Overnight Topsham Toe in the Water have held 11th/12th position but progress is slow and they are rowing hard against the tide. Ben Nevis is looking beautiful in bright Scottish sun but this may make it a very tough ordeal for the runners especially if they try to improve on their place in the runners standing. After the climbs on Snowdon and Scafell Pike Patrick and Paul lie 4th on total climb times, they are 32 minutes behind GFT Adventure, 18 minutes behind Penmaenmawr SC and only 2 minutes behind EADS Innovation runners. There are no strong threats from behind for the runners as Hazard Chase and Team Isle of Manhen are 47 and 56 minutes behind them. The difficulty is that Topsham Toe in the Water still has 20 miles to go but the other leading runners team have either arrived or should arrive in the next hour. This means that the other runners will compete at least some of their run in the cool of the morning but Patrick and Paul could be running in the hottest part of the day. However it may still be an evening run as Topsham Toe may need to wait for the tide to turn again to get through the Corran narrows.
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