
S5E02: Altitude Acclimation—How Much Does It Matter?
Leadville, The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast p/b Shimano
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The Good News for the Leadville 100
The first couple or few days that you were in Leadville is a pretty rare thing. You can be completely exhausted and feel like you this time go to sleep, but you have a restless night when you are getting accustomed to that altitude. For the people who live up there or have at least been exposed to it for long periods of time, natives of other high altitude locales, this happens more quickly. And just another limitation of simulated altitude training, sleeping in a tent does not make for the best sleep. It's basically robbing Peter to pay Paul in this case, right? Absolutely.
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