I did the 13 mile hilly course tonight, improved my time by 1.14 with a 35.53, the quickest time was 32.21 so I'm still a good 3 and a half minutes off the best! But, I got crippling cramp half way round in both calf muscles. I had to roll off and cruise best I could, occasionally standing up trying to stretch my legs and use different pedalling techniques, I honestly thought I'd have to bail out, it just wouldn't "go away". However, I guess after a mile or so it started to subside a bit and I managed to push on and complete without it coming back like it had done before. That's the first time that has happened and I can't really explain it, it could be lack of hydration but I thought I'd drunk enough, or too small a warm up, or just pushing too hard to start with coupled with a rather large hill that I tried to blast up, perhaps I tried too hard.
So to improve my time even with the cramp issues was ok, just wonder what might have been!