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Take That Snake Mountain

2017 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Three – Snake Mountain and More!

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Day Three of the Blue Ridge Parkway cycling camp…and it’s on. Hard to get back on the bike after the epic ride to the top of Mount Mitchell and back. Even harder to stay focused. After all, you just put up the biggest ride of the year the most elevation and distance. Spoiler alert — we…

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2016 Tour of California Camp Stages Four – Eight

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Stage Four – Morro Bay to Monterey County  The Pacific Coast Highway from Morro Bay is nothing short of picture perfect. We headed north along California’s most famous coastline, passing windswept beaches and a dynamic estuary. For this entire stretch there were no turns as we headed over Big Sur’s famous Bixby Bridge and through Carmel-By-The-Sea en route to…

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2016 Tour of California Camp Days One – Three

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Words can not describe the atmosphere that surrounds the Tour of California Camp, but imagine this: Riding 4-5 hours a day 3 hours ahead of the Pro Peloton of the famous Amgen Tour of California Watching the crowds gather and cheering you on Seeing behind the scenes of the crews getting ready for the Pros…

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BRC Camp Photo

Blue Ridge Camp 2016 — Day Two to Mt Mitchell

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The second day of our annual Blue Ridge Training Camp it is devoted entirely to the ascent of Mount Mitchell. Mt Mitchell is the highest point on the Eastern seaboard and represents an incredible achievement for a cyclist. But Blue Ridge Campers are anything but ordinary! Our campers “softened” their legs by climbing over 7,000…

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Pre Ride Coach Talk

Blue Ridge Camp 2016 – Day One Recap

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Pre Ride Coach Talk The 2016 Blue Ridge Camp is on! Our fifth year in the Blue Ridge mountains promises to be epic — from custom jerseys to Snake Mountain and more than 15 returning campers…this was the real deal! We set off with one of our better first rides — 81 miles for the…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Aug 14-16 2015

Coach P

  Large race weekend for Endurance Nation. We had podium spots, first time finishers and memorable finish line moments. Congratulations team, keep up the great work! Ironman® Tri Club Global Ranking: 1st with 734,435 points Ironman® Mont-Tremblant 1st Place Tri Club Division 1 with 56,512 points Bruce Thompson 3rd AG M60-64 Kona Qualifying Ironman® 70.3…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Aug 14-16 2015

Coach P

  Large race weekend for Endurance Nation. We had podium spots, first time finishers and memorable finish line moments. Congratulations team, keep up the great work! Ironman® Tri Club Global Ranking: 1st with 734,435 points Ironman® Mont-Tremblant 1st Place Tri Club Division 1 with 56,512 points Bruce Thompson 3rd AG M60-64 Kona Qualifying Ironman® 70.3…

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2015 Chattanooga Camp Day One & Two Recap

Coach P

Arrival Day On Thursday afternoon 24 Chattanooga campers arrived at the hotel to start a weekend of course training. Some camp members have raced together before so there were familiar faces, others have virtually trained together and were meeting each other for the first time. All in all it was smiles, laughs and of course…

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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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