High-Altitude Training Blogs
Jon Hornbeck’s Journey to Road Cycling
Apr 23, 2015 / Visit Mammoth Staff
It’s 1:15 pm on a Thursday in early April and Jon Hornbeck is hungry. The 25 year-old pro cyclist is hungry to prove himself to his new race squad, the most prestigious domestic team in the the US: Hincapie Racing Team. He’s hungry to grow his coaching and cycling camps/events business, Fast... MORE
Adriana Nelson Joins the ASICS Mammoth Track Club
Apr 15, 2015 / Monica Prelle
ASICS elite runner Adriana Nelson has a list of accolades on her resume including a team gold medal from the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, a second-place finish in the 2007 Chicago Marathon, and the 2013 U.S. Half Marathon Championships title. “The half marathon has been good to me,” she... MORE
Pro Runner Lauren Jimison on Marathon Training
Mar 10, 2015 / Monica Prelle
After more than a year of running in Mammoth Lakes with the ASCIS Mammoth Track Club, Lauren Jimison, had a break through performance at the US Half Marathon Championships in Huston last month. We caught up with Lauren to hear about her most recent race and training for the ASICS LA Marathon, which will be the 2015 US Marathon Championships this March. MORE
Daniel Tapia’s Unconventional Road to Running Success
Mar 10, 2015 / Monica Prelle
The newest ASICS Mammoth Track Club elite athlete, Tapia, 28, is confident in his training and ready to take his hard work to the streets of Los Angeles. MORE
Tim Tollefson: Trail Titan
Mar 05, 2015 / Andy Geisel
It was trail running’s good fortune when Tim Tollefson found baseball, well, boring. Nothing against America’s pastime, but early on Tollefson knew the game wasn’t for him. “I got bored,” he confessed. “I fell asleep out there.” Tollefson would later decide to take running the 90-foot distance between bases a... MORE
Eat, Sleep, Train: Tips for Altitude Training from cyclist Kristabel Doebel-Hickok
Feb 27, 2015 / Visit Mammoth Staff
Professional cyclist Kristabel Doebel-Hickok responds well to altitude training. “I have really a really high VO2 max, so when I’m at sea level I have to kill my legs to get a lung workout,” Doebel-Hickok said during a stay at the Mammoth Lakes Endurance Crib. “Being at altitude gives my... MORE
June Lake Triathlon: A Homegrown Celebration of Mountains and Community
Feb 12, 2015 / Visit Mammoth Staff
The June Lake Triathlon has become known as “the toughest race in the most beautiful place.” Based on the shoreline of June Lake, the course is one of triathlon’s most challenging, but the vistas are second to none. If you’re Race Director Alana Levin, however, all that remote beauty also... MORE
Newly Married Athletes Return to the Mammoth Lakes Crib
Jan 21, 2015 / Visit Mammoth Staff
Newlyweds Rowan and Mike Torckler visited Mammoth Lakes recently, but it wasn’t a starry-eyed honeymoon that brought them here. Mike is a professional road cyclist who was taking advantage of Mammoth Lakes’ Endurance Crib for the second summer in a row. MORE