A big apology to everyone as the website has been neglected the last year or so, I have been at University and have found it hard to keep up with training and university work. I have now graduated from university of Bath with a 2.1 in sport performance, which I am very happy with. I am now living back on the Isle of Wight and using it a training base, which is working well, with lots of open water swimming, squad swimming, training with the run squad and cycling on my own. I am finding the island terrain and scenery the perfect way to start my hard years training, I am now looking to train fulltime but also pursue a career in Triathlon coaching.
I recently signed for a division 3 triathlon team in the French grand prix who were the promoted to division 2. This was great new however the difference in standard is massive, giving me an aim and target for the year.
My next up and coming races are the national aquathon champs (750m swim, 5k run) in Salford, Manchester this weekend the 17th of July. I am then flying out the following weekend to the French grand prix in les seaton and then the next major race planned is London Elite triathlon on the 8th of august.
Here are some recent articles on my progress this year :
Jack Grundy’s season is slowly improving after a terrible winters training. During the winter, Jack suffered a bad cycling accident which resulted in him dislocating his wrist; this put jack out of full training for nearly two months. After the injury Jack acknowledged that his form will be constantly improving as the race season went on.
The last two races have helped demonstrate his form is still improving and will hopefully continue.
Windsor 13th of June
The race was held at Windsor, which was an elite series race attracting an international field. The Windsor triathlon was Olympic distance consisting of a 1500m swim, 40k bike and 10k run. The race started well with Jack swimming 20. 52 against the river Thames current. Unfortunately, Jack missed a break in the field half way through the swim, and was unable to bridge the gap, leaving him being in the second cycling group. The bike went well with jack doing a large amount of the work within the group and slowly picked up trailing small groups ahead. Jack came into transition with a pack of twelve riders, and went on to the 10k run. He started the run off steady but struggled to make any impact upon the field. Overall , Jack finished 9th in the under 23’s and 28th overall.
St Jean De Monts 24th of June
Jack recently this year signed for a semi professional triathlon team in the France Grande prix league. The French Grand Prix is the most competitive league in the triathlon world, drawing athletes from all over the world to race. The Grand prix was based in St Jean De Monts on the west coast of France on the 26th of June. The triathlon was a sprint distance consisting of a 750m sea swim, 20k bike and 5k run. The swim was a non wetsuit swim, and started on the beach with 93 competitors on the start line. The Swim was made hard with a cross wind pushing swimmers off course and size of the field making it a fight to get round each buoy. Jack swam well coming out the water 1st in his team by over a minute and top 20 for u23’s. He then went onto the bike with a pack of 20 riders with the bike course consisting of an out and back route along the sea front with 6 roundabouts each lap. This made the bike section very technical and aggressive with lots of attacking opportunities. Jack came into transition with the main pack, and went onto the run which was made tough by the soaring temperatures, reaching 33 degrees. He held his position on the run and finished 28th overall in the u23’s and second for the team. This was a big improvement in performance in one of the toughest fields Jack has competed in yet. He would not be able to compete at this level without the help and support of his coach Geoff Watkins and sponsors total fitness Bath & Gamson Gray.
Blenheim 6th of June
Blenheim elite sprint triathlon, was jacks first major race of the season. While in transition there was announcement that the swim would be a non wetsuit swim, which was a great surprise to the field. The swim was held within the grounds of the palace in a lake. The swim went well for jack with him coming out on the bike in the second main pack. Although after one lap of the bike another athlete in the pack braked hard and cause jack to touch there wheel, he was forced to steer off the course to stop himself coming down in the group. Once jack had made his way back onto the course the group was long gone. This then resulted in jack riding on his own for one lap, this disheartened jack and as he had run on his too. He carried on working trying to catch the group he lost and knew that this race will give him points in the elite British series. Jack finished 28th overall and 9th in the under23’s. jack was not happy with the result but was pleased with his determination to finish after his crash.
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