Bear Creek Ski Resort in Macungie, PA is hosting the championships in 2013 and 2014 at their beautiful facility not far from Allentown and Philadelphia. The resort is top notch and they've been running Mid-Atlantic Series Championship events as well as regional USAC series races for years so they are well practiced and will be pulling together a great show.
A few months ago I received a call from Bear Creek's Events Director Gary Kline asking Power On to put together some camps and training plans for the Championships. We are very excited that Power On is the official coaching organization for the Bear Creek Nationals!
As such we are working on a series of camps and clinics along with some Nationals focused training plans we will roll out in the fall.
Mid-October will bring the camps to life and a series of spring, summer and fall camps at the Bear Creek resort and on the Nationals' courses will offer those racers focused on the best possible Nationals preparation a chance to learn the courses and the training methods to take them to their maximal potential on race day!
US National Mountain Bike Championship Camps at Bear Creek (exact dates will be posted soon!):
2012:
Mid-October
2013:
Mid to Late March
Late June
Mid-October
2014
Mid to Late March
Late June
Each camp will have a slightly different focus depending upon the time of year though all will include a healthy dose of course preview riding!
Addtionally, professional riders with a wealth of experience on the Bear Creek course will be joining us for these camps as will specialists in other aspects of proper prepation - diet, mental training, massage therapy, cross training and more depending upon the camp. Camp participants will learn from some of the best coaches and ride with some of Bear Creek's most successful racers over the course the weekends.
Lodging is available through Bear Creek and we strongly recommend staying on site as it will make your experience that much more enjoyable! However, Bear Creek is a very popular place and we do recommend that you book your rooms early.
Camp registration will be on BikeReg - links coming soon.
Camps will be 2-3 days long depending upon the time of year.
Check out Power On's other camps including February's South Carolina Base Training camp and April's Mountain Bike Camp on the Trans-Sylvania Epic Trails! Of course, the TSEpic is fantastic training for nationals too and there may be no better way to prepare for the technical rocky nature of Bear Creek's course than a week long dose of PA riding at the Trans-Sylvania Epic!
As such we are working on a series of camps and clinics along with some Nationals focused training plans we will roll out in the fall.
Mid-October will bring the camps to life and a series of spring, summer and fall camps at the Bear Creek resort and on the Nationals' courses will offer those racers focused on the best possible Nationals preparation a chance to learn the courses and the training methods to take them to their maximal potential on race day!
US National Mountain Bike Championship Camps at Bear Creek (exact dates will be posted soon!):
2012:
Mid-October
2013:
Mid to Late March
Late June
Mid-October
2014
Mid to Late March
Late June
Each camp will have a slightly different focus depending upon the time of year though all will include a healthy dose of course preview riding!
Addtionally, professional riders with a wealth of experience on the Bear Creek course will be joining us for these camps as will specialists in other aspects of proper prepation - diet, mental training, massage therapy, cross training and more depending upon the camp. Camp participants will learn from some of the best coaches and ride with some of Bear Creek's most successful racers over the course the weekends.
Lodging is available through Bear Creek and we strongly recommend staying on site as it will make your experience that much more enjoyable! However, Bear Creek is a very popular place and we do recommend that you book your rooms early.
Camp registration will be on BikeReg - links coming soon.
Camps will be 2-3 days long depending upon the time of year.
Check out Power On's other camps including February's South Carolina Base Training camp and April's Mountain Bike Camp on the Trans-Sylvania Epic Trails! Of course, the TSEpic is fantastic training for nationals too and there may be no better way to prepare for the technical rocky nature of Bear Creek's course than a week long dose of PA riding at the Trans-Sylvania Epic!
