Challenge your body – Inspire your soul – are you ready to fall in love with running?
I left camp with my heart nearly exploding with gratitude and love for all of the strong individuals I met. Not only have I expanded my support group, I came out of this experience with more confidence, education, and inspiration than I could have imagined. I can’t wait to come back to camp again!
My week long participation in the Active Altitude intermediate women’s running camp was one of the best events in my life where I felt affirmatively supported, improved my running form, ate like a queen to fuel properly, enjoyed leisurely time with the coaches and athletes, and I made life long friends with 7 other running goddesses!
This camp has been a fun-with-a-purpose experience. It has challenged me physically & mentally and peeled back some layers to get me in touch with my deeper self. It is the whole experience – physical, mental, emotional, social. Thank you Terry & Jacqueline
2020 marks the 12th year of our series of running and conditioning camps created specifically for adult women. These camps are an incredible opportunity to train and run in one of the best training locations at altitude in the United States, Estes Park, Colorado. Not only do you get to benefit from training and staying at the perfect ‘sweetspot’ that research suggests is the best for maximizing the physiological altitude, you also learn from inspiring and experienced women athletes and expert coaches.
Our camps are perfect for you whether you are an experienced runner and need to rekindle your enthusiasm for running, want to take your running to the next level, or if you are looking to train for your first 10K, half marathon, marathon or beyond – we give you the tools and inspiration you are looking for, and more! Our camps foster long-lasting, healthy lifestyles out of positive thinking, self-acceptance, and joy, inspiring you on every level, physically, mentally, and spiritually. These are extremely popular life changing opportunities, all our women’s running camps sold out in 2018 sold out, so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment!
if you’re not sure which camp is right for you, we encourage you to reach out and connect with us, and we can offer you our expert guidance for which camp we think will match with your goals, status, and experience. Use this link to connect with us.
Featured in Runner’s World in January 2020 as one of six bucket list running retreats for adults
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Featured by Shape Magazine in 2015 as a once-in-a-lifetime fitness retreat for women, the only running camp featured
Read Shape feature here
Featured by CNN in 2015 as one of the top 11 adult running camps in the USA!
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Each camp includes accommodation (2 women per room sharing in a double room – 3 in bunk room – single room and shared room options available), coaching, interactive workshops, video review of running form x 2, all meals, water and juices, all sessions, group transport, journal, towels, bedding and a women’s cut tech tee shirt.
Camps start at 4.00 pm the first day, and finish at 10.00 am on the last day. Here is a typical day’s schedule:
The nearest airport is Denver International (DIA) – the airport is a 1.5 hour drive away from Estes Park. We provide transport during the camp, so you don’t need to bring your own. We recommend a local shuttle service that can pick you up at DIA, and drop you at the camp door here in Estes Park. They will also make the same run in reverse at camp end. To arrive in time for camp start, use the 1.00 pm shuttle from DIA. For return to DIA, use the 10.00 am shuttle. The round trip charge is $85 per person. See more details and to book at Estes Park Shuttle.
If you choose to drive here, there is room for car parking.
Food will be primarily vegetarian – special diets can be catered for. We have successfully nourished vegans, gluten free, and various dietary allergies. Make sure to let us know if you have any restrictions during the registration process.
Camp Director and Head Coach is Terry Chiplin. He is an endurance and life coach, and owner of Active at Altitude. Terry has over 20 years experience working and inspiring athletes of all abilities, from Olympic marathoner to a runner completing their first 5K! Terry is a certified Lydiard Level II coach – Athur Lydiard was the most successful running coach in history, and his sustainable training principles live on today – see more about the Lydiard Foundation here. He has also been a coach for Revolution Running based in Boulder.
Terry works with top level women coaches and guest athletes who bring their own special flavor and expertise to the camps – check each camp to see who will be the guest coach and / or athlete for your level of camp.
Each camp includes runs, activities and sessions from the following:
We hope you never have to cancel your place for one of your camps once you have registered. However, life does happen, and things can change. You can see our cancellation policy at this link. We will always do our best to work with you if you do need to cancel.
Starting in 2020, there is an option to include cancellation insurance cover during the registration process that will protect your investment in the event of you having to cancel.
The average age for campers varies from year to year – recently it has been late 40’s to early 50’s.
The youngest camper we have had is 21; we have also several women campers in their 60″s and 70’s!
Age is not a factor in deciding whether you think you could enjoy and benefit from these camps – feel free to contact us if you have any questions on your suitability for our camps.
With the longer time frame of our full camps, these are the key components that the full camps include that the compact camps do not include:
