Fabio Spiteri Pushes Through Ankle Injury In Last 142Km Of The Deca Run
Maltese ultra athlete Fabio Spiteri is pushing through an ankle injury to finish the last 142 kilometres of the insanely challenging 10x Ironman.
“Each step, although painful, is inching me closer to that finish line, and believe me when I say we’re getting there!” Fabio wrote on Facebook.
Two days ago, Fabio had to resort to walking some of the 422-kilometre run. However, after resting and treating the injury, he was able to turn the walk to a light jog and then a full-on run once again.
According to his team, the injury is stabilising as his blisters are being cared for and his ankle is massaged every couple of hours.
The athlete has been up since 3am, giving the race his all to “make up for lost time”.
“Today, there is no time to rest.”
Currently nine days in, this race consists of a 38-kilometre swim, a 1,800-kilometre bike ride and a 422-kilometre run.
Fabio decided to embark on this superhuman challenge to raise money for animal shelters. His ultimate goal is to raise €100,000 to help support these shelters which rely solely on donations.
Fabio has been uploading regular updates to his social media, and yesterday, he wrote a short yet heartfelt tribute to late teen athlete Jake Vella who also dedicated his life to raising money for animals.
“I know you’ve been watching over me this race, and if you were still here we would have had a couple of calls as per usual during my races.”
“Me and you together Jake, till the very last step my dear friend.”
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