~ The Stoke Lives Here ~
2023 FALL EPIC GRAVEL
with
Hunter Allen
September 19-23, 2023
Bedford, Virginia
"Are you ready to get dirty on America’s oldest gravel with me and our PCG coaches? Let’s do it!" -- Hunter
Are you ready to get dirty on America's oldest gravel?
Let's do it! Whether you're racing Unbound Gravel, SBT GRVL, unPAved, Croatan 150 or a host of other great rides, this camp is for you.
The goal of this amazing gravel camp is to focus on improving your gravel skills and technique as well as race tactics and strategy--while accurately developing your power profile in Training Peaks WKO5 software! The beautiful Appalachian Mountains are the perfect place for a gravel cycling camps with awesome climbing opportunities, quiet country roads for race scenarios--and it’s the hometown for the Peaks Coaching Group Headquarters!
The "brochure" can't even come close to describing all that happens at a PCG Gravel Camp. But let's try anyway! There's WKO 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 on gravel roads. There's on-the-dirt-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!
CAMP TYPE
- Loaner power meters provided, either pedals or wheels
- Endurance and mid-intensity paced rides
- 30-65 miles of daily riding with three pace groups
- Daily education seminars, power file analysis, yoga, massage, video analysis, bike fitting and advanced learning
COST
- $1,325- Lodging Not Included
- $500- Deposit due NOW
- 100% refund on deposit before 30 days of start of camp
- Lunch and Dinner included, and breakfast on your own
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Cyclists who rock! (Pun intended!)
- General fitness enthusiasts, competitive recreational cyclists and above
- Riders seeking performance improvement in a gran fondo, event, or category racing
- Riders able to ride for extended periods of time at 12mph and above
- Gravel/Road cyclists (MTB, CX and triathletes are welcome)
DAY 1
September 19
Sneak a Ride!
12:00pm - 3:00pm - Check-in at PCG world headquarters!
3:00pm - 5:30pm Falling Creek Park Skills drills clinic. Be a kid again and enjoy all the fun at the bike park! Safely! Learn cornering, braking, bunny hopping, wheelies and more! You will also learn how to corner safely in gravel, what the best lines are through a gravel turn and how to become comfortable in a gravel turn. It's a great way to kick off an awesome camp!

6:00pm - Dinner- We'll have amazing BBQ and beer from Beale's, which is in our backyard!
7:30pm - 9:30pm Introductions to staff and campers, and we'll go over camp agenda, so you'll be ready to dig in to the details tomorrow.
Falling Creek Park- 10 miles
DAY 2
September 20
Porter Mountain loop!
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning Briefing and depart.
9:00am - One of Hunter's favorite gravel loops, we have a short shuttle out to a secluded National Forest parking lot and start our adventure for the day. We will ride on the Porter MTN Loop which includes three great climbs, one of which is paved and the other two are gravel. All three are awesome with some spicy sections so bring your "bail-out" gears! On the first climb, we will warm-up and then complete our 1 min & 5min tests to better understand our current Anaerobic and Vo2 max abilities. "Testing is training and training is testing" as Dr. Andrew R. Coggan always says! Afterwards, we climb to the top, bomb down a descent and then instantly climb up the second climb of the day, which is partly paved and gravel and you can do your 20-minute test here! Re-grouping at the top, we roll along the Porter Mountain Ridge for a while and descend into the valley for a nice 8 miles on the pavement. You will know you are on the final climb when you past the Eddie Van Halen (of the Eddie Van Halen band) mailbox and then ascend back up Porter Mountain for a 3rd time from yet another different direction. Finally, we bomb back down and then back to the cars for a short trip home where our recovery shakes await us!
2:00pm -Yoga & Lunch - back at headquarters
3:00pm - 5:30 pm - Hunter Allen Group Power File Review and Power Education- Review of Power Training Principles
6:30pm - Dinner as a group- A perennial favorite- The Station!
Porter Mountain- 35 miles, 3-4 hours
DAY 3
September 21
Sedalia Speed day!
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning briefing and depart.
9:00am - Sedalia loop which includes two of the fastest and FLAT(!) sections of gravel in Bedford. Seriously, these are the fastest and perfect to put into practice your fast cornering skills you learned on Day 1. Can you beat Hunter's Strava segment time????? Rolling hills and plenty of re-grouping points with tasty drinks and foods, make this loop a blast. Afterwards, you can say you have ridden on some of the oldest gravel roads in the country, these have been around forever! One of Hunter's training loops with views of the Appalachian Mountains galore. You won't want this day to end!

1:00pm -Yoga and Lunch- back at headquarters
2:00pm-5:30pm - Hunter Allen Group Power File Review & Power Education-In depth look at new metrics in WKO5.
6:30pm - Dinner as a group- Ya gotta have Italian at least once at Camp!
Sedalia, 37miles, 3-3.5 hours
*NOTE:Daily schedules and routes might change due to weather and other factors.
DAY 4
September 22
Hunter's Gravel Gran Fondo
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning briefing and depart:
9:00am - This day is epic. Three climbs today, with TONS of gravel riding. The first climb is the warm-up and is only 15minutes long and has the tightest gravel descents of the week- Safety mode ON! After a re-group at the bottom, we roll along the Goose Creek Valley floor to the base of the second climb which is half gravel and then as you enter National Forest, you begin climbing a more spicy section which is a "Jeep" road. It's not steep, but probably all you want to do on your gravel bike and not have to break out the MTB. At the top of the second mountain, we have food and drinks and put on jackets for riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We bomb down an amazing gravel descent from Powell's gap into the most picturesque trout fishing area around. Lunch is on the road today and you'd better eat as you have a HUGE Category 1 climb next. This is a beast and takes the very best riders an hour, and us mere mortals more like 1:20-1:40! Plan on it! If you have something in the legs.... the climb after lunch is a perfect gradient on a hidden gravel road for over an hour, which could be your Gravel FTP test! Re-grouping at the top on the Blue Ridge Parkway, we head down the road and then we descend one of the coolest mountain gravel roads around. Complete with bone-shaking gravel, waterfalls and a 500meter long steep section that you'll want to use ALL your braking power on, this descent is just badass. After surviving the descent, you come back on a fun gravel road and then the last 8 miles home are on much appreciated pavement! It's a big day- 7 hours..... So much gravel today. You won't be asking for more!
4:00 pm
- back at headquarters, recovery shakes and high fives all around!
5:00pm -Group Power File Analysis
6:30pm - Dinner as a group-And ya gotta have Mexican at least once too!
Hunter's Gravel Gran Fondo-63 miles, 7 hours!
DAY 5
September 23
Breakthrough ride!
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning briefing
9:00am -Why is it called "Breakthrough" ? Your legs are tired, your body is tired, your bike is tired. You don't want to ride, but you muster up the courage. You start out and yes, your legs remind you that you just rode 7 hours the day before. You continue on and pedal up the little hills and soon you find yourself zipping down a country road with a big smile on your face. After our food stop re-grouping point, you find that you feel even better and even want to push the pace... Once home, you get it. You have broken through the glass ceiling of your previous self-imposed limits. You can go harder than you ever thought even when you are tired. You take this lesson home and realize this is what it takes to go to the next level...

1pm Lunch - back at headquarters -Pizza!!!
2:00pm - wrap up and head home -We'll stay as long as you want to do more power analysis and talk cycling!
Bedford Gravel Loop- 37miles, 3 hours
Hunter Interviewed by mid-Atlantic Gravel, Travel and Dirt!
- How is power different on gravel than road?
- How do we actually produce power?
- How does cadence compare between gravel and road?
- Why is the above all so important for gravel power riders?
- How should roadies travel from gravel?
- How are tractor pulls crucial to gravel training?
- And so much more!
Let's get dirty!
GENERAL INFORMATION
FTP Test on Gravel!
Hunter Interviewed by The Gravel Ride!
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