BBB - I can vouch for Tulips. She recognised my race number at the start and we plodded (or swam) round together. She finished a few seconds ahead of me. By the time we finished, the rain had washed away the finishing line, we ran too far and the marshalls had to tell us to stop running, as we'd made it! Good job ... we'd have been in Durham otherwise.
Actually, I think the marshalls and police deserve thanks for standing in that torrent.
I got home ready to flop on the sofa with a cuppa only to discover that, as I'd left the bedroom window open, the force of the rain had washed all the soil from my windowbox across the sill and onto the carpet, curtains, bedding, etc. My front garden plants were completely flattened, there were two trees down in the village and we had no power.
BTW, report and results will be in Friday's Northern Echo.
