CAMP: AN EXTRA WEEK OF TRAINING
Get more from your training by removing stress, improving rest, and raising volume at our flagship camp
LESS STRESS = MORE FITNESS.
It is hard to fit triathlon into a busy, professional life: work, family, and relationships are all part of a happy and well-balanced existence, but training for endurance events can add stress to an already full stress bucket.
When your stress bucket overflows, everything suffers, and that's not why you picked up this sport in the first place. Endurance sports should complement and enrich your life, not riddle you with anxiety.
Even worse, stress impedes how your body reacts to training. When your body is full of stress hormones it struggles to adapt to the training load you place upon it, which is the worst outcome for a busy endurance athlete: you're putting in big hours AND it's not changing your body in any meaningful way. How discouraging!
Enter CAMP. Athletes have been attending training camps as long as sport has been a thing, because camps allow you to train while removing stress. With stress removed and recovery improved, the workouts an athlete performs at camp can multiply their performance after camp.
At our Bend Spring Training Camp, you'll put in about 16-20 hours of training over five days, which is likely an increase from your normal volume. Instead of pushing you into an under-recovered hole, however, camp + low stress + great recovery = large gains in fitness.
Your body relaxes. Your stress hormones drop. Your training sinks in.
That doesn't even take into account the other things you'll take home from camp, like lectures about proper race day nutrition and visits from professional triathletes such as Paula Findlay or Linsey Corbin.
So come to camp — it's like giving yourself an extra week of training time, and time, as we all know, is the ultimate non-renewable resource.
Do More with Less
What is it with training camps? Why do athletes of ALL levels make sure to add them to their calendars each season?
- More volume, lower stress
- Better recovery (less driving, more napping)
- Access to one-on-one coaching
- Advanced analysis such as video capture for swimming
- No day-to-day outside stressors: you literally eat, drink, train, sleep, and learn
- Inspiring company of other athletes in a fun and supportive environment
- Opportunities to learn from some of the sport's best athletes
Train (and Rest) like a Pro
We throw a lot at you at camp. Most days we will do all three sports. We'll do some strength and mobility work. We'll get two long rides to maximize your aerobic conditioning. You'll run almost every day. The whole point of camp is to put a lot of volume into a small amount of time. In the evenings, you'll relax at at LOGE Camps in beautiful and luxurious settings. We'll ride the legendary Prineville loop, run on Sisemore Road, and summit McKenzie Pass. Each day we'll swim at the Olympic Juniper Pool.
Past Professional Guests
Paula Findlay
Eric Lagerstrom
Linsey Corbin
Heather Jackson
Camp Life.
What does camp look like? This is a sample schedule, but camp always looks roughly the same. We gather Friday, May 30th, at midday, and roll on from there, hitting each sport 3-4 times over the course of the five days, and giving you access to professional speakers each evening. Then we "turn you loose" to get some rest each night in your comfortable digs at LOGE Camps.
Every morning at camp begins with breakfast cooked at Base Camp for you (a house nearby LOGE). We make Linsey Corbin's Hazel and Blue Granola and serve it alongside yogurt, fruit, bagels, hard boiled eggs, toast, jam, and avocados. We are supported by Precision Fuel and Hydration, so you can grab fuel for the rest of the day, and then if we're out training at midday you'll be supported with on the go fuel, hydration, and snacks. After workouts we'll have recovery drinks available to maximize your training stimulus.
5/30
Friday
We typically kick off camp with a swim, testing your "critical swimming speed" or CSS, which is similar to FTP on the bike. We gather your videos for later swim analysis, and later that evening we'll go for a shakeout run, giving your legs a chance to wake up and get ready. for what is coming up on Saturday. We finish the day with a hangout at LOGE where we answer your questions about CAMP.
5/31
Saturday
Very often our biggest ride day, we head out on the bikes for a 100- or 70-mile ride to Prineville and the Crooked River Highway. Often described as "the easiest 100 miles you'll ever ride," this breathtaking jewel of Central Oregon riding has it all. You'll enjoy it so much that it's very possible you'll forget you are tired. Saturday evening is often when we're joined by a local pro. Who will it be? If racing commitments don't allow that, we have a lecture session.
6/1
Sunday
It's long run day! After some resting and recharging, we head out to the glorious Sisemore Road, on the west side of Bend, for our long run on an amazing gravel road with breathtaking views of the Three Sisters Mountains. Our sag vehicle accompanies the group, giving you food and fluid throughout the day. Afterwards we go for a quick recovery spin and then hit the pool that evening for some technique work and video capture of your swim stroke for later analysis.
6/2
Monday
Oh, McKenzie Pass in June, when cars are not allowed on this iconic climb. We put the bikes in the car and drive to Sisters (or give you the opportunity to ride there yourself, getting a second 100-mile ride complete in three days). Roads permitting we'll drop down the back side and climb back up, putting the final fatigue into your legs as you climb the 5235-foot pass not once but TWICE. We'll bring your running shoes and send you out for another run off the bike, hopefully making you very, very tired.
6/3
Tuesday
Departure day! We will head back to Juniper one last time for some open water skills and our favorite drill of camp, pictured at right. Time permitting we'll get in a short jog, bringing our run workout numbers to 5 in 5 days, which should send you home with well and truly cooked legs. We'll say our goodbyes and start dreaming about 2025...
What You Get
Just the facts of Camp!
VIDEO SWIM ANALYSIS
A $200 value, we videotape your swim stroke and analyze it for you, delivering it in the days after camp with recommendations for training and for technique improvement, complete with videotaped drills specific to your strengths and weaknesses
LUXURY LODGING
Beautiful, comfortable, functional rooms at LOGE Camps, just steps away from the trails and the Deschutes National Forest.
TRAINING AND LEARNING
- 3-4 swims
- 3-4 rides, two of them long for maximum aerobic conditioning
- 4-5 runs
- Morning strength and mobility sessions
- Lectures from professionals and the Campfire coaches
Maximize 2025
Attending a camp can give your fitness a boost that you can't achieve on your own or at home. If you've been chasing a big result, or you just want to give the sport you love the chance to thrive over five amazing days of training, you should join us.
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