Hi Everyone
On the 14th July I participated in the second
race of the Birkirkara St. Joseph Triathlon Series. At the moment my training
is focused on the race that I will be doing in Italy on the 4th
august so I wasn’t that sharp as I wished to be for this race but still wanted
to well and win the race and extend my lead in the series’ overall
classification.
I started the swim at a very strong pace. Went into the lead
immediately and I managed to open a good gap on my closest rival covering the
750m in 11minutes which was the best swim split of the day As soon as I started
the bike, I felt that my legs were still not in shape after the hard training I
did during the week. It took me a bit of time to get into a good rhythm. My rivals
were closing the gap behind and slipped to second place. However since I had
someone in front to aim was beneficial as I got into a good pace
In the middle of the bike segment I ended up between two
Arriva bendy buses. I lost a lot of time trying to overtake them and at one
point the bus in front braked and was going to get smashed in between. It was a
great risk. I kept calm and still kept on pushing. I came into transition area
in first place. I wanted to do a fast transition as I was on time of a personal
best. However I lost a lot of time trying to find my stuff. The athlete that had
my bike near mine put his bag on my running shoes and I lost a lot of time. I
covered the 20km in 29.41 which is a good time but I know I can do much better.
I started the run at a very fast pace. I wanted to do a
personal best and wanted to gain back the time lost. There were a few runners
of the relay teams in front of me so had a good target trying to catch them.
Half way through, I fell and hit my knee badly. I still continued running as
fast as I can but praying not to have any other mishap till the finishing line.
I finished the race in first place in a time of 59.34, still a personal best
time by 6 seconds. I managed to set the best running split of the day covering the
5km in 17.39
I am pleased with my performance but a bit disappointed as
with such a good weather I could have gone much faster if I had strong legs and
if I didnt had all those mishaps during the race. There are still two sprint
races to go so I still have another chance to go faster. I would like to thank
my coach Dermot Galea and my sponsors GARMIN MALTA, Starbene shop of Mosta and
BBB for their constant support. I would like to say a big thank you to my wife
Elizabeth for always coming to support me in every single race
That's all for now
Yours in Sport
Keith
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