State College Climbing Camp — Will be back for more!
20 Apr 2009
I would like to extend a resounding and glowing thanks to everyone involved in the State College Climbing Camp. From the moment we arrived, to the moment we left, our days were full of hard challenging rides — followed up by an analysis of our individual efforts each day.
Each ride was well planned and thought out by Coach in Charge —
Mike Kuhn. We encountered some tough terrains; dirt hills, long four and five mile climbs up and tricky descents, all of course under the very watchful eyes of our coaches who never stopped giving encouragement, technical instructions and challenging each of us. Each day we were able to build on skills that were taught the previous day and use them to great success the next day. From drafting, chasing down breaks, group pursuits, learning to attack and read the riders around us — we were constantly challenged, pushed and thinking about improvement.
An enormous THANKS to Jamie our hardest working mechanic... EVER! Not only did he take care of washing down and cleaning our bikes after the wet rides he was also there riding with us keeping the groups together. Thanks also to Coaches Holden and Kevin who were great especially with our multisport riders and helping enormously with nutritional advice on our long rides.
The climbing and riding around State College was beautiful. The 250 miles that some of us covered was probably some of the toughest and longest climbing in PA. To think this camp was a mere 3 hours away from Philadelphia and NY it was more than worth it — this was perhaps the hardest 4 days of riding I've done but for sure, I'll be back next year for more !
Thanks Cadence!
Ruth D