The National Team signups will be in November
and workouts will begin in December.
The season will conclude in mid-July.
National Team
www.specializedusadev.com
This program is focused on preparing athletes for success at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in July 2022 in Winter Park, CO. Only athletes committed to consistent high-level training and racing at the national level should consider the Nationals Team. Admittance to the Nationals Team will be at the discretion of Cycling Development.
Team Overview:
Will meet with the head coach 1-2 days per week.
Athletes on the national team are expected to maintain 90% or greater attendance for workouts. The training volume for National Team riders is between 8-14 hours per week.
Riders will also have several workouts per week to complete on their own or with teammates and completion of these workouts is expected.
Athletes will be using power-based training for 2022. We recommend Wahoo Bike Computers and SRAM Quarq power meters. Athletes will also be using Whoop straps for recovery & sleep training.
Death Valley Team Camp - Wednesday, January 12th thru Monday, January 17th.
Major races of focus:
Puerto Rico MTB Cup, UCI Junior Series, Rincon, Puerto Rico, 02/2022
US Cup, UCI Junior Series, Vail Lake, CA, 03/2022
US Cup, UCI Junior Series, Bonelli Park, CA, 03/2022
Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, CA, 04/2022
UCI Junior Series, Missoula, MT, 06/2022
USA National Championships, Winter Park, CO, 07/2022
*Race schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
Training will start in December. Athletes must be in High School and selection to this program requires coach approval. Jr High athletes are not considered for our nationals program at this time.
Head Coach: Lars Lofgren
If you are interested in being notified when applications for this team open please e-mail coach@cyclingdev.com
A great way to have fun testing yourself on the two Strava segments is race your PR via the Wahoo Bolt. The Bolt will automatically tell you when you are nearing a segment that you have starred. As you start the segment it will beep 1…2…3…go and then start a timer for the segment. On the screen it will also keep you up to date how many seconds ahead or behind you are. The button in the middle of your Bolt will say VS it rotates who you are racing. I recommend setting it to compete against your PR rather than the overall KOM. After the segment is done it will tell you how you did.
HOW TO DO THIS
You have to login to Strava on a computer to star a segment. Click on the segment links below and then press the star to the left of the segment name and it will highlight orange.
Turn on your Bolt head unit and then go to the ELEMNT app on your phone. In the bottom right is a setting gear click on it. Scroll down to Strava Live Segments click on it and Enable all.
For this to work of course you have to have a Strava Premium account. Your standard Strava account is free. If you want to try the premium, it is free the first month then $6 a month. It’s worth it while you are training. My favorite feature of Strava Premium is the ability to test yourself against yourself (PR).
Here is a video to help you with not making a wrong turn on the Salmon Falls segment.