How high do you need to be to consider it altitude training? In other words whats the elevation need to be to get any benefit out of running somewhere?
How high do you need to be to consider it altitude training? In other words whats the elevation need to be to get any benefit out of running somewhere?
Bump, I'm interested as well.
Bump. Me too.
7,000 ft
8 hundred meter dude wrote:
7,000 ft
Boulder is only 5,000 feet...
Anything above sea level?
I read an article a few years ago and it said the optimum was 8500ft.
I think the issue is less the actual altitude, and more the duration. If you go run there for a few weeks, you've wasted time and money (unless you have a fun vacation while you're at it). Even 3-6 months is the bare minimum... you really should live there for a year or more to truly have your body adapt.
What about twice as long at 4,500 ft?
quack wrote:
I think the issue is less the actual altitude, and more the duration. If you go run there for a few weeks, you've wasted time and money (unless you have a fun vacation while you're at it). Even 3-6 months is the bare minimum... you really should live there for a year or more to truly have your body adapt.
bullshit.. yeah staying there a year or more is prolly the best or maybe it isn't
but to say staying 5-6 weeks at over 7,000 ft is a waste of time you're very idiotic.. so many professionals do 2-3 of these stints then go back down to sea level to work on "faster running". staying somewhere over a year is good if you're trying to build a strong base for a marathon or if you're out of shape... but if you're in great shape, then 5-6 weeks at 7,000 is all you need. worked for me
Boulder is at 5k feet, but you can get much higher very quickly.