Cycling Camp San Diego

HELMETS ARE MANDATORY

ON ALL CAMP RIDES

This camp will make you lean and mean for your event, whether you are a Cat 3, Cat 2, Cat 1, Pro, or just someone who wants to hammer for a solid week!

COSTS

$599 Camp Fee (returning clients $550)
~$250* Hotel (w/roommate)
~$300* Flight
~$200* Cash (in hand)

TOTAL ~$1350
*approximate cost of these items

Sample camp ride schedule below.

All campers must have a USA Cycling license. Click here to apply for an annual license. Or purchase a one-day license for each day of camp during registration—cost is $5 per day.

Camp Fee includes unlimited energy drink, limited energy gels and bars, handouts, talks, coaching, and full-service SAG.

Hotel rate is based on having a roommate and spending 5 nights—includes continental breakfast buffet each morning.

Flight price is based on roundtrip flight from NYC to the West Coast (prices may vary and please check airline cost for traveling with bike).

Cash (in hand) is a high approximation of money you may spend on lunch, dinner, and snacks over 5 days of riding.

WHERE

The home-base hotel will be located in Alpine, CA, Palo Alto, CA, or Warrenton, VA, depending on camp date.

Alpine is located 25 miles east of San Diego, CA, and still retains some appearance of an old west town. Alpine, however, is modern and has many services within walking distance for its growing population. The town is located at 1,900 feet elevation, and has many surrounding traffic-free roads, which take in the Southern California coastal range scenery.

Palo Alto is located about 35 miles of San Francisco, CA, situating the cyclist in a virtual riding paradise, with long climbs that yield stunning views of both the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. If those views don't motivate you, a ride through the redwood groves surrounding this quaint college town will.

Warrenton is located about 50 miles west of Washington, DC and offers the cyclist access to two-lane country roads at the foothills to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Roll through pastures and wine country while tackling some of the East Coast's best climbing.

Lodging in Alpine, Palo Alto, and Warrenton is centrally located for all campers.

Alpine: Ayers Country Inn >>

Palo Alto: Comfort Inn >>

Warrenton: Hampton Inn >>

WHEN

Cyclists will fly into San Diego International Airport/Lindbergh Field to arrive in Alpine, San Francisco Internatiol Airport to arrive in Palo Alto, or Washington Dulles to arrive Warrenton, VA, ready to meet Sunday at 8pm for a precamp talk. (Note: 8pm Wednesday for weekend camps.) Those paying for airport-to-camp shuttle through online registration will have the option of 2 pickups on the day prior to camp: one pickup at the airport at 5pm and an additional pickup at a hotel near the airport for campers who arrive on days prior. The shuttle will make a return journey to the airport and various requested points in Downtown San Diego, San Francisco, and Dulles on Friday evening and Saturday morning (Sunday evening for weekend camps) for those that pay for this service. Please arrange flights accordingly. Many choose to rent cars for flexibility during the week. Further information about the meeting point will be provided to registered campers.

The 8pm precamp talk will be located at the designated home-base hotel. Cyclists will be ready to ride at 8am on Monday. (Note: Thursday for weekend camps.)

Length of camp is determined by dates chosen. Cyclists are welcome and encouraged to fly in earlier to do further riding or vacationing in and around San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. More information will be provided to registered campers.

IN-DEPTH QUALITY TRAINING

This camp will provide in-depth, intensive training sessions through a program designed specifically for road bikers of varying abilities. CCSD Road Training Camp will supply you with the skills and ability to improve your performance on all levels. A sample camp schedule follows:

Sunday: Arrive 8PM for general meeting, plus camp-provided dinner

Monday: Skills followed by 2 to 3 hour ride with climbing and descending instruction

Tuesday: 5-hour endurance ride, with optional 4-min intervals; Evening power clinic

Wednesday: 7-hour endurance ride to over 6,000 feet elevation

Thursday: Cornering and bumping skills followed by 3-hour endurance ride, with optional 4-min intervals; Evening mechanical clinic

Friday: 5-hour endurance ride, with optional speedwork

*Expect to ride a minimum of 22 hours for the week and to climb a total of +25,000 feet.

EXCELLENT VALUE

This camp will provide high-value, heavy impact training at a competitive cost. In order to keep costs manageable, Cycling Camp San Diego will have designated lunch-stop or short refueling areas via SAG on all the rides or after the rides each day. It is up to the cyclist to either bring money for lunch or pack their own lunches. Snacks will be complementary. The home-base hotel will provide a continental breakfast and all rooms should have a microwave, toaster, and refrigerator for those campers who wish to make their own meals.

Certified coaches will ride with the campers and will be available for Q & A throughout the camp. Riders who can fix minor mechanical problems will be present on many rides. In case of a mechanical failure, campers will be directed or transported to a bike shop after the riding is complete for the day.

For more information, contact robert@cyclingcampsandiego.com