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Small fell relay race locally yesterday, I was down for leg 3 in the B team.
Arrived 45mins ahead of leg 1 setting off and ate sandwich on way up hill to register.
Some no shows, so promoted to leg 1 in hope folks arrive later... half mile / 10 min warmup then off we went, felt very sluggish but found a place in the pack, hr was through the roof but it's shorter than patkrun so no worries. The course was basically up up up down up down down down but I struggled to find lines on the rockier downs so lost a few places.
Mid pack finish and went to get ready for a bit of spectating. Stung by wasp. Folks clearly likely not turning up, so agreed to be ready do leg 4. Two slices of maltloaf & a swig of coffee then off I went again about 55mins after I'd first finished.
So much easier, knowing the route the up up up was over very quick then I knew which downs I could run versus tip-toe. Got back 90s quicker than leg 1 which was way more than I'd hoped for. A good day.
The event is usually mixed Road & Fell legs but the council refused use of the road loop, the 4 x fell format worked great too I thought.