After 2 weeks of rain the Groughs on Kinder (yes they still exist) were glutinous, sufficient to slow runners down on this the 71st running of the race, returning to the classic version. A time near to 31/32 minutes was expected, and it's likely, judging from reports of Tom's descent time (3:03) that he was about a minute down at the knoll, but in the end he was a mere 8 seconds adrift. An absolutely superb run that with drier conditions would have seen a time around 29 minutes.