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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    Sorry 5:46. That is at 5000ft, by myself with some good old Colorado wind. Definitely in the 5:30s at low elevation with a group of guys.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    Haha yes I am a competitive runner. I am looking to go around 2:20:00 for the marathon at Boston next year. I have two kids so I don’t get to train like the top elites at this point,but 2:20:00 would be close to the Olympic trials qualifying time. I am Actually going to be starting a side...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    😂😂😂 I have seen 36!
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I spend the majority of my training at zone 3 I am also at 5000ft which is obviously going to raise my heart rate compound to sea level during exercise. I think at this point we all need to just agree that everyone has different styles of training for the mountains. I prefer competitive running...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    Yes there is a trade off to a point, but I am not talking about the average guy trying to cut down to 120 pounds I am just saying they should do a bit of high intensity track style workouts to teach the body how to be shorter on oxygen and still function.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    The heart doesn’t know you have weight on or how fast your going, it’s sole job is to pump blood. So yea I could but at much slower pace. The thing is you would never do a 3 hour climb while hunting. In my experience you walk 20 minutes or so stop look around, have a snack etc. the biggest...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    Great point. I also believe most people that think of serious cardio or marathon people picture 118 pound kenyons or Ethiopian. I would completely agree that a 50 pound pack would hinder that size human. In reality take a 800 meter runner who trains 60 miles a week and is also doing lots of...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I think anything that gets your HR up and keeps you active will be productive. I have had some friends do it when it first become popular and seemed to like it.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I apologize for turning this into a competition. I just strongly believe in cardio for the mountains but again no wrong answer if your happy.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I get what your saying but there is a point that you can get in such good cardio that 25/30 pounds doesn’t make much of a difference.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    This is 3 hours in zone 4 and 5 and a hard marathon I ran. No breaks. Train right and you can go hours at a high HR.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    We are all in this together and as long as you stay in shape and love the outdoors there is no wrong answer.
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    To be a good distance runner you should also strength train and at 30-40 miles a week is not going to deteriorate any muscle if you strength train as well. The thing with ultra guys is that in reality they are not in the same type of shape as a track athlete. Yes a 100 miles they are mentally...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I definitely understand there is a difference between what I do and what most people do. I also understand that the example workout I posted is not something most people can do. It was used just to show the difference between a true workout and what most people are doing for their runs. I think...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I don’t want to sound like Cameron Hanes either here. I do not believe most people need to run more than 30 to 40 miles a week to be in very good shape with proper training. One thing that really irritates me is when people see someone wearing a certain shoe, so they go and buy it to run in and...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I do a lot of different things for training. I did a 12 mile tempo on Monday at 5:45 mile pace and today was 14 miles easy at 7:10 pace. You make great points, I am just trying to say running is probably enough training for most People., but they do not do anything hard. The body adapts very...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    I agree with this to a point. The problem is most people don’t actually train when they run. If your truly training it means at some point you are going anaerobic and teaching the body how to use the oxygen it is taking in (v02max). Most people go out and run 3-4 miles and think that’s training...
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    Good workouts to get the lungs ready for high elevation

    Doing a few drills a week running backwards can really help with shin splints
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    Altitude Conditioning

    Ultimately it’s getting your body to use oxygen that you breath in. Even ultra guys are not necessarily that great. They run not very fast for a long time, but are mentally tough. What I mean is if you look at V02max which is an estimated on how much oxygen your body uses, you have to train...
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