You will capitalize on our knowledge of the area and our ability to choose the terrain to suit the specific vacation desired. If you are preparing for a Gran Fondo, charity event, or a triathlon, you will have the opportunity to pick apart each section of the ride, experience it, and get valuable direction on how to approach it during the event. For the most part though, the rides will be among your new friends and simply enjoying the terrain and challenge.

The balance:

I will balance training and coaching with enjoying your experience, the food, the wine, and the company. If you have a particular vineyard (like Burrowing Owl or Lake Breeze) you would like to visit during your stay, I will be sure to join you!

The ease:

Once you have registered for the camp make your travel arrangements. We will be pleased to pick you up from the Penticton airport any time in the afternoon of Thursday on the recommended flight. Check in time is 2pm Thursday if you are driving, so you could explore a bit of the region at that time as well if you are keen.

Westjet offers a non-stop service to Penticton once a day directly from Calgary.

Outgoing flight:  WS 3281  Depart Calgary: Thu May 9, 2024 2:05 PM

Breakfasts and ride nutrition are handled by the individual athlete. Most rooms have a kitchenette and there is a central big kitchen in the coaches suite available at all times for any of our athletes.

Dinners are always a fun affair with Coach Mary coordinating with several of the athletes to make group meals. We will also be having Lakeside Resort's 'Steak on the Lake' on Friday evening, so look forward to that!

Coaching will primarily be done by Trev Williams for the bike and Mary Jessey for the swim. We bring a few more coaches/guides along to ensure the quality is high and you are getting in the exact training you want at the level we think you need!

One of the coaches is Michael Godfrey, one of Trev's friends and longest running coach. He's come to every single one of our training camps and vacations and been an invaluable asset to each one.

The other coach is Paul Anderson, another long time friend of Trev and extremely experienced at watching you on the bike and swim. As the former owner of Calgary 70.3, Paul knows triathlon and how to guide you to a great training experience.

You can expect to be kept busy during the day with lengthy rides between 2 - 5 hours (depending on your goals / desires). These rides will be structured and will have coaching opportunities intermixed with training stimulus if this is your goal. For vacationers, it is simply enough to take advantage of the beautiful terrain and views! For the pure cyclists, opportunities will exist to explore more of the phenomenal terrain while the multisport athletes can take advantage of the lake and running pathways. On request, after dinner there will be opportunities to take advantage of a group session on specific training aspects, recovery strategies, race techniques, bike maintenance, or training and racing nutrition. However, most of the time hanging out with a glass of wine and talking about the awesome day prevails! You can always retreat to the beach to enjoy the sunset and a glass of wine as well!

Even though we will work with the weather provided, and may shuffle some sessions around, I will list a rough guide to the camp. I would like to get in as many 'cycling monuments' of the Penticton/Osoyoos area as possible while keeping the training stimulus effective if you are there to train as well as vacation. For the pure experienced cyclist, extended versions of each ride will be available.

NOTE: In 2019 we varied fairly significantly from the daily rides I had initially planned. From my years of experience cycling in the valley, I like to ensure we do rides and activities on appropriate days for the weather. Also, sometimes there are aspects that present themselves to take advantage of. So come expecting the outline to be a very rough guideline.