3rd of June 2007.
The race was over the sprint distance of 750m swim, 19.3k bike and 5.2k run all set in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. The swim section began with a mass in the water start in the lake, this was completed in 10.32 minutes, the transition to bike did not go well with Jack being delayed as his bike had been knocked off the racks by another competitor.
Despite the delay he managed a good ride of 33.59 minutes and the second transition went well allowing him a good start for the run which was finished in 21.56 minutes giving an overall time of 1.10.49 after transition times had been added and a position of 26th out of the 46 elite athletes who started the race.
Corus Elite National Series, Strathclyde Country Park, Glasgow, 27/05/07
Jack’s International Debut
Jack Grundy Wight tri triathlete sponsored by Wightlink and Gamson Gray was invited to compete in the Corus Elite National Triathlon Series, the first of which took part at Strathclyde Country Park Glasgow on the 27th May.
The starting lineup for this event included four world champions in the field of triathlon, and aquathlon and athletes from South Africa, France, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Jersey and the UK.
64 athletes started the race 9 failed to finish through injury, accident or cycle breakdown with one swimmer needing rescue from the lake after an injury.
The 750m swim started with a mass start from a pontoon with the swimmers channelled to swim under a narrow bridge before following the buoys in a square route back to the shore, into transition area to remove wet suits and get onto the bikes for the hilly fast 20k cycle course, Jacks swim time was not as good as he expected due to his start position on the pontoon but he did well on the bike to gain a few places.
After the cycle the transition area is used again to change for the 5k run which again was hilly from the start, again Jack managed to pass a few competitors and of the 55 that finished Jack achieved a position of 49th in 1hr 06m 21s which was an excellent result in this class of international event where Jack was one of the youngest competitors.
