Other Factors You need to take in more than normal amounts of fluids at altitude,

where the effects of dry air on body fluids are deceiving. Furthermore, some altitude
newcomers tend to feel sleepy and yet find it difficult to sleep. Naps are beneficial,
and early-morning runs are easier to do at altitude than at sea level.
It's normal to increase your ventilation at altitude, an adjustment that carries over to
sea level for a few days. Some runners find it somewhat frightening to hear themselves
breathing so hard the first few days back at sea level, but if you ignore how it sounds,
your performance should be fine. Eat a well-balanced diet with adequate iron-rich
foods, or use supplements, if necessary. This allows your body to take advantage of its
desire to build more red blood cells at altitude.
I 've always found altitude training enjoyable. I'm sure that where you go and with
whom makes a big difference in performance; certainly being happy is an important
part of performing well, either at altitude or sea level. Runners who make substantial
alterations to their lifestyles, especially to their social or financial circumstances, just
to train at altitude, often end up not doing well because of the psychological stresses
involved. If the shift to altitude is going to wear you down mentally, you're better off
training at sea level.
Many runners choose to adjust their altitude training sojourns so that they can
live at a relatively higher altitude than that at which they train, thus using a "live-hightrain-low" approach.
Reports of positive results when using this technique have led to
runners living at sea level, under altitude conditions (in an "altitude house" or sleeping
in "altitude tents" and so forth) . An unfortunate result of elite runners using one or
more of these approaches or devices has led to a general feeling that no runner can
be successful without altitude. Of course we don't typically hear of attempts to follow
one of these approaches in which the runner fails to improve (or gets worse) , but we
do hear many of the success stories.
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I suggest that you consider the African runners, who now dominate distance-running
events around the world. They don't follow a live-high-train-low approach . Sure, they
live and train at altitude, and that might (or might not) be why they're so dominant.
I, for one, hope that they never adopt the live-high-train-low approach, if indeed it's
advantageous. They're already pretty good at what they're doing, and it would be scary
to see them even better.