I did expct it to be a lot wetter than it was, given the rain over the past couple of days, but as you say the threat of it presumably kept the numbers slightly low

I'll admit to making the mistake of starting too far back,as I was stood with my (3) club-mates, so immediately lost time

A shoelace that worked its way undone at the top of the climb to the farm-track, despite being double-knotted, didn't help much either

I didn't fancy losing the shoe & trying to run in my sock over those stones on the dop to the finish line

All three of my club-mates received PBs though, so they're happy!