tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post992844942706901976..comments2024-03-19T04:14:29.522-07:00Comments on Rocky Mountain Dirt Running: Week Ending July 12Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-77552574132704571542009-07-15T11:11:06.016-07:002009-07-15T11:11:06.016-07:00Kyle - Thanks for the thought. You know, I always ...Kyle - Thanks for the thought. You know, I always underplay, or simply forget about/ignore, the realities of running at high altitude. I guess I really haven't been training that much above 7/8k most of the year, and you're right, there is a huge difference between running and training at 6/7k and running/training at 10k+.<br /><br />However, my anecdotal evidence on how poor my climbing was last weekend is the fact that I was running most of the race with a guy from Eaton, who I know for a fact hasn't been training much higher than the 5k Eaton sits at. He would consistently outrun me on the climbs (until he bonked at 20/21 miles), despite the fact that I outran him handily on the climbs through Horsetooth during the trail 8/half last month. <br /><br />Maybe his body is genetically better suited to running at high altitude than mine, but I'm concluding that it boils down to residual fatigue from BH and the lack of a proper recovery period (more because that's what I want to believe than anything else).<br /><br />With all that said, the guy who won the race lives in Breckenridge, which probably helps account, in part, for his very impressive win. Quite obviously a high-altitude guy. Second lives in Leadville, while third lives at 8k in Gunnison. Appears to be something of a trend there. <br /><br />BTW - did you not pay the bill for your website address?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768257304687597320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241238297532213032.post-69261891839190312592009-07-15T10:26:29.295-07:002009-07-15T10:26:29.295-07:00Nick,
I'm sure you know this, but I'd gues...Nick,<br />I'm sure you know this, but I'd guess your climbing "weakness" at Leadville is due to the elevation. When I trained for Imogene last summer I was up at RMNP at least once per week, getting up to 12K regularly--there's a big difference between that and 6Kish at Horsetooth. Even though I'd been training at Horsetooth pretty hard, the higher elevation was definitely a lot tougher. <br /><br />As anecdotal evidence: I beat one local runner at Imogene by several minutes last year, even though he crushes me in races around FC. He said he did all his hills at Horsetooth/Poudre Canyon and hadn't done any high elevation stuff leading up to Imogene.<br /><br />KyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com