A win in Marzamemi gives me the lead in the Sicily Triathlon Series

Hi Everyone

Recently I took part in the Second race of the Sicily Triathlon Series. The second race was a sprint distance triathlon held in the historic place of Marzamemi. The race which was organized by the Italian triathlon federation had the title of Sicily’s regional championships thus attracted a lot of high profile athletes including top professional Italian athletes enrico schiavino and Ennio Salerno who was the favorite to win the race

After not being in top shape in the first race in Pergusa last month due to sickness, I wanted to do a great performance. The race took long to start, almost an hour for the actual time and this ruined all the warm up done before, thus effected my start was slower than usual. I came out of the water few seconds behind the main group. Following a very fast swim-bike transition, I pushed the first kilometers of the bike and caught the leaders in the first lap. A group of five was formed who was leading the race. I made several attacks in the second lap and noticed that the others were struggling.

In the third and last lap, I made my move which proved to be the winning one. I attacked in the last uphill section. I manged to do the difference thus opening a good gap. I continued with this effort till T2 to increase the advantage as much as possible. Then went on to tackle the 5km run and managed not only to hold on to my advantage but managed to increase my lead to win the race in 59minutes 28 seconds and the lead in the general classification

I am very pleased with my performance. I did not expected to win the race but thanks to good race tactics and very powerful legs during the race help me to achieve a great result. Conditions were very difficult as it was very windy and the level of the race was very high and am really happy to have won such a prestigious race which helped me to bounce on top of the general classification. I would like to say a big well done to the organizers of the series for another high standard  race organization. A very big well done also  to my friend Micheal Gafa for his wonderful performance  in his first experience abroad with a personal best time. Well done mate and thanks for your support during the trip

I would like to thank my coach Dermot Galea, my swimming coach Catalin Stan, my parents and my wife’s family, my masseur Owen Attard and my nutritionist Johanna Galea,  his sponsors Garmin Malta BBB Cycling Malta, Jaycee Malta, Mochika Outdoor Life, Lucida Laundry, dgtri.com, Starbene 24/7, Team Barry Malta International Challenge Marathon, his Club Birkirakara St Joseph, the Malta Triathlon Federation, the Maltese Olympic Committee and Sportmalta for the constant support. Special Thanks also goes to Virtu Ferries and sportmalta who supported this trip.

That's all for now

Yours in Sports

Keith