2020 MARCH TRIATHLON TRAINING CAMP
2020 Blue Ridge Triathlon Training Camp
Get ready to experience your newest passionwith Hunter Allen and PCG Master Coach Dr. Chris MyersSun, March 8 through Friday, March 13
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"Balancing art and science--we'll help you go faster, fuel correctly--and nail your tri!" -- Hunter
The goal of this amazing triathlon training camp is to prepare you completely for your upcoming early summer 70.3 (Roanoke, anyone?). We’ll focus on dialing in your bike leg, so that you’ll be able to climb with the best and develop the proper running/swimming techniques--while accurately analyzing your power data using the latest in power analysis software, WKO5. You will pre-ride the Roanoke IRONMAN Virginia's Blue Ridge 70.3 bike course, along with most of the run course and set you up perfectly for the Roanoke 70.3 or any late Spring or early Summer triathlon. The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains are the perfect place for a triathlon training camp with awesome climbing opportunities, quiet country roads for runs, and it’s the hometown for the Peaks Coaching Group Headquarters!
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- General triathlon enthusiasts, competitive recreational triathletes and above
- Triathletes that will be racing in the Roanoke IRONMAN 70.3 Virginia's Blue Ridge in June 2020.
- Triathletes seeking performance improvement in an IRONMAN or other event.
- Riders able to ride for extended periods of time at 16mph and above
- Triathletes who want USAC Continuing Education Units
CAMP TYPE
- Focused on improving everything in your triathlon. You will learn how to set up your transition for the fastest time; you’ll learn how to climb a big mountain on your Tri bike and descend it; you’ll learn the latest in nutrition to help you become more “fat adapted."
- You will learn proper pacing on the bike and run, along with expert coaching on improving your bike position, your run technique and video analysis in the pool.
- You will be coached by the best coaches in the world and taken “under their wing” to help you exactly where you need help. Our coaches have been working with triathletes for over 23 years and coaching them to success using the latest in exercise science, technology, and good old fashioned principles like: hard work! 😊
- You will go to daily education seminars, have one-one-one power file analysis with the guru’s of power training, take a daily yoga class, be massaged by the best, receive video analysis of your bike and swim, have your bike fit dialed in if needed and learn so many things that your head will be spinning by the end of the week.
- We have loaner power meters for you, so we can capture all your data, either pedals or wheels.
- There are multiple groups on the road each day, and we have coaches for all levels. We will have endurance- and mid-intensity paced rides with focused periods of hard work and re-grouping
- 30-75 miles of daily riding with three, coached pace groups for all levels of rider
COST
- $999 - Lodging not included
- Alumni Campers: $50 Discount
- Lunch and Dinner included, and breakfast on your own
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
Bedford
4:00pm - 5:30pm
- Check-in at PCG world headquarters! Sneak in a pre-ride or run!
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 set up your TrainingPeaks WKO5 software, so you'll be ready to dig in to the details tomorrow.
MONDAY, MARCH 9
Bedford
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Run Speed Test and Video Analysis
Lunch - back at headquarters
2:00pm - Video analysis and pacing zones. Introduction to running with power
3:00pm - 5:00pm
- WKO5 Class - Running metrics and analysis
6:30pm - Dinner as a group- A perennial favorite- The Station!
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10
Roanoke
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Morning Demo: Pacing with Power
9:00am
- Buchanan Climb (55 miles) featuring an actual course climb, perfect for a FTP test! Be ready as it's over an hour long with amazing views. Three SAG vehicles will be there to help the riders!
Lunch - in Roanoke
2:00pm - WKO5 class - Bike
3:00pm - 5:00pm - Transition training & Nutrition and UCAN training with Matt
6:30pm - Dinner as a group - Ya gotta have Italian at least once at Camp!
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
Bedford
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Swim Speed test, video recording + Workout
Lunch - back at headquarters -Pizza!!!
2:00pm - Video Analysis and calculation of swimming training zones and Annual Planning/Periodization
3:30pm - WKO5 class - Swimming
metrics and analysis
6:30pm - Dinner TBD
*NOTE:Daily schedules and routes might change due to weather and other factors.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
Roanoke
Breakfast on your own
8:30am
- Group run - implement run training zones and gait correction drills
Lunch - back at headquarters
2:00pm
- T2 Transition practice at transition site!
5:00pm - Optional WKO5 class and video analysis + group ride
6:30pm - Dinner as a group-And ya gotta have Mexican at least once too!
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Breakfast on your own
8:30am - Group swim workout with
training zones
Lunch - back at headquarters -Pizza!!!
2:00pm - Closing remarks
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GENERAL INFORMATION
HAVE A QUESTION? WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
The White Mailbox that Led to an ITU World's Podium
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 2019 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 triathlon training 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!
“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
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.
Experience an unparalleled training experience in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains. And learn a thing or two about power.
Chris Myers, Ph.D.
PCG Master Coach / USAC Level 1 Coach
Panama City, Florida
PCG Master Coach
USAC Level 1 Coach
LEOMO Motion Analysis Certified Coach
USAT Level 1 Coach
Ironman Certified Coach
USA Swimming Level 2 Coach
Certified Sports Nutritionist, International Society of Sports Nutrition (CISSN)
Doctoral Graduate
Coaching Focus: Tri, Road, MTB, CompuTrainer
Background
I started endurance sports during high school. I performed my first sprint triathlon at the age of seventeen in Dayton, Ohio, and did triathlons for recreation during my early years, but I didn't get serious about endurance sports until I went to college. In 2002 I joined the cycling team during my sophomore year at my alma mater, United States Military Academy. That was the point I began to grow as a cyclist. I started as a Men’s C road racer, and by my senior year in 2004, I'd become a Men’s A road racer and co-team captain. Over the years, I raced with local pro teams in Germany and in the US.
After my second deployment to Iraq in 2008, I decided I wanted to become a coach and help other cyclists and triathletes attain their goals. I began coaching in late 2008. Over the past several years, I have worked with age group and elite athletes. In every instance, I was able to assist them to achieve the athletic goals and podium aspirations. Some of my athletes had podium positions in national and world level events. No matter whether your goal is to just keep up with the fast weekend group ride or achieving a podium position, I can assist you and make you faster!
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