Kammala wannan jumla: Farkon shekarar 1998 ba shi da kyau ga Turland. Yayin da take kan hanyar zuwa gasar a
1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ta sami rauni a kan babur a Rome kuma ta ji rauni. Duk da cewa kafafunta sun kasance a cikin gyare-gyare na wata guda, ta sami damar komawa aiki bayan 'yan watanni. Babban aikinta ya zo ne a Wasannin Commonwealth na 1998 da aka gudanar a watan Satumba a Kuala Lumpur. Ita ce mafi tsufa da aka zaba a tawagar 'yan wasan Australia a taron. Turland ta yi gasa a cikin tseren marathon kuma ta yi nasara tare da gudu na awanni 2:41:24 <unk> lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta kasa da kasa a lokacin da take da shekaru 38. Ta jagoranci Ostiraliya 1 × 2 gamawa, kamar yadda Lisa Dick ta kasance mai tsere na biyu kimanin dakika 20 a baya. Wannan ya sanya ta zama 'yar Australiya ta biyu da ta lashe taken, bayan Lisa Martin wacce ta lashe taken farko biyu a kan wannan nisan. An ba Turland "The Don" a Gidan Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Gasar Marathon ta Nagano ita ce marathon ta farko a shekarar 1999 kuma ta gudu a karo na biyu mafi sauri a cikin aikinta (2:36:26 hours) don kammala na biyar a tseren kuma ta sami zaɓi don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1999. A watan Yuli ta yi daidai da rabin marathon na sirri a Townsville Running Festival. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ba za ta iya daidaita ayyukanta na baya ba kuma tana cikin farkon waɗanda suka fice daga tseren marathon, jim kaɗan bayan ƙetare alamar rabin hanya.