The Durham Relays are a popular local lung-buster and at the short end of my range, being only 3000 m long and on mainly flat grass. We made our annual pilgrimage from Tynedale, this time managing 3 ladies' and 1 men's team.
Kirstie had a strong run on the first leg and brought us in well up the field, hanging on to the youngsters as best she could! I took over on leg 2 and quickly got into my running. I was pleased to overtake a couple of runners and felt strong throughout, although I was worried that fatigue might set in on lap 2.
Karen was away at speed and zoomed round her two laps, as usual. Kirstie & I scrutinised the finishers carefully to check whether they look as old as us or not!! We concluded that we looked the oldest team so far and hoped that we had won the vets relays.
As the results are complex, there's often a long wait so we've now found some lovely off-road cool down runs. Karen & I treated the Tynedale ladies to one of these - well I think they said it was a treat!!
Coffee and results time soon came around and we were delighted to be announced as NE Champions - yeah 👍
I also managed to sneak in some orienteering on Sat with Cutie who was super quick at spotting the controls on the yellow course. She was a 'winner', too ! Good practise for me and good fun for her.
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