Annette Bell ran the opening leg for the Wellies and battled against high winds and a splitting headache to hand over in 75th place out of 92 starters in a time of 17 minutes 59 seconds.

As Cat Foley set off on the second leg, the heavens opened and a downpour began that went on for over 8 hours.  Undeterred, she pressed on and gained 19 places for the team to hand over in 56th position having run an excellent time of 16 minutes 38 seconds for the 4314m lap.

The third leg was taken by Rowena Harrison, who gained a further 8 places for the team having run 17 minutes 22 seconds (a big improvement over last year) and handed over in 48th place.