In the continential United States, which locations are the most practical for living high and training low? Are there any locations where you can live at 7000 feet or above, and within an hour drive get to a location at 3000 feet or below to train?
Ed
In California:
Big Bear/LA
Grass valley/Tahoe
Clovis/Huntington Lake
Sure, just live somewhere like Memphis or Tampa and sleep with noseplugs and a gag on.
Somewhere in New Mexico.
In Flagstaff you can drive less than an hour and be at 3500 feet.
Ed Eyestone and the fast Mormons (Cumings, Pilkington, etc.) pulled that off in Utah quite a bit in the 70s-80s.
Flagstaff fo sho.
According to my book "Altitude Training and Athletic Performance" (which is a book every serious runner should own), most of the live high/train low studies in the US have been done using Park City, UT (8200 ft.) and Salt Lake City (4100 ft.)-- Park City is only 28 miles from Salt Lake City.
I lived in Park City and trained in SLC. Definitely got a good altitude effect from that combo. And just living in SLC and training down there was pretty good too.