Why have elites seemingly abandoned Mammoth Lakes, CA as a hotbed for training?

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  • Snowflake Elite

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/03/2021 3:07pm EDT
    re: Fat Free Snackwells

    Fat Free Snackwells wrote:

    Chief Niwot Knows wrote:

    I hope people stop coming to Boulder. The awesome version of Boulder in people's heads (i.e. purple mountains, love and dope) because it isnt.

    It is hard to move in Boulder in the literal sense. The people here suffer from generations of neglect and have no etiquette. They are clumsy, dragging their feet, wearing flip flops in the office, chewing with their mouths open, bumping into you, loud, standing in the doorways (i.e. talking to others, looking on their phones) and are crazy, inconsiderate drivers.

    Boulder is pretty overrated. Altitude isn't high enough if you want those benefits. Too expensive. Incredibly pretentious. It's got nice trails, but so do hundreds of other towns in Colorado. And the culture is insufferable.

    You guys, all these new newcomers running on the wrong side of the road are messing things up for all of us less-recent newcomers who join crews to swarm rural roads that used to be mostly empty on weekends like it's our job! I'll just be over here being a social media cop

    https://twitter.com/em_kertesz/status/1424074375519608842

  • Snowflake Elite

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/03/2021 3:08pm EDT
    re: Tommy want wingy

    Tommy want wingy wrote:

    Boulder has good mix of everything but it’s extremely expensive. If money isn’t factor then Boulder is good

    Rent a room in Drew Hunter's crib!

  • malahide

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/03/2021 4:53pm EDT
    re: Cool Trucker Hat and Tight Pants

    Cool Trucker Hat and Tight Pants wrote:

    hmmmmmmmm wrote:

    This place used to be a big deal! Seems like Flagstaff and Park City are the hotspots now, along with mainstay Boulder. What gives? Seems a great spot still for Marathon and trail running training.

    Notice they’re all college towns. Where the millennial hipsters want to be. So they can focus on their Instagram fame.

    Mammoth was for mature Generation Xers like Meb, Hall, Kastor. You know Americans that actually completed highly on a world stage unlike today’s millennial jokes.

    College towns have activities. Arts, entertainment, sports, visiting lecturers. Mammoth has none of that = dead at night.

    Note the coach who loves Mammoth and brings his athletes there every year only stays 2 weeks. His opinion is mute & worthless.

  • registered

    BOHICA

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    2 years ago 10/03/2021 5:37pm EDT
    re: malahide

    malahide wrote:

    His opinion is mute

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  • idiot

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/03/2021 10:51pm EDT
    re: morning perc

    morning perc wrote:

    Brown is down wrote:

    5 hours away from what? I can get to Big Bear in about 35 minutes.

    From Mammoth Lakes, dude. The thread is about Mammoth Lakes. WTF are you smoking?

    Yeah idiot!

  • grease lightning

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/04/2021 7:21am EDT
    re: hmmmmmmmm

    Everyone is overthinking this. ML is just too remote for most athletes that are racing frequently. It’s arduous to get in and out of. It’s great if you’re training for a marathon and staying put for 4-6 weeks. Otherwise, you’re better off somewhere closer to major airports.

    And then there is the wildfires in the summer and the sometimes heavy winter snowpack of Sierras which makes the place hit or miss.

    When all things line up and you can stay put for a while, it’s a wonderful place to train. Perhaps the best.

  • Big Bear is top notch

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/04/2021 12:23pm EDT
    re: Breakfast In Bed

    I have to disagree with the statement about Big Bear Lake. There are many phenomenal places to run, if you know where to go. Newbury park trains there in the summer and revealed many of the better places to run. The area is beautiful with many soft surface roads/ trails to run on. Multiple solid collegiate runners have trained in the area over the last couple summers as well. I would say Big Bear is a top 3-4 place to train in the United States.

  • T.J. Applebee

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 10/04/2021 1:20pm EDT
    re: Snowflake Elite

    Such a peach, probably a real hit socially and at work.

  • jcaban

    Member since 07/08/2020.

    69 posts. Last post 4 days ago.
    2 years ago 10/04/2021 1:53pm EDT
    re: hmmmmmmmm

    I would imagine it has to do with accessibility to an airport and also the ease of getting up and down. A lot of pros seem to be doing base mileage at altitude and then they drive down for the day to do a harder effort at lower elevation. That seems to be the appeal of Flagstaff—easy to drive down to a lower elevation and have good weather for a workout in winter.

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