I'm not doing IMLT, but I am doing the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Run 50 Miler in less than two weeks. I train in Virginia, where the air is hot and miserable and the trails are steep and rocky.
I've heard many versions of the "<24hrs or >2+ weeks" theory. My question is whether there's good science to back this up or whether it's just repeated wisdom. The Pike's Peak marathon altitude advice (elsewhere in this thread) says that a weekend at altitude can make a difference.
I arrive in Carson City late Thursday. My only decision is whether to spend Friday sitting around as high as I possibly can (probably some 10,000 ski resort) and hope that breathing thin air for 8 hours makes it less of a shock on Saturday, or to spend Friday in Carson City and breathe 8,500' air for the first time at mile 10 of the ultra.
Advice? How should I spend my Friday? I'll report back so all you IMLT'ers can learn from my folly :-)
I've heard many versions of the "<24hrs or >2+ weeks" theory. My question is whether there's good science to back this up or whether it's just repeated wisdom. The Pike's Peak marathon altitude advice (elsewhere in this thread) says that a weekend at altitude can make a difference.
I arrive in Carson City late Thursday. My only decision is whether to spend Friday sitting around as high as I possibly can (probably some 10,000 ski resort) and hope that breathing thin air for 8 hours makes it less of a shock on Saturday, or to spend Friday in Carson City and breathe 8,500' air for the first time at mile 10 of the ultra.
Advice? How should I spend my Friday? I'll report back so all you IMLT'ers can learn from my folly :-)