John Wilk

Specialties: Road Racing Category 5 to Elite, Racing Tactics, General Fitness, All Abilities

Home: Oakland, California

Client levels accepted: Individual, SemiCustom, Custom, Consultation

Available to take on all levels of athletes both racing and non-racing.

Available for seminars, camps, clinics, and team direction on a contractual basis.

John Wilk is a USA Cycling Level 2 Coach with a degree in Kinesiology from California State University East Bay. John brings to each client an in-depth technical knowledge of training methods as well as several years of personal experience as an elite level cyclist racing with some of the best cyclists in the nation.

John thoroughly understands the drive, determination and training it takes to achieve your athletic goals. John‘s studies included coursework in exercise testing and prescription, exercise physiology, nutrition, and sport psychology. John’s formal education and race experience have provided him with an intuitive understanding of training, race tactics and psychology coupled with the ability to define a rider’s strengths and limiters. These skills enable him to provide riders with training and racing plans that will improve their speed and power as they pursue higher racing goals.

With a detailed knowledge of the Northern California racing culture, John is intimately familiar with most, if not all of the courses in this area, allowing him to share with his clients important knowledge about race tactics and skill sets a cyclist will need for a particular race. In addition to his technical expertise, John has first-hand experience with the need to balance training with work and family life.

John believes that planning, flexibility and time management are critical components of any successful training plan. John has used these very same training tactics to consistently earn himself high place finishes and numerous wins as a Category 1 racer, as well as the title of 2009 NCNCA Master’s State Criterium Champion. He is well known in the Bay Area cycling community and has a reputation for being a highly tactical rider and strong sprinter.

When he is not training on or racing his bike you will probably find John with his wife chasing their three-year-old son (and future NorCal cycling star) around the neighborhood on his bike. In addition John enjoys spending his time watching movies, enjoying a cold beer and occasionally re-living his days as a skateboarder.

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