Spring Training Camp
600K Challenge
Clare Zecher Coaching's Spring Training Camp is a multi-day cycling event that will springboard athletes into their Summer season! This riding challenge involves multiple rides over a 9 day period to build a solid base for race season.
This is a USAC sanctioned event!
Who Should Do This Event?
Cyclists (Road & Gravel) looking to get a big jump on their base mileage for spring and summer riding need to get some road under their seat, and this multi-day spring training event is an awesome way to get big mileage, and big gains, while minimizing the risk of injury.
Triathletes – One of the biggest mistakes we see triathletes make every season is trying to ride as hard as they can during their weekly training to try to get stronger. Often, this backfires and riders get injured, and they also lack muscular endurance to actually translate interval power on the trainer to outdoor sustained power output. They almost always blow through building their cycling base, and as a result of thin foundation, they crumble under pressure.
Event Description
Category 1 - $49
Six 100K rides (or a total of 600K) between 4/17/21 and 4/25/21
These rides may be completed each day (ideally) or in the event of rain, spread over the 9 days. Riders may complete a 45’ indoor trainer ride in Zone 1-2 (under 65% FTP) for any rain days to count as a ride day, in the event more than 2 rain days occur and still qualify for the gift card.
Example 1: Rider A chooses to ride 100K outdoors on 4/17, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21 and 4/22. This is the traditional model we use in Spring Training Camp in Arizona in non-Covid times.
Example 2: Rider B chooses to ride 40 miles (64.38KM) on 4/17, 4/18 40 miles, 4/19 OFF, then 4/20 100K, 4/21 100K, 4/22 100K, 4/23 OFF, 4/24 150K, and 4/25 20K.
Category 2 - $35
Six 62’ rides, or a total of 372’ of riding in any combination of indoor trainer and outside between 4/17/21 and 4/25/21. For indoor riding, it is okay to split up rides into AM & PM rides, I.E. 45’ AM, 17’ PM, or whatever combination works for you. The goal is to get the total “Time on Seat” over the 9 day period.
* Grand Prize of $150 Gift Card to Pacific Cycling & Triathlon! Sponsored by:
Grand Prize Eligibility for all 600K finishers (600k finishers only, 62 minute riders are not eligible). Before beginning the Challenge, riders must submit via email to events@clarezechercoaching.com their estimated finish time for the total 600K. Riders must upload their data from Strava to be eligible for verification. We STRONGLY encourage you to estimate a slower time as: 1) spring training of this stacked day variety should be done in Zone 1 & Zone 2 and error on the side of too slow: and 2) if a mechanical or train or cow slows your path, we want riders to be able to not rush to make up time. The winner will be whichever cyclist finishes their 600K closest to their estimated time.
Example of how this works:
Rider 1 estimates 30 hours total for 600K. Completion time after the 6th 100K is 30 hours and 30 minutes.
Rider 2 estimates 30 hours total for 600K, and completion time is 29 hours, 20 minutes.
In this circumstance, Rider 1 wins the Grand Prize!
What do Riders Get for Registering?
- All riders completing the full event will receive a $10 gift card to Pacific Cycling & Triathlon, 984 High Ridge Rd., Stamford, CT. Riders that are not local will receive a $10 gift card to Starbucks to be used anywhere.
- A digital certificate showing “I Survived Spring Training Camp” that can be printed and hung for glory! Friends will be in AWE knowing you rode 600K, or else they’ll think you’re mental (maybe both).
- Tracking on the Event Site at Bike Reg – See how much your Challenge Competition completed each day! Links with Strava or Manual Upload is available.
- Gear List – Spring Training is a beast unto its own, so having a well-tested gear list is KEY to knowing you have what you need should the world throw you a wrench.
- Pacing Plan! Knowing how to complete each ride successively is so important to successfully completing this Spring Training. Many riders simply try to blow through it quickly, and they blow up. Riders will receive a detailed plan of how to approach each day so you can successfully complete every one of the 600 Ks on this Challenge! This will also include tips for dealing with changing weather, saddle discomfort, fueling 911s.
- Riders local to SW Connecticut and the Westchester area will receive six 100K courses, complete with GPX files with instructions on where to park, where the nice bathrooms are, and where to purchase water and fuel along the routes. (Note – ALL Riders may choose to ride their own routes, any route they choose, loops, out and backs, point to points, or whatever they choose.)