I am going on a trip to peru this summer and was wondering if it was beneficial to train at this hieght because there is a town called la rinconada close to were we are so i was wondering if this would be good or bad. My pace would probably be really slow but would it make me stronger.
What is that in an actual unit of measurement i.e. metres?
4876.8 meters
There are numerous football fields, one of which looks to be full size and seems to have a trail around about 3/4 of it, but there do not appear to be any tracks. However, there look to be numerous dirt roads that you can use for good mileage and probably limited traffic, and probably there are very steep hills for hill repeats. I would not try to run in any of the concentrated town areas where there are likely stray dogs and lots of traffic. I'd start very easy the first couple of days. The biggest benefit is probably just living at that altitude.
You 'll sound like Darth Vader on your runs.
You will lose muscle mass rapidly and it will take weeks to recover.
lightningmcqueenspeedsterfrfr123456789 wrote:
I am going on a trip to peru this summer and was wondering if it was beneficial to train at this hieght because there is a town called la rinconada close to were we are so i was wondering if this would be good or bad. My pace would probably be really slow but would it make me stronger.
That would be miserable. I watched a little video on YouTube about that town a few weeks ago and it looks rough in just about every way. If you want to go for a run at 16000 ft, I think there are probably many better places to do it than a town. However, if you do choose to run at that elevation, you are probably going to be digging yourself into a hole if you don't go to significantly lower elevation pretty quickly.
Obviously the OP is trolling. La Rinconada is a sh!thole as the video shows.
Any updates? Or are you dead?
HiLol wrote:
Any updates? Or are you dead?
There weren't any articles about runners tragically dying in La Riconada last year so either op was trolling or he survived.
It would be good to take a dump up there and see if the mountain goats eat it
lightningmcqueenspeedsterfrfr123456789 wrote:
I am going on a trip to peru this summer and was wondering if it was beneficial to train at this hieght because there is a town called la rinconada close to were we are so i was wondering if this would be good or bad. My pace would probably be really slow but would it make me stronger.
That is pretty high. You are really going to feel it.
Sleeping and living high is far more beneficial than training high. It is just sometimes it is not practical to "live high, train low".
Run, but don't expect to come back to SL and set the world on fire.
Also, your sleep at that altitude will likely be compromised. If you are sleep deprived and try to train hard, you are at a higher risk for getting sick.
PS: just saw this was a year old thread.