I used to be a software engineer, working full time while chasing a professional career in running. Then, I quit my job to pursue triathlon full time. Now I just train all day and make videos about it. Some beat-making on the...
She spends considerable time on the stationary bike, so her actual mileage is low. I’ll be interested to see how she does in her summer trail running races.
I agree it will be interesting to see how she adjusts to longer races. After her next race (US mountain running uphill champs), the rest of her listed schedule will be races in the 2-3 hour range.
Allie McLaughlin, who AllieO will be racing against at times, also runs low mileage (interesting interview on her training and adjusting to long races:
). She won the Tarawera 50K a couple months back and had a great series of longish sub-ultra trail races at the end of last year, so it can be done on low mileage. AllieMac would be the favorite in head-to-head trail or mountain matchups for now, having a faster time on the same course (2-min faster at Mt. Marathon), having more experience in the races, and more experience adjusting her training to those demands. I'm a fan of both Allies, so it will be fun to follow.
Probably, but I'm sure she's thought about it, so I don't think random people on the internet, including me, should have any input. The US mountain running champs aren't at altitude, but the other races are. We don't know her travel/training plans for this season, so maybe she already has altitude stints planned. If she stays mostly at sea level, it wouldn't necessarily hurt long term because it will be a learning experience, and some sea level people do better than other at altitude.
Some people might not do well living at altitude. Alaskan trail/ultra star Geoff Roes was perma-fatigued pretty much as soon as he moved to Nederland, CO. Maybe the timing was a coincidence, but the additional stress didn't help. Colin Sahlman also hasn't done too great moving to Flagstaff, but all kinds of changes were happening at the same time.
You can tell I follow them casually. I’m not sure how I got sucked in initially. I resisted watching any TAS videos for a long time, but I think he was the gateway to Allie’s videos. I hardly knew anything about Allie O. until her interesting videos on her past racing career.
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You can tell I follow them casually. I’m not sure how I got sucked in initially. I resisted watching any TAS videos for a long time, but I think he was the gateway to Allie’s videos. I hardly knew anything about Allie O. until her interesting videos on her past racing career.
She's a three time NCAA Champion. He's got chutzpa and not much else.
She spends considerable time on the stationary bike, so her actual mileage is low. I’ll be interested to see how she does in her summer trail running races.
I agree it will be interesting to see how she adjusts to longer races. After her next race (US mountain running uphill champs), the rest of her listed schedule will be races in the 2-3 hour range.
Allie McLaughlin, who AllieO will be racing against at times, also runs low mileage (interesting interview on her training and adjusting to long races: ). She won the Tarawera 50K a couple months back and had a great series of longish sub-ultra trail races at the end of last year, so it can be done on low mileage. AllieMac would be the favorite in head-to-head trail or mountain matchups for now, having a faster time on the same course (2-min faster at Mt. Marathon), having more experience in the races, and more experience adjusting her training to those demands. I'm a fan of both Allies, so it will be fun to follow.
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