Many times over I have heard that between 5500 and 7000 is ideal for altitude training. Also when you drop from altitude to race you want to race within 3 days otherwise you will feel a bit leghargic (sp?) and you start to loose the advantages that altitude gives you, aka extra red blood cells. The advantages generally stay around for 10-14 days but you get the most benefit the sooner you race. They have also been saying for a little while to live high train low, that why you will see DeBoom and others who live around Boulder advertize for CAT and other altitude tents even though they live high they sleep even higher and then training is lower.

Hunter Kemper has trained with supplamental O2 for workouts to simulate sea level and has done workouts with air simulated to a couple thousand ft below sea level, I heard a reason behind this but don't want to try to remember the reason.


Branden

Manitou Springs,-23 yr Colorado Native

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