Racing in Trinidad & Tobago
Well I’ve finally had two minutes to sit down and reflect on what was probably the best week of my life – Trinidad. I was invited out to Trinidad for Njisane’s 3 Day Cycling Festival (#N3DCF). Njisane is a track sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who was 4th at the London 2012 Olympics in the [...]
RockTape has really come in handy!
I’ve loved meeting the team here in France who were all already in Limoux when I arrived last week with their training well underway! Training camp got off to a good start and really enjoyed training with all the girls again in the sun! I enjoyed being here in Limoux on my week off work [...]
Hannah Rich in Thuringen
After Krasna lipa I was really looking forward to a nice enjoyable week in Belgium. Dale came out to visit me which was really nice as it was nice to take my mind away from cycling and racing for a few days. Helen introduced me to the chocolate shop in ooudenarde which is the most [...]
Czech was definitely an experience
After the nationals I was looking forward to a mega chilled week before heading out to Europe for a few stage races, but what me and Stefan had planned for my training that week were two different things and unfortunately for my body Stefan won on what training I did, resulting in a savage week [...]
Hannah Rich Checks in Before Nationals
Very excited to be sat here writing this blog on my new laptop! I’ve been really busy lately with racing and travelling around the country. The Johnson’s Health Tech GP series has just finished and as a team it went really well. The women’s racing in the UK has dramatically changed over the past few [...]
Winning, Crashing and Exams for Hannah Rich
After Bedford I had to get back into a routine of riding my bike and training…something which I never find easy. Training doesn’t come easy to me as a bike rider I’m much more of a racer I would even go as far to say I used to hate training…so to say I was looking [...]
Back To Reality
After a very eventful trip back from Belgium that involved me being on the wrong platform and nearly missing my train to Brussels to catch the euro star I was glad to get back to the UK! If it wasn’t for this man that ran across the rail way tracks to get my bike bag [...]
My journey from China to Belgium via Italy
I’ve had a hectic month travelling around the globe. I’ve been some pretty cool places…Firstly I went China as part of a skills exchange for my beauty therapy course. It’s a very exciting place to visit. I got to go to some of the old villages in China which were good to see but the [...]
Season end round-up by Hannah
Just Starting to get back into a routine of training after having a few weeks off my bike and enjoying some time to be a normal teenager. I finished my season on a high this year after competeing in 2010 commonwealth games in Dehli. Dehli was one of the most amazing experiences of my life [...]
Liking my new Sidi's!
Since my first race back at the Crit Nationals a few weeks back I’ve been getting stuck into some real serious training to get my fitness back for the Tour of Holland which starts next Monday. I went to the Crit Nationals after only training for 5 days after having 6 weeks off because of my [...]
Hannah Rich back riding after Nationals
After the nationals I haven’t been riding my bike but should be riding my bike tomorrow so all is looking up! I have been having problems with my calf tendons so haven’t been able to ride but have been to the physio and I’m on the mend. I don’t know how as I’ve had needles [...]
Hannah Rich on the Horizon Fitness GP
I was really excited to be going to Stoke to race at the tour series as its a really big event and a good oportunity! The whole team was really excited and we all had really good morale going into the race! We all road around the corse to get a feel for it and [...]
A lot of hills and a top 10
I woke up this morning looking forward to the race and I also woke up suprisingly early as Annie was making a lot of noise. I think she was wanted me to say happy birthday to her haha! We drove down to the race and got there quite early so we started to get ready [...]
Hannah Rich Photoshoot – Spy Shots
Hannah Rich has been busy getting her photo’s taken for the Western Mail and Echo and Wales On Sunday. Hannah, the current Welsh Road Race Champion, was especially chosen as an up and coming cyclist. Having only got back from racing at7am, it was a tough day after an all night drive to Newport Velodrome. [...]
Bart Hazen Photographs from Lille
We wanted to share 3 great photo’s with you from yesterday’s race in Lille. These are taken taken by Bart Hazen. Bart is a regular writter from Daily Peloton and was covering yesterdays race. Bart will be with the team next weekend in Belgium as the team fine tune their preparation for the Horizon Fitness [...]
A hot race day in Belgium
Today in Lille, Belgium, Britt Jochems, Hannah Rich and Annie Simpson were racing against some of the best in Europe. The 3 Horizon Fitness riders we’re racing on one of the hottest days of the year in a massive peleton in West Flanders. Here are their versions of events today:
First race in Holland for Hannah
This was my first race in Europe as a senior rider. The last time I rode in Holland was as a youth so I was sooo nervous before the start it was unreal. Everyone started to line up dead early and we had already been at the line for about 5 mins and then they [...]
Hannah racing at home and abroad
The 3rd round of the Women Series took place at Hillingdon with Horizon Fitness being represented with a relatively small team of just me, Dani King and Alex Greenfield. The race went well considering we were outnumbered by quite a few of the other teams with all of us showing our aggression to take the [...]
10 Photo's from the Bedford 2 Day
Here are a small selection of the best shots from the Bedford 2 Day:
Cheshire Classic – A great team ride
Coming off the back of two and a half weeks of unusually great British weather, Horizon Fitness Girls were hoping for a dry and sunny race in the heart of Cheshire. We weren’t disappointed, although the heavens did open immediately after we arrived back at the HQ after our warm down! It was a chilly [...]
Hannah Rich interview with Welsh Cycling
Here’s an interview held with Hannah Rich, Welsh Road Race Champion, from before her recent training camp: What is your background in Cycling? I used to do trampolining at Newport Velodrome and liked the look of riding the track so I joined Newport Velo Cycling Club then got picked up by the Welsh Talent Team.
Hannah and Sarah in Majorca
Welsh Cycling have just posted a brieft report on their recent training camp in Majorca. Hannah Rich who is the current Welsh Road Race Champion, and a Horizon Fitness Rider, was on the camp. She was also joined for a few days training by Sarah Storey…….who she describes as ‘a fantastic person who’s ridiculously strong [...]
Hannah Rich – Cycling Weekly Tunes
Hannah Rich, Horizon Fitness Racing Team, has had her top 10 tunes published in cycling weekly. Here’s a copy of the article for you: Miley Cyrus??? Lets hope that isn’t played too much in the team car.
Hello from Mallorca
I’ve been out here for 6 Days with a few of the Welsh guys and the ParaCycling Team along with one of my new Team mates Sarah Storey. I’ve been on a few rides with Sarah and shes a great laugh and an even better bike rider, so its good to get to know what’s [...]
