5th National Triathlon Title

Hi Everyone

Last Sunday, I won my 5^th National Triathlon Title. It was a very hard race. The bike course was very tough with a steep hill to be repeated 7 times and many false flats parts and it was really windy. The sea was so rough that the swimming course had to be changed in order to be safe for us athletes

I don’t like to swim in very rough sea but I wanted this title at all costs. I went immediately infront and surprisingly I was swimming very fast. I managed to open a gap and went out of the water first. After a good transition I immediately started pushing the bike to maintain my advantage but the course was not good for my characteristics and the wind was hampering my performance due to my small physique

However I was still riding strong and decided to slow a bit down the phase in the later stages of the bike to let my legs recover for the run. I had a pretty fast transition and went out in the run to consolidate the gap. I could not run comfortably at first. I was feeling the hard efforts on the bike so I set on a steady pace. As soon as I felt my felt better and that they were getting into the pace I pushed more and more even though it was very windy and managed to win my 5^th title of the year and my 5^th National Triathlon title in 2hrs 8mins.

I am very pleased with my performance. It’s always nice to win this race as it is the reason why I started triathlon. Thanks to this win, I won also the Triathlete of the Year Award for the 8^th time in my career beating my brother’s record of 7 wins. I would like to thank my coach Dermot Galea, my swimming coach Catalin Stan, my parents and my wife’s parents, my nutritionist Johanna Galea, and my masseur Owen Attard

I would like also to thank my sponsors Garmin Malta, BBB Cycling Malta, Challenge Malta Marathon, Jaycee Malta, Lucida Laundry, DGtri.com, Mochika Outdoor Life, , my club Birkirkara St Joseph, The Malta Triathlon Federation, Sportmalta and the Maltese Olympic Committee for the Constant Support. Most of all a big thanks goes to my wife Elizabeth for the constant support and for helping in performing well in such important events

That’s all for now

Yours in Sports

Keith

Winner of the BSJ Triathlon Series for the 8TH TIME

Hi Everyone

The season is coming to an end soon with the Grand Final Race on the 11^th October, the National Triathlon Championships. Last week we had the last Sprint Triathlon Race of the Birkirkara ST Joseph Triathlon Series. I was not that sharp for the race as I am peaking for the National Championships so I was not expecting much

Finally I had a very fast start in the swim. I managed to stay with the relay team swimmers who they were really pushing but I was happy as I had someone to push with. I went out of the water covering the 750m swim in 10.30. After a good transition I started the bike at a good pace. I was feeling strong but I was not going as fast as I wished. I managed to cover the 20km in 32.14 coming into T2 in first place. After another fast transition I started the 5km fast trying to increase my lead as much as I could. I had the best run of the day as well of 18.15 to win my 21^st races of the season in a time of 1.02.21

I am pleased with my performance as I was feeling very strong but I was not fast. After the race I talked to my coach and told me that its obvious since I had two very hard weeks and this race was just a training race for us. Still I felt good which gives me a good boost for the national Championships as I managed to set another record by winning this series for the 8^th time in my career and this was the 4th win in a row all in September. Abig well done to my athlete Annetto Schembri for posting a Personal Best by 5 mins in a space of just 2 weeks. Well done buddy

I would like to thank my brother/coach Dermot Galea, my swimming coach Catalin Stan, my parents and my wife’s parents,my nutritionist  Johanna Galea, my masseur Owen Attard, my sponsors Garmin Malta, BBB Bike Parts Malta, Mochika Outdoor life, Startbene 24/7, Challenge Malta Marathon and Jaycee Malta, the Malta Triathlon Federation, my club Birkirkara St Joseph, the Kunsill Malti ghall-isport and the Maltese Olympic Committee for the constant support. Most of all a big thanks goes to my wife Elizabeth for her great support and patience.

That's all for now

Yours in Sports 

Keith