Camps

2015 Endurance Nation Tour of California, Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi

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Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi Another day for the sprinters (sorta) with the Tour working it’s way south on the shoulders of the Sierra Nevada mtn range. While the elevation was a net downhill, we still managed over 5.7k gain for the day. My plan for the day was to have the B group…

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Endurance Nation Tour of California Training Camp: Stage 1

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This year Coach Rich conducted a training camp on the course of the Tour of California…during the race! This dynamic makes for one of the most unique training camp experiences you find. In this series of posts, Rich will give you his Stage by Stage report of the camp. ++++++++++++ This was my 6th running…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Four Recap: Sunday Riding with Todd

Coach P

Day Four Recap: Easy (44) Like Sunday Morning, Except for the Up Part After three days of approximately 27,000 ft of gain, our minds and legs and lungs were calling out for something more “normal” — it took me several hours and much map-searching, but I was able to dial in this ride. After some…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Three Recap: Beech Mountain

Coach P

Day 3: Mast Gap Annex, Beech Mountain, Shulls Mill and even a Jagaround! After riding Mount Mitchell, it’s hard to find something that folks will still find epic. The answer? Shorten the ride to the suffering but work even harder! Beech Mountain is a three mile climb that averages around 9%. It so happened that…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Two Recap: To Mount Mitchell

Coach P

Day Two: Linville Falls to Mt Mitchell [aka 11,000+ ft Climing Day!] At the start of Day Two, I promised NO GRAVEL. However I said nothing about climbs, wind, flying icicles, sleet or 11,000 feet of suffering. All were had on this epic day of cycling. This is about as close to West Coast riding…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day One Recap

Coach P

Coach Note: The Blue Ridge Camp is our annual cycling (and apparently beer sampling!) trip to Boone, NC. We ride four amazing days, building incredible fitness on the bike. Boone is centrally located, so 80% of campers drive here, with the rest flying to Charlotte — super easy! Learn more about the camp online here!…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day One Recap

Coach P

Coach Note: The Blue Ridge Camp is our annual cycling (and apparently beer sampling!) trip to Boone, NC. We ride four amazing days, building incredible fitness on the bike. Boone is centrally located, so 80% of campers drive here, with the rest flying to Charlotte — super easy! Learn more about the camp online here!…

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2015 January Volume Camp Recap

Coach P

This was our first annual foray down to the warmer climates of Florida for “winter triathlon break,” and by all accounts it was an incredible success. We had 10 campers join us for a 4-day training block that included 7000 yards of swimming, 240 miles of cycling, and 20+ miles of running.

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Planning 2015 Volume Camps with Endurance Nation

Coach P

Endurance Nation puts on several key volume camps for our athletes and the general triathlon community. These camps are an opportunity to inject some serious endurance fitness into your seasonal progression, but they are hard to find and harder to get into. We have two specific camps left for 2015 that have a few open slots. Please review the options and consider joining us!

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Endurance Nation Wisconsin Training Camp, 2014 Re-Cap

Rich Strauss

Coach Rich recaps Endurance Nation’s 2014 Wisconsin training camp, sharing his wealth of experience on and knowledge of the course.

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