2012 Skimo Championships Analysis

2012 Skimo National Champion Luke NelsonLast weekend's Ski Mountaineering National Championship race at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort turned out to be great opportunity to look at different training regimens and their possible impact on performance. Using a few performance monitoring gadgets (heart rate monitor, chronometer, altimeter), all part of the Suunto T6 computer, I was able to analyze data from two successive races one year apart on nearly identical courses.

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Pump up the volume!

I've never been a big base mileage guy.  Back in the day when I was racing my bike full-time (20 years ago?!!) I felt that intensity was the key to success.  I reasoned that getting to the finish line was not the problem, making the break was.  What I didn't know was that there were more subtle things going on physiologically that allow us to tolerate repeated bouts of the race-making intensity efforts.  This is what so-called base training is all about. 

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