Keith Galea finishes in sixth place at the Bedford Classic

Galea had a good, solid swim covering the 1,600 metres in Bedford’s lake in 23 minutes, 37 seconds. At this stage the Birkirkara St. Joseph triathlete was in 7^th place.

A couple of mishaps on the bike course, caused due to the non-traffic free routes and inefficient marshalling, hampered the local champion’s performance.  However he still managed to climb a couple of places with a bike segment of one hour, six minutes, 9 seconds over the 42 kilometres.

His efforts to make up for lost time on the bike, did not help Galea’s cause in the final 10-kilometre run.  His time of 37 minutes, 8 seconds in this segment, relegated him back to sixth place.  It was here that he also lost the top spot in his age-group, finishing the race in two hours, eight minutes, 22 seconds.

One hundred and thirty-five triathletes took part in this race which was won by Robert Brundish of the Tri London Club in a time of two hours, one minute, 45 seconds.  First woman to finish the race was Esther Rodriguez of the Cambridge Triathlon Club in two hours, 24 minutes, 11 seconds.