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get I'm sure you won't be last.  At the end of HDS i was able to overtake 5 people. 3 by walking quicker uphill at the sand dunes and 2 who were keeping to the edge of the sheep dip, trying not to get to dirty, i ran straight through the middle

of minutes slower than I did the Cabbage Patch (which is flat) and this one has a couple of serious sod-off hills in the middle. I even overtook 8 people on the hills (3 blokes, 5 girls) and only one of them was walking!Met a forumite too - Richard - who