NCAA altitude Adjustments

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17 years ago 01/14/2007 10:28am EST

I train and run at a school at 4700 ft above sea level. I attended a meet yesterday and some good times were posted. My question is with the altidude adjustments / altitude equivelent to running at sea level. the NCAA has put out conversions for every outdoor and indoor facility above 3000 ft. My question is are altitude adjustments real? would the runner run the same at sealevel? how accurate are these adjustments?

Being up this high I think they are but I've never asked anyone on the subject and I'd like to hear others opinions. thanks

17 years ago 01/14/2007 4:27pm EST

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17 years ago 01/14/2007 4:37pm EST

re: UV

I think I won't be too far off the mark in stating that science has been able to prove that training at altitude does have its advantages when racing at a lower sea level.

As far as how acurate the NCAA conversions are, that I can't answer. I am sure that they had somebody take the time and do their homework and come up with the conversions. I would say that they would be fairly close.

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