I’m IN. Selected for Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Hi Everyone,

Finally I made it. I am selected for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games which will start on the 23^rd July. I am so happy that after 3 years of hard training I made it to represent Malta in such a high level event.  I started training for this selection since November 2011 and from then on I never looked back. The training I started doing was very different and harder than I used to do before. Thanks to the KMS 20/20 Elite Scheme I started training 3 times a day reaching a training load of 30 hours per week.

During these years I improved a lot and established myself as the top Maltese triathlete by winning  2 Triathlon titles, 2 Duathlon title, 2 Birkirkara St Joseph Triathlon Series, a Triathlete of the year award, 1 MOC Bronze Award and 1 MOC Special Merit Award. I also managed to establish myself as one of the top Maltese long Distance Runners, Cyclists and also in open water swimming.

Thanks to the training I have been, My Results abroad improved a lot. I was crowned Under 25 European Triathlon Champion in 2012, Bronze Medallist in the European Triathlon Championships in 2013 (AG 25-29 CATEGORY), 2^ND overall Sicily Duathlon Championships (1^st under 25 category), 1^st in San Vito lo capo Triathlon, 1^st in Cyprus International Triathlon, 8^th in Ecternach Luxembourg TCSSE, 22^nd in Gamrin Cernobbio Triathlon, 35^th in World Triathlon Championships (130^th overall out of 1500) and 5^th in Mediterranean Cup triathlon 1 Series in Avola

During these last three years I also managed to break numerous records. I set a new National Record of an Olympic Distance Triathlon of 1hr 57mins, I broke the Course Record of the Club’s Sprint Distance Triathlon which was set by my brother in 2006 and also broke the Course Record of the National Triathlon Championships which was set by my brother way back in 2002

Now am focused on the Commonwealth Race which will be on Thursday 24^th July. The Race venue is Strathclyde Country Park. I am really looking forward for this race as it’s a dream come true being on the same starting line of Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee and His brother Jonny who is a bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics. I promise that I will train much harder than before in order to produce a great performance in Glasgow.

This Target was achieved thanks to my brother coach Dermot Galea, my swimming coach Catalin Stan, my parents and my wife’s parents for their support. Thanks so much to my sponsors Garmin Malta, BBB bike Parts Malta, Jaycee Malta, Malta Challenge Marathon, and Starbene Shop of Mosta for their support, my club Birkirkara St Joseph. Thanks a lot to the Malta Triathlon Federation who played an important role to get Malta Triathlon in these Games. A Big thanks to the Malt Olympic Committee for believing in my abilities. Last but not least a big thanks goes to my wife Elizabeth for being by my side throughout these years helping me to achieve this lifelong target.  . Here support is fundamental for me and without I am not the good athlete that I am today and without here I would not have achieved this qualification.

The Journey was long and tough. I had to go through many challenges but I never lost faith. I never gave up and never stop believing in my abilities. As Rocky Balboa says “It isn’t how hard you hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forwards, it’s how much you can take and keep moving forwards, that’s how winning is done”

That’s all for now

Yours in Sport

Keith