Allie O in Carlsbad 5k Tomorrow

Saw him at the race and had a quick chat. Nice guy, I think he's doing a good job and the results will come.

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I'm happy for her. Allie is so great on Instagram. I wish I had known that earlier than several months ago when I began following her.

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:

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). 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.

Do you think she would be better off relocating to altitude in order to realistically be competitive in that space?

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That should help cover travel expenses. But will there be anything left over to tip Miler-the-Pacer a steak dinner when they get home?

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.

Yeah we do.

lol, Rather, maybe it was disclosed in one of Spencer’s videos a possible return trip through Reno. And he has mentioned a Flagstaff stint.

But for long distance racing (anything over 10k), living at altitude (not just short stints) is probably best for desired physiological adaptations.

Edit: Sorry, I think he said Tahoe (not Reno), but I’m not going back to check that.

That would be you, not me then...

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.

The better quality version of the race is online now.

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With the new video, I was hoping we good get to see Allie's kick at the finish, but nooo...

Too bad.

She's making good money for NNormal. How about you?

She's a three time NCAA Champion. He's got chutzpa and not much else.

Just listened - Allie Mac averages 40 mpw and takes 3 days totally off each week??

Basically ran a 16min 5k in old money. But hey... great IG...

I like Meb, but he should not be allowed to commentate for races. Impressive run by Galvin.