March 19, 2015
Select Nike Running Camps Offer Programs for Middle School Runners
San Rafael, CA: The Nike Green Mountain and Smoky Mountain Running Camps offer educational training programs for middle school runners. The programs run July 12-17, for SMRC in Asheville, NC and Aug 2-7 for GMRC in Meriden, NH.
Unlike some camps, the Nike Middle School Running Camps are focused first and foremost on imparting knowledge. The goal is to educate first and train second, with a significant amount of time spent in the classroom. This ensures that the young runners are building the knowledge base needed to have a long and successful running careers. A few of the topics covered include Effort Based Training, Running Heroes, Running Vocabulary, and Why am I not as fast as I used to be? This is not a camp where you come to run and train hard every day. If one is looking for a camp that is going to do a large number of miles and lots of speed work, this is not it. The overarching philosophy is Effort Based Training, meaning you train at paces and levels of effort consistent with YOUR CURRENT level of fitness. To that end campers are assigned a running group that takes into account their current training level, miles per week, how many weeks in training this summer, average weekly mileage and to a lesser extent personal best times. The reasoning is simple: training is based on YOUR CURRENT level of fitness, not that of friends or what you might have run in the spring, but what YOUR CURRENT level of fitness is when you arrive at camp.
For more information visit https://www.ussportscamps.com/running.
The mission of the camp is to educate and entertain the campers to become smarter runners.
During all of the camp sessions, campers live the life of a student-athlete while staying in the dorms and training at the school’s facilities. All of the Nike Running Camps offer the perfect opportunity for campers to focus on their specific event and learn from the knowledgeable and passionate staff.
About US Sports Camps, Inc.
US Sports Camps (USSC), headquartered in San Rafael, California, is America’s largest sports camp network and the licensed operator of Nike Sports Camps. Over 75,000 kids attended a US Sports Camp program in 2014. The company has offered summer camps since 1975 with the same mission that defines it today: to shape a lifelong enjoyment of athletics through high quality sports education and skill enhancement. Athletes, Coaches, Parents and others interested in learning more about our 2015 Nike Sport Camp programs can visit our website or call 1-800-645-3226.