My coach brought up this idea that the cross country and track team will take a little trip over to Taos this summer for a bit of altitude training. I personally have no clue on what to expect. I've never been to Taos, Ive also never done any form of altitude training. So if anyone has gone there or knows about altitude training, please enlighten me! Thank you
When I was there I did all my runs on the Rio Grande Gorge path. Quite beautiful but not the best footing. There are plenty of trails in the Kit Carson National Forest but there are also mountain lions. There's a mountaineering store in the plaza and one woman there knows all the places to run.
Contact the Mayor's office - he is very proud of this new facility and the ability for people to come here and train in this altitude. There are LOTS of other places to run, too. A link to the town offices and Taos Sports Aliance below.
Also:
http://www.taossportsalliance.com/
OH, AND WHILE YOU ARE IN TAOS - please drop by and check out my unique and original art at the Wilder Nightingale Fine Art Gallery. A quick look and more info on Taos below! Thanks! And enjoy your stay
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Go. It is such an awesome place, Pretty high up, beautiful. Like nowhere Ive ever been. You'll kick yourself for not going.
Taos is great....if you are a skier and tourist.
Personally, it sucks for running. I ran there quite a bit and I never enjoyed it. Go somewhere else, what organization are you going with?
Tons of pit bulls and mangy dogs that will chase you. Crazy people will shoot at you, chase you. Not a ton of variety for running unless you want to be constantly climbing. Forget fast running or tempos while you are here, because you don't want to run anywhere close to the road given how people drive. You leave Taos with less turnover and the conditioning of a trail runner who runs UP mountains for a living.
Go somewhere else, seriously.
There's a line in Tom Jordan's Pre biography about Pre and Shorter running the road up to the ski valley. It's a beautiful road, but pretty curvy; you might get run over.
I'm going with my school. We will be training, from what coach said, with some guys from love joy. I really want to go and get better, but I can barely keep a 7:40 pace on my 7 mile runs. So I am fearing that I'm gonna be left way behind by every one. I was just curious as to what pace I'll need to be able to keep if any one has gone there before. T
Once again, thanks to all
Don't worry too much about it. You'll be fine. Don't worry about the watch at all. It will be different from what you're used to, but it will be a good experience. I visit Taos for a couple weeks every year, and it always reminds me to pay more attention to the internal feedback rather than the external, which is a good lesson, wherever you are.
giancarlo wrote:
Don\\\'t worry too much about it. You\\\'ll be fine. Don\\\'t worry about the watch at all. It will be different from what you\\\'re used to, but it will be a good experience. I visit Taos for a couple weeks every year, and it always reminds me to pay more attention to the internal feedback rather than the external, which is a good lesson, wherever you are.
Does anyone here run for Love joy in texas? Just out of curiosity...
Ever since track ended I\\\'ve been trying to run by feel, so basically if I feel good, then I\\\'ll go fast or I\\\'ll go far, but if my legs are tired then I\\\'ll go a little easier.
I think Frank Shorter trained in Taos for a while according to his book........
Hey Jiggle, who do you run for? Taos has some great trails, and the run up to the ski valley is safe enough but pretty tough.
texascoach wrote:
Hey Jiggle, who do you run for? Taos has some great trails, and the run up to the ski valley is safe enough but pretty tough.
I run for a little town called prosper, were 3a. If anyone here knows who bailey Belvis is? She runs for mizzou now, she went to prosper. Adrian nevarez? He goes to unt I think, he ran for us as well
Why do you ask texascoach?
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Personally, I think Taos is overrated. There are better (and safer) places to train at altitude that are equally, if not more, beautiful.
I would suggest going to Colorado instead. And this is coming from a native New Mexican.
Just wondering. The Prosper XC job is open; who is your coach?
Just talked to the Lovejoy coach; he doesn't know anything about Prosper going with them.
If you go to New Mexico, run in Abiquiu at least once (60 miles north of Taos and great trails).
Also check out Dale Ball open space trails on Artist / Bishop Ranch Rd. in Santa Fe.
http://www.santafenm.gov/index.aspx?NID=1059
When done with Dale Ball go check this place out for a soak.
And get some food at the best NM restaurant in the state in Espanola (but get back to Taos as Espanola is rough).
Enjoy.
texascoach wrote:
Just wondering. The Prosper XC job is open; who is your coach?
Yeah that's what I heard, I guess she is leaving? I don't know much about that. Her name was rachelle Robbins, I think thats how to sleep her name. She was, for the most part a fun coach. But, in my opinion, was not strict enough, and only used "talent" to run the team. So basically, if you sucked she wouldnt help you get better at all. But my track coach, Anderson, he has helped us tremendously in trying to improve us as all around better runners, and it also seemed that he quite possibly be taking over the distance team. But I have no clue, so if you find anything out texascoach, please do share!
texascoach wrote:
Just talked to the Lovejoy coach; he doesn't know anything about Prosper going with them.
Well our track coach told us about it, well not really telling us, more or less seeing who would do it. So I got interested and came here to see if anyone has gone up there and what not. So I don't even know if our school will be going up there at the same time as Lovejoy.
Yeah I've been to Taos, and it is great for summer training with your high school. your coach chose a great spot, I wish I would've had a place like that to train in high school. never mind the pace, bond with your team and enjoy the great trails (ive run them before, there are plenty of great places to run). If your getting ready for a big race in college or something, go somewhere else but it sounds right for your team. what time of year you guys going to run there? It can get hot but not terribly slow.