How to Train for Altitude with Dr. Stephen Cheung
If you're an endurance athlete, you've probably thought about altitude. I grew up in Albuquerque, NM and lived in Colorado for my 20s. I never thought about altitude training until I did the highest mountain bike race in the world in 2011. The race was a 10 day race in Nepal called the Yak Attack that topped out at 17,769'. I admit I still wasn't fully acquainted with the data of training at altitude. I knew how dangerous the symptoms of acute mountain sickness or altitude sickness could be. In fact, it was my primary fear for tackling this race and wanting to be the first woman to ever…
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