British Relays, Holmbury
Was originally running for the 2nd team but Cherry got asked to run for INT so was promoted... Fairly nervous in the changeover pen as I knew that with Ben and Peter we could make the podium as long as I didn't mess up. Ben had a stormer to put me out 4th.
Chasing Malley to 1, but we had different gaffles and had a moment of panic whilst I worked out where I was. Punched just ahead of Ant Squire who'd already caught me. Hit the pit NE of 3 and took 5 seconds to work out where I was. Nailed it to 4 to catch Ant back up. He then led through the technical bit to 8. Tried pushing on a bit over the next few but navigation was slightly off and ended up punching the spectator control a bit behind. Went ahead again on 17 and this time held it as the next few controls were dead easy, struggled up the slope to 19 and handed over to Poo Boy with a small lead over NOC and a bigger one over SHUOC. Relieved to see I hadn't mispunched, and then amazed to hear Cherry had for INT. Peter did the job on the last leg to win by about 4 minutes in the end.
Probably not the most competitive British relay there's been, but still nice to get on the podium for the first time!
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