This was a mainly flat course across the open land of Cambridgeshire, comprising a small loop and a larger loop of Grunty Fen with bright sunshine and extremely strong winds.
The first loop after 5 miles took us back to the village high street where the race started, giving me the chance to drop off my heavy bottle belt and long sleeved top. (Adding on a minute or so, but I felt a lot lighter for it.) The energy required to carry the sports drink seems to counteract any possible benefits!
I seemed to battle against the almost gale force wind the whole way.