What frequency of training at a higher altitude will result in a measureable improvement in performance at High country hunting altitudes?
Here is what I am thinking...I live at Sea Level and I am a 4-5 hour drive from the Sierra Nevada mountains with good trails at 7000-9000 feet elevation. How often do I need to do aerobic conditioning at that elevation to be ready for a summer trail race in Montana, as well as Bowhunting in Western Wyoming and Colorado for Mule Deer.
Question one:
So how often (at minimum)do I do my weekend long trail runs at high elevation?
Every Week?
Every other Week?
Every 3rd week?
The last 3 weeks of training?, last 6?
Question 2:
How high is high enough to benefit me at 10,000 to 11,000 ft hunting elevation?
4000?
5000?
7000?
9000?
Here is what I am thinking...I live at Sea Level and I am a 4-5 hour drive from the Sierra Nevada mountains with good trails at 7000-9000 feet elevation. How often do I need to do aerobic conditioning at that elevation to be ready for a summer trail race in Montana, as well as Bowhunting in Western Wyoming and Colorado for Mule Deer.
Question one:
So how often (at minimum)do I do my weekend long trail runs at high elevation?
Every Week?
Every other Week?
Every 3rd week?
The last 3 weeks of training?, last 6?
Question 2:
How high is high enough to benefit me at 10,000 to 11,000 ft hunting elevation?
4000?
5000?
7000?
9000?