I ran this 10years ago for the first time , so to Finnish 20 mins quicker made me feel pretty good ( hope it wasn't anything to do with the course change )
As for the run . The headwind was challenging , to say the least, the hill at benfleet stn slaughtered me .the hill to the Finnish killed me ,but ... The worse part was the ,up hill hike to my car that had me cursing until I finally got there ... Fantastic , I feel real proud to have completed it . Great race and fantastic marshalling ....