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Pharmaceutical phail today. I tried to replicate the cocktail from yesterday but must have missed a vital ingredient as it didn't work at all. Despite wearing my running clothes to the relay, l was a DNS and felt very ordinary. I decided to cut my losses and head back to Benalla. It was probably a good decision as l discovered l couldn't talk by the time l reached Young and both ordering dim sims and a conversation on the hands-free phone became impossible. Despite that, it was a lovely trip with glorious scenery - one section of particularly scenic canola crops was the site of a long row of cars with what looked like entirely Asian photographers taking photos of their girlfriends with the canola in the background.
Forgot to say how much l enjoyed the carnival. I loved the scenery around Hill End, enjoyed talking to people and was pleased to be consistently midfield.