2020 Spring Blue Ridge Power Camp
Get ready to experience your newest passionwith Hunter Allen and PCG TeamJune 14-19, 2020
"Are you ready to ride over 300 miles, with over 23,000' of climbing, and over 1000 TSS??? Yes! Cyclists of all levels--from fitness enthusiasts to racers--have been visiting my camps to train for over 22 years!" -- Hunter
The "brochure" can't even come close to describing all that happens at a PCG 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. 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 your 2020-21 seasons 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!
The health and safety of our campers and staff has always been our top priority.
All 2020 PCG Camps will strictly follow the protocols below to limit physical interactions. Additional safety measures may be added based on local guidelines--and full protocols will be communicated to you in advance of your Camp!
Now--let's ride!
Limit on Camp size.
All Camps will be exclusive experiences with no more than 20 campers. To be honest, this has been our cap anyhow for our camps. We like small camps with plenty of coaching!
Hand washing. All guests and staff are required to regularly wash their hands throughout the day. We’ll provide all guests with travel bottles of hand sanitizer. We’ll also provide hand washing stations or hand sanitizer in our offices, multiple locations at tables, and at all stopping points along your ride.
Nightly disinfection. In addition, our staff will regularly disinfect any common surfaces like tables, door knobs, etc. each night in order to provide you with the cleanest environment possible.
Your camp is guaranteed. Free transfers to 2020 or 2021 PCG Camp if your camp is affected by COVID-19 or if you don’t feel comfortable attending. Transfer must be made at least 48 hours prior to your camp departure.
Stay home if you are sick. We’ve revised our transfer policies to allow you to transfer to any other 2020 or 2021 PCG camp if you’re feeling sick or have been at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
CAMP TYPE
- Loaner power meters provided, either pedals or wheels
- Endurance and mid-intensity paced rides
- 30-92 miles of daily riding with three pace groups
- Daily education seminars, power file analysis, yoga, massage, video analysis, basic bike-fitting tips and advanced learning
COST
- Double Occupancy: $1895
- Single Occupancy: Additional $190
- Optional Sunday Morning Skills Clinic $175.00 (see below)
- Alumni Campers: $100 Discount
- Early-Bird Discount $50.00
- Book By December 31,2019
- PCG Classic Jersey Included!!!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- 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 16mph and above
- Road cyclists (MTB, CX and triathletes are welcome)
SUNDAY
optional skills clinic (see below)
9:00am - 10:00am - Check-in for Sunday optional skills clinic attendees
11:00am - 12:30pm - First Session
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - 3:30pm - Second Session
4:00pm - 5:30pm - Check-in for all other campers
6:00pm - Dinner
7:30pm - 9:30pm WK04
MONDAY
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning Demo: Proper bike position
9:00am - Sedalia Loop (46 miles)
Lunch - back at headquarters
2:00pm - Hunter Allen Group Power File Review
3:00pm - 5:00pm - Power Education
6:30pm - Dinner as a group
TUESDAY
Breakfast on your own
8:30am
- Morning Demo: Pacing with Power
9:00am
- Thunder Ridge Power Climb (55 miles)
Lunch
- back at headquarters
2:00pm
- Hunter Allen Group Power File Review
3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Power Education
6:30pm
- Dinner as a group
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast on your own
8:30am
- Morning demo: Sprint Technique and Position
9:00am
- Sprint and Race Scenario Day (30 miles)
Lunch
- back at headquarters
2:00pm
- Hunter Allen Group Power File Review
3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Power Education
6:30pm
- Dinner as a group
*NOTE:Daily schedules and routes might change due to weather and other factors.
THURSDAY
Breakfast on your own
8:30am
- Morning demo: course
overview and long day strategy
Peaks of Otter Long Day and Race (93 miles)
8:45am
- "B" Group Start
9:15am
- "A" Group Start
Lunch
- on the road
3:00pm
- Hunter Allen Group Power File Review
6:30pm
- Dinner as a group
FRIDAY
Breakfast on your own
8:30am
- Morning demo: attack and bridge
9:00am
- Breakthrough Loop (45 miles)
Lunch
- back at headquarters
2:00pm
- wrap up and head home
GENERAL INFORMATION
HAVE A QUESTION? WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
Read Esther C's totally unique camp experience.
Like many campers, Esther truly had a transformative experience at our last Fall Foliage Power Camp. Read what she had to say!
“I've been to many camps: CTS and Tom Danielson being the most notable. This was my second year at Hunter's camp, and it still exceeded my expectations. Always fun and a great way to put the season into high gear. The coaches and campers are always a joy to meet and spend time with. Worth the investment!”
BT
Fort Worth
“When I came to camp, I had never used a Garmin or a heart rate monitor, a cadence sensor, or a power meter. My average on a "good" ride was in the mid 15 range, my average cadence at camp was in the upper 60 to low 70 range and I climbed like a slug :) I don't expect miracles because I am a 57 year old woman who never did anything athletic until the age of 49 when I began cycling..but felt like I should have been getting better, since I had been riding for 8 years.
I came back from camp, bought a Garmin 1000,and started doing climbing, sprint, and cadence drills. I guess I worked the cadence the most, but I found that in just consciously keeping my cadence between 85-95, my climbing also got better. I am not, and probably never will be, a great climber but I am SO much better than I used to be. I'm never the first to the top (in a group) but I'm also not the LAST! "
CJ
Wisconsin
“The brochure can't even begin to describe the value of these camps. Hunter starts talking and instructing when we first arrive and doesn't stop until everyone leaves. I thought there would be much more down time like other camps--but thankfully there is not as long as Hunter is talking!”
TD
College Park
The White Mailbox that Changed Cycling Forever
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 2020 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.
JillPATTERSON
Peaks Coaching Group Associate Coach
In late 2016, after over ten years of living in Japan, Jill left her team and moved back to the US. In early 2017 she joined Artemis, a women’s race team, and to present-day have been racing criteriums, road races and gran fondos on the East Coast. As well as competing and racing, she loves to do group rides and events such as centuries. She has immersed herself in the Washington, D.C. cycling community by joining various group rides of various styles and levels, in various locations in and outside of the city. By riding with and getting to know a wide range of cyclists, she has a good understanding and appreciation for the diversity of athletes.
As a coach Jill wants to share her knowledge and love of cycling with all types of cyclists: from the weekend warrior, to the fitness enthusiasts, the racers, the endurance athletes, and more!
BREAKING NEWS: JILL WINS HISTORIC WOMEN'S RACE FOR GFNY NYC 2019!
Experience an unparalleled coaching experience in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains. And learn a thing or two about power.
HunterALLEN
President and CEO
Legendary cycling coach, co-author of Training and Racing with a Power Meter
and Cutting-Edge Cycling, co-developer of TrainingPeaks, WKO+ software, and founder of Peaks Coaching Group.
Widely known as one of the top experts in the world in coaching endurance athletes using power meters, Hunter Allen's goal has always been to teach athletes how to maximize their training and racing potential through professional analysis of their power data. This goes hand in hand with his philosophy that a power meter helps athletes discover their true strengths and weaknesses, quantitatively assess their training improvements, and refine and maximize the focus of their training.
As a coach, Hunter makes sure to look at each athlete as a whole person. He excels at designing custom programs designed to maximize each rider's potential. He believes we are human beings working closely with other human beings, and it's important to him to work hard to find your strengths and weaknesses and to help you improve your skills, then develop a realistic plan that works for life. It is important that a coach learn as much as he can about you as an athlete and as a person in order to better develop a plan for success. He has now coached over 400 athletes and still learns something new from each one.
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