Getting better.......next year will be under 3

This was my 3rd attempt at the half fling and I loved the whole weekend and race.
The atmosphere camping and in bundanoon was great as usual and I'll be back for sure.
The race itself was pretty good, with enough left in terms of improvement in my time to set some goals for next year. My first go at the half fling back in 2009 took nearly 4 hours so I've taken 45 minutes of that already. Will have to take my training more seriously next year as the last 15kms were tough and I think most of the 15 minutes I can take off here in future!
Loved racing this on my 29er hard tail. Didn't love a full superman over the handle bars after about 18km in the 4wd tracks. One minute I was riding along nicely, thankfully on the back of a nice train, the next i was picking myself up off the floor feeling rather sheepish! Doh!!
Don't think my nutrition was the cause of my legs just going towards the end. I'm beginning to think now that cramps (for me anyway) are 80% fitness and 20% nutrition. I'll certainly be working on core body strength too as once my back starts to stiffen up then that just works its way into the hamstrings and before I know it, bang!
Loved reading all the other blogs, have certainly got loads of work to do in order to get my times up to scratch with the rest of the nobmobbers!!