Blogs
Fri, 15 Jul 2011
Czech was definitely an experience!
By Hannah Rich - Horizon Fitness Racing Team
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 of training followed by really sore muscles!
After an epic drive with Annie and Penny to Belgium where Annie has a few mess ups with her car (Which I'm sure she forgot to mention in her blog...), one being forgetting to take of the handbrake on the ferry and revving her engine soo much the ferry man even told her that the handbrake was on. It probably was a ‘had to be there moment' but it's fair to say it was pretty funny at the time.
It was good to finally get out of the car after a long journey but this day was followed by another 10hr day in the camper then a 3hr drive so it's fair to say Id had enough of travelling. We arrived in Czech to a pretty nice hotel which I'm pretty sure EVERYTHING was from ikea! I was really looking forward to the race as I knew it was going to help me get up hills quicker but I really didn't think it would be as hilly as it was!
The race was really hard and hilly but I enjoyed it in a really strange way. It was good to be able to ride with Hanka she has so much knowledge and really wants to help you which has been really good to learn from one of the best! Czech was definitely an experience with the not so excellent cuisine which I'm sure I will not miss one bit!
I had a bit of a morale boost when my boyfriend came to visit me in Belgium before going to the next stage race which has been really good! I'm looking forward to moving onto Thüringen now! That stage race is going to be hard but I'm up for the challenge of trying to get through the 7 days!
I'll give an update after the race which may be a few days after as I'm sure I'll probably be sleeping for a good 4 days after!
Hannah x
For more information on the Horizon Fitness Racing Team, visit www.horizonfitnessrt.com.