- CAMP DIRECTOR
- Charlie Woodcock
- Charlie Woodcock has been directing Triathlon Camps in Solvang since 2004. The first camp started with a gathering of like minded athletes who wanted to explore the Solvang area. These camps have now grown into fully supported training weeks allowing many athletes of all levels the chance to 'train like a pro' with the support team and coaches that Charlie has put together.
- A British native, her passion for competing and sporting events grew at a young age, when she won her first running race at the age of ten. As a teenager she competed in athletics and equestrian events which led to her first taste of multi-sport competition, Modern Pentathlon. This event, which is deemed to be a logistical and training juggling act, is something which Charlie thrived upon. She went onto compete for the Junior British Modern Pentathlon Team whilst obtaining a Sports Degree and Post Graduate Teaching Certificate from Bedford College in the UK. Shortly thereafter whilst teaching in the UK, she added some cycling training to her regime and consequently Triathlons. She has competed in many different countries and been a member the British Amateur Triathlon Team on several occasions. In 1999 after being awarded a scholarship from Rotary International to study massage therapy in the USA, Charlie added a national certification in this field to her skills. She continued her passion for sports performance by working as a massage therapist with many athletes from fun runners to Olympians.
- With Solvang Triathlon Camps she is now drawing on all her past experiences to provide memorable training weeks for triathletes from all over the world. From coordinating staff and athletes, to massage and driving support, her role as Camp director is a multi-faceted one that she thoroughly enjoys. Who is her idol you may ask? "The mastermind behind the Discovery Team, Johann Bruneel" she says without hesitation, but then continues, “Thankfully, my love for speeding tickets is not as strong as his!”
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- COACHES
- Chuckie V
- Chuckie is an accomplished endurance athlete who started his athletic career on the USA National team as a cyclist. He took up Triathlon with irrepressible style, sporting a foot-high Mohawk on festive occasions and enjoyed appearing in MTV-style adds for Gatorade in the mid 90's. He got down to business a few years later, with numerous top Ironman finishes around the world including Lanzarote, Wisconsin and Canada. In 1999 he was crowned Ironman Canada winner after an impressive race that came down to the wire.
Chuckie is now passing on his experience, knowledge and love of endurance sports to other athletes through one on one coaching, camps and clinics. His enthusiasm for the outdoors and sports is certainly contagious and he enjoys motivating others to meet new physical challenges. Since retiring from racing, Chuckie still enjoys a very active lifestyle. He has hiked 2655 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail both in 2002 and 2006 and enjoyed many long distance bike trips around the USA. Chuckie has trained in the Solvang area each winter since 2003 and knows the area like the back of his hand!
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- David Fix
- David, a four time Hawaii Ironman veteran, is no stranger to being first out of the water in the many triathlons he has completed. In fact, he's finished in the top 10 after the swim in Hawaii Ironman on three occasions. His coaching career began at his alma mater, ASU, and he also served as a club coach for Scottsdale Aquatics. Today, David's thirst for endurance sports is far from quenched. An active professional, husband, and father of three, David finds a rewarding challenge in balancing his career and family life with continued training as a competitive triathlete. Year after year, he seeks out new goals and challenges for a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. After a 13-year career in finance, David has taken on his newest challenge - running Endure It! based in Naperville, Chicago. As a USA All American, he hopes to bring his unique experience and training perspective to athletes in the Chicago area interspersed with warm weather training trips to Solvang. "Being a successful, driven athlete doesn't mean sacrificing you're life" he says. "Whatever your goal is, it can be done." The Endure It Solvang Camp in 2008 will be David's third training/coaching trip out to Solvang.
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- Peter Reid
- Peter, three time Hawaii Ironman World Champion (and three time runner up) has been the most consistent performer at this prestigious race for the last decade. His talent, dedication and ability to perform when it matters, has resulted in a career which includes ten Ironman wins across the globe. Similarly to Chuckie, Peter set out in the endurance world as a cyclist but swiftly made the move to Triathlons in 1989. A seventeen year career span followed where Peter became King of the Hawaii Pressure cooker on many occasions and has certainly earned himself a spot on the list of the islands greats.
- Peter, who retired from life as a pro athlete in 2006, is now challenging his experience and passion for the sport into his coaching domain, PR Peak Performance. His goal is to apply his philosophies to coach other athletes to achieve their sporting dreams. He is also currently enjoying a very active lifestyle. During the spring of 2007 Peter was to be found coaching at a camp in Monaco and training with Axel Merckx. This summer he has been racing mountain bike events throughout BC. It is a pleasure to have Peter on board for our 2008 Camp season.
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- Tim Luchinski
- Tim has over 10 years experience as an endurance athlete and 5 years as a coach. He has finished 15 Ironman triathlons with a best finish of 13th place at Ironman Hawaii. A fabulous runner, Tim has Ironman marathon splits of 2:50, 2:52 and a 2:55 (Hawaii!) to his name. Tim currently is balancing life as a new father, husband, coach and elite runner. timluchinske.blogspot.com
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- Sports Doctor Consultant - Dr. P.Z. Pearce
- Dr. P.Z. Pearce founder of www.champsportsmed.com is a seven-time finisher of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship, is Medical Director of Ironman Coeur d’ Alene, Ironman Arizona, Ironman Hawaii, and Spokane Bloomsday. He is the team physician for Spokane Indians baseball and Spokane Chiefs hockey, and medical staff for the Seattle Seahawks. In addition, Dr. Pearce is the Training Coordinator and National Team Physician for United States Triathlon Association, adjunct faculty at Eastern Washington University, and Associate Clinical Professor of Sports Medicine at University of Washington. Dr. Pearce received a B.S. Degree in Physiology and Psychology and his M.D. at the University Of Washington. Dr Pearce will be giving educational presentations at some of our Spring 2008 camps.
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- ASSISTANT COACHES
- Andy Fox
- Andy is an elite age group triathlete from Colorado with over 25 yrs of racing experience. He works as a professional Firefighter/Paramedic in Englewood, Colorado. He grew up as a nationally ranked swimmer and started his triathlon career in 1981. He has competed in all distances with success including 3 Kona visits and age group wins at Boulder Peak, Buffalo Springs and Ironman Canada. Living in Colorado has enabled him to be very diverse in his racing as he has competed in numerous mountain bike races, including a top ten Leadville 100 finish, as well as snowshoe races, ski races, winter triathlons, off road tris and trail races such as the Pikes Peak Ascent.You will usually find him racing cyclocross in the fall. The 2008 camp season will be Andy's second season coaching at our camps.
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- Ben Greenfield
- Ben Greenfield graduated from University of Idaho in 2005 with bachelor's and master's degrees in sports science and exercise physiology. He is certified as a personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach (National Strength and Conditioning Association), a bicycle fit technician (Serotta), and a sports nutritionist (International Society of Sport Nutrition). With over 8 years experience in coaching professional, collegiate, and recreational athletes from all sports, Ben is Director of Sports Performance for Champion Sports Medicine www.champsportsmed.com and the head coach and owner of Pacific Elite Fitness online coaching services www.pacificfit.net. At Champions, Ben directs a physiology and biomechanics lab that specializes in performance bike fitting, run gait and swim stroke analysis, sweat sodium profiling, blood lactate, VO2 and aerobic/anaerobic power testing. Through Pacific Elite Fitness, Ben teaches holistic wellness, sports nutrition and performance while creating comprehensive endurance athlete training programs. Ben has also written two books on metabolism and weight loss: "Shape21: The Lean Body Manual" and "100 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism". Ben is currently the #1 ranked triathlete in the Triathlon Northwest race circuit and holds several course records in the Pacific Northwest. We are excited to have Ben join us in Solvang at the Advanced Base Camp to offer physiological testing for our camp athletes.
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- CAMP SUPPORT
- Physical Therapist/Pilates Seminar leader - Cristina Shupe, MPT.
- Cristi is a licensed Physical Therapist and Certified Pilates Instructor in private practice in Solvang and Santa Barbara, California. She has a Master of Physical Therapy degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. The focus of her clinical practice has been in an outpatient orthopaedic setting allowing her to integrate her passion for teaching therapeutic movement at the rehabilitative level, working with both low level patients looking to increase functional strength and mobility, as well as high-level patients with athletic/sports specific goals. As a Pilates Instructor and yoga enthusiast she has developed a philosophy of mind-body conditioning that combines alignment and articulation of the skeletal system with movement that cultivates unification of breath and recruitment of the core muscles. Her goal is to assist her patients to find a harmony between strength, balance, flexibility and sensitivity to their bodies in a way that facilitates optimum performance and prevention of injury.
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- Support Driver - Peter Nicklin:
- Pete Nicklin lives in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley in the city of Solvang. He started bicycle riding about 25 years ago as he needed something to do after he quit smoking! Thereafter, he and his wife took all of their vacations on bike tours. He enjoyed these tours so much that about 6 years ago he started leading bike tours with Scenic Cycling Adventures for 3 summers in a row. For the past 15 years he has worked the Breathe Easy Ride (an American Lung Association event) in the Santa Ynez Valley area and driven support for the Solvang Century ride which involves 6,000 riders. Peter was a key part of our team for the 2007 camp season and we are lucky to have his expertise and support for all our 2008 camps. Thanks Pete!
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