🇲🇹 Ultra Marathon in Malta: Country #2, Malta

Country #2 - Completed!

23rd December 2025

Country number two of Run for Voices took place in Malta, and it tested me in a completely different way.

This run started in St Julian's, and headed north along the coast, climbing steadily toward St Paul’s Bay. From there, the route turned back south, looping through hills and coastal roads before finishing the full 50 kilometres.

Although it was late December, the conditions felt far from winter. The weather was warm and humid, and while people were sunbathing along the beaches, I was running. That contrast alone made this run mentally challenging from the start.

Physically, this was one of the toughest runs so far.

I had completed my first ultra marathon in London just a week earlier and hadn’t fully recovered. From around the 10km mark, I started feeling persistent pain in my left knee after a small fall earlier in the run. The discomfort never fully disappeared, and it meant that from early on, this became a run about managing pain rather than pace.

The first part of the journey, however, was shared. Marek, a friend who lives in Malta, joined me for the opening 3 kilometres. Having someone there at the start helped settle the nerves and made those early kilometres feel lighter.

As the distance grew, the run unfolded through beautiful coastal views, long climbs, and quiet roads. The scenery was stunning, beaches, open sea, and warm sunsets, but the effort behind it was relentless. Every kilometre required focus. There were moments when slowing down felt inevitable, but stopping was never an option.

Despite the heat, the hills, and the pain in my knee, I made it back.

Crossing the 50km mark in Malta didn’t feel triumphant, it felt earned as it established the end of another Ultra Marathon.

This run reinforced an important lesson early in the Run for Voices journey: not every challenge will be met under perfect conditions. Some will arrive when the body is tired, when recovery is incomplete, and when doubts appear much earlier than expected.

But Country #2 was completed.

50 kilometres.

Country #2, Malta. 🇲🇹

Done.

Two countries down.

Many more ahead.

Follow the journey on Instagram. @giuseppe_miuccio