Road the Hill Towns course with an NCC group plus a guy we picked up at the start. We went really hard, especially up the first hill and up Clessen Brook Rd. My calves started to cramp during the first hill and continued on and off the rest of the ride. I think it was the combination of the lunchtime run and yesterday's crit. I was happy that I could still go hard even with the calf problems. The first hill is by far the hardest then the following downhill has some rough spots and ends steeply into a sharp (90 degree) right turn. Clessen Brook is a nice steady climb for the most part. The final 2 hills on the loop are tough because they come after cranking on Clessen. The long 6 mile decent isn't very technical but does have a few rough spots. Pat hit one hole that didn't seem that bad but it ruined his rear rim. I'll definitely want clear views on the decent if possible. Hopefully the field is strung out after the first 22 miles of climbing. I was pretty dead by the end of the ride and will definitely have to be careful not to go too nuts on the first lap of the race or I will be crawling on the second lap. It's hard to know where to attack because I don't decend well so any gains could be lost. I will also need to figure out the feed station so I don't screw that up. I asked a bit about how that would work. It was nice to do the ride with a group and also to get some racing tips.