Well, the race was today. I targeted a sub 7 minute time, and set the GPS for a 3:57/km pace and thought if I beat that then I would be right. Unfortunately the course is slightly longer so I think I did 7:08 (last I checked the official results weren't up) which matches last year.
As last year was a first leg (no baton handover to take into account and slightly shorter in theory) and I matched that time, that's OK though.
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Untitled I felt better physically on the run than in the past (in terms of being out of breath and tired during the middle to latter part of the run) so maybe could have gone a shade faster. I found the final sprint quite easy.
OTOH by the finish my HR had climbed to 189 bpm so I was clearly pushing myself hard.
When I came in to the handover the announcer said we were top 10 so we may have a top 10 finish. I took one place on my lap but the final runner lost one* so it depends how far inside the top 10 we were.
* He got passed twice but retook one of them. He jogged round in fancy dress in parallel with the 1st lap of our team. That probably took a bit out of him.