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Jon Senior 3m 21s

Comments:

Ha ha. 3'21. And bugger that hurt. The wind was even more fierce than on my first attempt, but just as I was thinking about giving up (3'00 in) I thought "sod it" and sprinted[1] for the line.

[1] To a passerby it would probably appear to involve breathing harder with no obvious gain in speed.