At Sparks, we teach athletes self-mastery

Join a thriving community where you can grow as an athlete and as a person.

Explore our rowing camps

Go For The Group

Sparks’ rigorous admissions-based approach to sport camps - developed over 15 years - considers athletes’ emotional maturity, drive, thoughtfulness, and ability as key to gaining athletic and personal self-awareness via the challenge presented by running performance at camp. The result is a supportive, focused group environment with high standards of behavior.

Go For The Environment

We’re deeply thoughtful about healthy environments for growth - not limited to amazing venues with incredible routes but also including food, housing, and tech. Our staff undergo extremely careful selection; many are collegiate coaches and classroom educators. Staff to camper ratios are no higher than 1:4 and go lower.

Go To Pursue Self-Mastery

We believe in developing the whole person via the connection between body and mind, and our camps utilize reading and writing to inspire and intention set prior to camp. We utilize a cycle of action and reflection at camp to teach campers how to coach themselves.

What Makes Sparks Special?

Our thoughtful, highly qualified coaches and educators help our running camp students grow through sport

Our People

Our team of thoughtful, highly qualified staff of coaches and educators are dedicated to helping clients grow through sport.

Meet Our Team
Sparks has over 15 years of experience helping the next generation of runners meet their goals

Our Experience

In addition to impressive careers in sport, Sparks has over 15 years of experience helping the next generation of athletes meet their goals.

Our Story
Sparks offers a friendly community of running athletes near and far that support their peers

Our Community

Over the years, Sparks has extended into a friendly community of athletes near and far that support their peers.

Our Community

What goes into a Sparks Camp?

You get more out of a Sparks camp because we put more into a Sparks camp*

Click the pie chart to reveal what goes into a Sparks camp
Staffing
At Sparks, you get a staff of dedicated individuals with first‐hand knowledge of what it takes to succeed in the sport of rowing,including National & Olympic Champions, as well as Ivy League & Olympic Coaches. In addition to their accolades, they are passionate about sharing their knowledge with the next generation of athletes.
Housing
Enjoy an immersive learning environment, centered around your community of peers.
Facilities
Take the rare opportunity to access facilities and resources at some of the most prestigious universities and boat clubs around the world.
Food
Rest assured weʼll cater to your dietary needs. We never sacrifice quality for volume when it comes to fueling for performance.
Curriculum Updates
Your camp is the result of an iterative, annual process of improvement in safety, training, fun and educational content.

*These numbers are an approximation across all of our camps.

†Housing includes meeting and activity space for the camp during the day as well.

Explore Our 2025 Running Camp

Please Join Us For A Summer Filled With Running, Community, and Wonder

Young man sprinting at our running camp
Group of students at a Sparks summer running camp
A runner rests after completing a run
Runners silhouetted on the ridge at a summer running camp