moist wrote:
Oh well since you brought it up, I did live and train at altitude for several years. Then I moved to sea level and trained there as well. I have excellent insight into the effects of altitude on training.
The NCAA conversions are WAY too generous to those who live and train at altitude. Nobody argues that they won't run faster at sea level. Just that it's not 20 seconds for 5k.
First, you're you're a horrible fat loser with a bad attitude. I'm not using altitude conversions to "make myself feel better." I live in Massachusetts. I'm just someone making an observation.
Second, your living at both altitude and sea level doesn't give you any special insight when your brain is fundamentally damaged. You sound like someone who thinks he's an expert driver because he once got behind the wheel of a buddy's Porsche. You can say that the 2.1% conversion factor or whatever for people born and raised at altitude is too generous, but whatever the average figure is, it ain't zero.
If the course isn't 5K that's a different story but I have no way too know the true distance. I can only accept what he twits on MileSplit say.