5 Hours in A&E, and my first 25 mile TT
So a number has been pinned on my back 3 times this season now, and so I thought a bit of reflection was needed. I’m sure many who have raced with me know bike racing makes me a little ‘hot headed’, the competitive streak in me is a strong one! Sometimes, in fact all the [...]
Tour Series: Little Simo talks!
Annie Simpson has written a blog for the Tour Series ahead of the opening round in Oxford. Head over to the Tour Series website to read it and see all of the series information
Researching the Organic Food Debate
I definitely should be researching the Organic Food Debate right now, but I thought I could just fit in a quick blog from camp, just one of many forms of procrastination. So to set the scene I’m lying in bed, surrounded by notes, essay plans etc, not the normal scenes of a training camp but [...]
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hungry for another victory.
Instead of doing the usual ‘what have I been up to blog’ I thought id mix it up a bit and look ahead. The team has so much coming up to look forward to and so I thought I would share this with you. 10th March Our first major date on the calendar is our [...]
Is it really the off season?
Long time no blog, so i thought it was time to fill you all in on what I’ve been getting up to in my off season. I find it funny being called the off season as I genuinely find this part of the year a lot harder to cope with than when I am just [...]
Swedish meatballs and rice
As I sit here with my feet up, I think I can safely say I feel like I and the team have ended our European uci racing block on a high. This weekend at Sparkassen Giro in Germany, I finally felt all my hard work fall in to place. The travel to this race felt [...]
The ‘Wizard of Waregem’ – Thank You
After returning from the Czech Republic the race was on the find some way of getting my dodgy knee fixed and strong enough to get stuck into the next stage race which was a gruelling 7 days long! Straight away I was on to the excessive stretching and got myself booked in with the ‘Wizard [...]
Overtaking Tractors and European Adventures
Since my last blog it’s been a pretty busy time for me. I have had the Kalas 2 day, National Road Race Championship, hard weeks training and then finally to Czech Republic for my first Women’s stage race of the year. So, Kalas 2 day, well i’d like to say i enjoyed this but [...]
Simo fires in win number 2
My recent block of racing has consisted of, well…Crits! Sitting here on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I can say I have so far done 4 with just one more remaining on Tuesday. Going into this block I had mixed opinions on crits. I enjoy them when they are rapid, with lots of corners, but dislike [...]
TTT and Racing in Luxembourg
So this weekend was my 1st small block of racing. I was originally meant to race Bedford 2 day in the UK, but plans changed and I found myself travelling to Luxemburg for 3 days of racing, 2 of which were UCI races, so it was a nice way to ease myself into the season….NAT! [...]
Cake, Deadlines and Training by Little Simo
Whilst alot people have been on their pre season training camps, and have got their first few races under their belts, I, on the other hand, still have my head firmly in the books! Well, as firmly as someone with the shortest attention span ever can last, which for me is around about 10 mins. [...]
A catch up from the world of Simo
Its been a while since I’ve filled you all in on the world of Simo, and a lot has been going on! Too much for me to remember really but i’ll do my best! Returning from Belgium has been harder than i thought it would be, trying to back into a routine and trying to [...]
Annie Simpson – on Filles A Velo
Check out Annie’s coffee and cake chat on Fillies a Velo. Well worth a read.
The Off Season has Started for Annie
After such a long and full on summer I was looking forward to going home and relaxing with my family. Since I last wrote I had my 2nd week in the Alps. We witnessed some snow that week but nothing that stopped training; it just made the views more wow! The rides were just as savage, [...]
Life on the Road with Annie Simpson
Road convert Annie Simpson has answered a few questions for us now she’s hit the end of her first road season. If you could sum up for your first season on the road in one sentence, what would it be? A hard and eye opening season of learning and adjusting to the life of a [...]
Training in the Alps with Annie
My summer in Belgium has come to an end and to finish off my summer I have travelled to the Alps for 2 weeks of training with DS, Helen and Ian Field. For Helen and Ian this is there pre season training camp for the fast approaching cross season, and for me its a great [...]
Back from Germany – Annie Simpson
The team returned late last night from one of our last major races of the year. We were in Germany, near the Black Forest and to my surprise the place was beautiful. Real nice setting for a bike race, and I loved the hills! Now, I’m not exactly a veteran when it comes to stage [...]
After Limousin and the Knee is better
Since the Tour of Limousin in France I have been concentrating on getting my knee back to strength after I think it got pushed a little too far in the hills. I attempted Herentals post tour criterium and due to the massive section of cobbles I had to make the decision to stop. I have [...]
Kicking off in Limousin
The Tour de Limousin was to be my 1st pro stage race so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. With around 170 starters it really was going to be tough race and looking at the stage profiles basically showed that for the next 4 days there was to be no flat, just ups and [...]
Annie Simpson blogs on Dwaars Westhoek
The past week we have been preparing for our first Pro Race as Horizon Fitness RT that was at the Dwaars doors de Westhoek. This was a UCI 1.2 race and with a field of around 120; we had 6 riders. Me, Alex G, Britt and Helen from Horizon and 2 guest riders who were [...]
Getting stuck in to Belgian Racing
Since my last blog I have had quite busy time in Belgium and I still haven’t cracked. The weather has been unbelievably hot! Up in the mid 30′s most days and even at night, which has made it so hard to sleep. Alex and me have developed techniques such as sleeping with soaking towels, removing duvets [...]
Onwards and upwards for Annie
I am now back in Belgium for the rest of the summer, and first race back was today in Steenokkerzeel. Driving to the race we drove through a storm so I wasn’t too enthused if it was going to carry on like that all day, but thankfully it dried up for our race. In the [...]
Annie Simpson – Back from Belgium
After 2 back to back races in Belgium last weekend I packed up and made the journey back to the UK. I only went as far as Brimingham though where I stayed until the Horizon Fitness GP in Stoke on Trent. I met some of my team mates wednesday afternoon at the team hotel where [...]
Stop crashing into me….right!
The sun wasn’t quite as clear as the day before, but it was just as hot and very humid…I knew I was in for another hard race in these conditions and I had heard from some of the British girls that the course was hilly for Belgium. The start field was alot smaller than the [...]
