Spring Training with C4

As some of you may know I started C4 Rider Training officially in 2010 after assisting and coaching young racers/riders in the corridor for almost 10 years. At C4 we are all about winning races, but we also focus on much more than riding the bike. Every year we grow a little more and spend our time teaching riders the do's and don'ts of being successful racers/humans. With that being said I would like to introduce McKinley Languedoc. McKinley is a 15 year old Squamish local with a great eye, and a talent for media. He will be the official C4 Team media guy for the next couple years. Welcome to the team. Expect more awesome posts on the C4Race blog, and special thanks to Mckinley for his hard work. See you at the the track!

-Cory Leclerc
Head Coach/Owner C4 Rider Training



Head Coach of C4, Cory Leclerc, takes out a group of riders for an exciting weekend of training. After months of rain and snow the sun is shining on Squamish again. The locals are taking full advantage of it, riding everyday. The crew set out with some drills and a gym work out the first day, then got into a race simulation on the second day.


After some training Cory took everyone out to the Timberwolf Restaurant for some awesome burgers.

Next it was onto a workout at the Challenge by Choice gym here in Squamish. Karen, the trainer, showed the boys some proper technique and some new exercises. Once they had the techniques down she had them work out. This gym is a biker friendly gym, workouts that focus on what you will be doing riding and translating that into an exercise.

The next day, everyone was feeling good and ready for a race simulation. Everyone met up around Quest University, did some warm ups, and it was off to the races! First up was a course walk up the trail then some practice laps. Cory gave one on one coaching to the riders individually as practices went on. The riders were getting amped up, a little bit of friendly competition was present. Lee Jackson and Zander Geddes from the Norco Factory Team were helping Cory and giving tips to the younger riders. Cones, timers and marshalls were all set up and it was time to race!

Some of the riders and Cory.


And he's off!

Team rider Luke Di Marzo.

Bracken, Luke and Zander hiking up.


Team rider Jack Casey coming down with speed.

Thanks to Geoff Cundiff and Guy Auger for marshalling the race. After the race Cory had everyone regroup at Black Tusk Jerky for some sweet beef jerky. All in all, it was an awesome weekend of spring training with C4.

C4 would like to thank their sponsors:
Norco
Race Face
Hayes
Smith
Sun Ringle
Marzocchi
SRAM
Five Ten
Kali