orienteering race (Aust relays) 39:06 [4] 4.9 km (7:59 / km)
shoes: new Olways
Finally, a good run! I can't say how much happier this made me feel...
With Vanessa seconded to the Australian team for the A-NZ challenge, Susanne had recruited Clare Paynter (W20 from Darwin, at uni in Canberra) who was running her first-ever relay, into the Arrows team. Sus ran first and came back in just under 36 (nice one), Clare ran second and I expected that this might mean me, running 3rd, starting in the mass start, but wasn't too fussed by this. Ended up in good company because the mass start was only 90 min after the first start and so lots of 3rd leg runners went out at that time.
Felt way better running than I did yesterday (quiet evening with a bunch of Queenslanders watching the rain from a farmhouse at Nimmitabel must have been good for me) and was able to concentrate on being cautious, more so than Aislinn, who vanished over the hill ahead of me on the way to 4 and was never seen again, well not until she finished some minutes after me. Passed Phoebe here also, ran the rest on my own reasonably strongly, even enjoyed the rain as I crossed the open paddocks, and was pleasantly surprised to find I'd done 39.