Comments on: Bizz Johnson Marathon at Altitude http://www.climbingandrunning.com/bizz-johnson-marathon-at-altitude/ 7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: christopher mattera http://www.climbingandrunning.com/bizz-johnson-marathon-at-altitude/comment-page-1/#comment-84 christopher mattera Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:54:31 +0000 http://climbingandrunning.com/?p=856#comment-84 Hello, I am planning on running a half marathon at the grand canyon in novermber...trouble is I live at sea level and the course averages about 7000 feet. How might I best prep ;myself so that I am not overcome by altitude? I have heard that if a runner cannot arrive a week or so prior to the event to acclimatise (and I cant) then the runner would do best flying in and running the race within 24 hours or less rather than kick around the pre race location for several days waiting. Any advice, the race is a saturday and I fly in on friday. thanks so much, Dr. Christopher Mattera Hello, I am planning on running a half marathon at the grand canyon in novermber…trouble is I live at sea level and the course averages about 7000 feet. How might I best prep ;myself so that I am not overcome by altitude?

I have heard that if a runner cannot arrive a week or so prior to the event to acclimatise (and I cant) then the runner would do best flying in and running the race within 24 hours or less rather than kick around the pre race location for several days waiting.

Any advice, the race is a saturday and I fly in on friday.

thanks so much,

Dr. Christopher Mattera

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