2010 Grendon Sprint Triathlon News Updates

Whilst writing this the sun has finaly shown it's face, so well done to all who braved the cool 12 degree waters, powered the 23k bike and sprinted the 2 lap 5k run course.  Provisional results are now online.  All queries will be forwarded to our timing team and results will be finalised by Thursday 13th May.  Any questions regarding qualification for either the 2010, 2011 European Championships or the 2010 World Championships need to be directed to the relevant BTF team managers and not us. 

We hope you enjoyed this years Grendon Triathlon and we look forward to welcoming a lot of you back to either the Little Beaver or the Beaver triathlon in just under 3 weeks time.

A quick update on the water temperature at Grendon Lakes.
Having just returned today, the waters are a very pleasant 14 degrees C. Whilst this is no guarantee of the water temperature for Sunday morning, we wanted to let all competitors know that at the moment, things are looking good.
This is the 9th year of the Grendon Triathlon and so far we haven't had to alter or cancel the swim course due to the water temperature (although we know that this doesn't guarantee anything).
The next water test will be on Sunday morning approximately 1 hour prior to the race starts. 

We are currently processing the Grendon Tri withdrawals that we have received over recent weeks.  When this had been done, we will be contacting individuals on the reserve list to see if they still want a place.  If you have not been contacted by this weekend (24th Apr) then, on this occasion, you have not secured a spot at the 2010 Grendon Triathlon.  As a consequence, we are not adding any further names to the Grendon Triathlon waiting list.

Entries for the 2010 Grendon Triathlon are now closed as we have reached our race limit.  If you have missed the entries and would still like to race, send an email to julie@justracinguk.com stating your name and date of birth and we will add you to a waiting list.  We will notify you if any places become available.

We are pleased to announce that our online entry fees have now been reduced form 4% to 2.5%.  This will apply to all online transactions.  There were a lucky 600 customers who weren't charged any online entry fees during the first week's launch of the new website (this wasn't intended as a promotion, it was just our mistake!).  We hope you enjoy using the new site, but remember any problems do let us know so we can ensure all is working as it should be.

We have been astounded at the response to this years Grendon Triathlon.  At the start of today we have only 20 places available.  The limit of 600 is there as we have to get all the swimmers in the water over a 30minute period, to avoid large groups of riders making a right turn at the start of the bike leg and crossing those cyclists who are finishing their bike leg, creating an unsafe area for all.  We have typically had 4 waves of up to 150 in each wave setting off every 10minutes.  Due to the huge demand for this event we are looking at ways we can accept more entries whilst ensuring athletes still have a safe and enjoyable event.  We will keep you posted, but expect to be closing entries either today or tomorrow.

As we head in to 2010 the Grendon Triathlon is the current hot potato as we are already almost 50% full.  The multiple status of this event is attracting competitors from all over the UK and promises to be a hotly contested Sprint Triathlon event.  All abilities are welcome and you do not have to be trying to qualify to enter this event.  See the event page about how to enter online.