The "brochure" can't even come close to describing all that happens at a PCG Camp. But let's try anyway! There's WKO5 analysis and season preparation by the master himself. There's daily rides where skills like sprinting, counter-steering, descending(!) and pacelining are taught and practiced. There's on-the-road race scenarios where teams battle it out for all the glory. There's stories from Hunter's many, many years in the industry and as a professional cyclist. There's SAG support, amazing A, B and C Road Groups for different levels, massages, yoga, stretching, on-staff bike mechanics, incredible food, bike fits, rider video analysis... There's just so much!
The goal of this amazing camp is to focus on improving your ride skills and techniques as well as race tactics and strategy--while accurately developing your power profile in WKO and setting up for your 2023 season according to your goals! The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains are the perfect place for a fall cycling camp with awesome climbing opportunities, quiet country roads for race scenarios, and it’s the hometown for the Peaks Coaching Group Headquarters!
Let's Ride!
Air Travel
For those traveling via air we recommend flying into Roanoke Regional Airport or Lynchburg Airport. Other flight options:
Note: If you choose to fly into the following airports, transportation to and from Camp (Bedford) will be on your own.
Charlottesville Albermarle Airport (CHO) - Charlottesville, VA 98 miles
Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) - Greensboro, NC 108 miles
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) - Morrisville, NC 125 miles
Richmond International Airport (RIC) - Richmond, VA 145 miles
Dulles International Airport - (IAD) Dulles, VA 191 miles
Charlotte Douglass International Airport - (CLT) Charlotte, NC 207 miles
If you will not be renting a vehicle on your own, please be sure to send your travel itinerary to us so that we may arrange to pick you up.
Arrivals:
Check-in for the camp begins at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 26 at 414 Jackson St, Bedford, VA 24523.
Please make arrangements to arrive at the airport BEFORE 11 a.m. on Wednesday 26th if you will be needing transportation to our offices to facilitate the check in process.
Returns:
Leaving at 3:00 pm on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022.
If you need to utilize the pickup service, please book your flights accordingly.
Bike transportation:
For those traveling by air you can either choose to ship your bike in advance or take with you in your travels.Our support team will assemble all shipped bikes in advance and be onsite to support those that are traveling with their bike.
If shipping, please ship your bike to arrive 48 hours in advance of camp to ensure arrival. Please ship bikes to:
Peaks Coaching Group Headquarters
414 Jackson Street
Bedford, VA 24523-3414
(540) 587-9025
Lodging & accommodations:
Lodging is NOT included in this camp.
Most of our Campers will stay at the Super 8 , just 10 minutes from our office. Others may want to experience the Peaks of Otter Lodge on the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway, one of the multiple Airbnb’s in the area, or one of our many local bed and breakfasts. There are also a ton of accommodations in Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Smith Mountain Lake. Please keep in mind they are roughly 30 – 60 minutes away.
FALL CAMP: $1,225
ALUMNI CAMPERS: $50 discount
A $275 refundable deposit is due at time of registration. This deposit and total amount is refundable up to the day prior to the first day of camp. You will be issued a final invoice 28 days before the first day of camp, and final payment is due 30 days before the commencement of your cycling camp.
Just as the small, innocuous supermarket on the road up to the Col de la Madone became the "official" starting point for so many professional cyclists to test themselves against the best, the White Mailbox in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the official starting point for so many of Hunter Allen's industry-smashing testing protocols.
It's a place of history, where Olympians, National- and World-Champions routinely visit to test themselves; both against themselves--and past champions. (The latest just stood on the podium at ITU's Worlds in Lausanne, Switzerland.)
It's the mail box that helped to define an entirely new science of training and racing that has been called the single most-influential development in cycling in the past 20 years.
Campers will get to know the White Mailbox very well--since part of this Fall's camp is to define your power profile through Hunter Allen's testing protocols. All in an effort to understand your phenotype and to help set up the training for your 2023 goals.
And at the top of the climb? The Peaks of Otter--first accurately measured by Thomas Jefferson in 1815 and from where the "Peaks" in "TrainingPeaks com" comes from.
Thank you for contacting us. We will respond to your inquiry in 1-2 business days.