Nice, the lowlands I lived in Fraser ("Icebox of the Nation") for 2 winters.
a mate of mine who is an ultra runner and one of the fittest guys I know was in Vail for the mountain games last year, and I caught him on his way back from a training run on his first day in town. He'd made it half a mile from the hotel before he was totally done in, and had to do the walk of shame back home due to the altitude doing him in....
Quote from: Percy B on June 10, 2016, 08:44:36 pma mate of mine who is an ultra runner and one of the fittest guys I know was in Vail for the mountain games last year, and I caught him on his way back from a training run on his first day in town. He'd made it half a mile from the hotel before he was totally done in, and had to do the walk of shame back home due to the altitude doing him in.... A friend who is into mountaineering once told me that when he went to the Himalayas, the people who suffered most from altitude were the keen fell runners. The one who coped best was the smoker. Reading around since suggests that it's an acknowledged phenomenon - combination of smokers being used to coping with low partial pressures of oxygen, and fit types being a bit high maintenance and / or incapable of taking it easy enough to acclimatize. So.... put your bets on the indolent chain smoker.... or maybe not!
Does anyone know what time the final is? I can't make anything out of the ifsc website, again!