Very hard stuff today. Thought it turned out slightly warmer than last year, but the running conditions were atrocious.

5hrs26 which while almost half hour slower than last year, given the conditions and the extra checkpoints, I was extremely happy with. The guys at the finish reckoned people were averaging nearly an hour slower, and around 20 people had already dropped out.

Believe I was 55th. If that turns out correct, then I would have been top 50 but for cramping up on the Pennines Way back in the valley.

Bleaklow was a dreadful trudge in today's conditions, and the final descent off Kinder was tough. Last year that descent was flat out in the better conditions, but this year every step into slush or thigh-deep snow.

Got to give credit to Ba-Ba, not just for winning, but starting off in t-shirt and shorts... What a mentalist...!!

Can't say enough thanks to the mountain rescue who manned the checkpoints... At least we were moving, they were stuck there all day.

Great start to the running year...

Pete