Comments on: 6 tips to get you ready for your first ski mountaineering race http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/ SkinTrack.com - All about backcountry skiing, skimo racing and outdoors. Sat, 22 May 2010 01:06:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John B http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/comment-page-1/#comment-156 John B Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:22:24 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=621#comment-156 Deal :)! Deal :) !

]]> By: Stano http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Stano Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:44:36 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=621#comment-153 John and James, Good questions and good answers. James explained it pretty much all. To give you an example with Grouse Grind is tough because I believe GG is too steep of a climb to be doing a low paced workout on, you almost cannot unless you are very fit, and then it is too short even if you keep going up to the peak or something like that. We should go skiing together some time and I can have you wear my heart monitor, and after few uphills at various paces I would be able to tell you what your low paced speed would be with both your heart rate and vertical speed. Deal? :) John and James,

Good questions and good answers. James explained it pretty much all.

To give you an example with Grouse Grind is tough because I believe GG is too steep of a climb to be doing a low paced workout on, you almost cannot unless you are very fit, and then it is too short even if you keep going up to the peak or something like that.

We should go skiing together some time and I can have you wear my heart monitor, and after few uphills at various paces I would be able to tell you what your low paced speed would be with both your heart rate and vertical speed. Deal? :)

]]> By: James http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/comment-page-1/#comment-152 James Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:38:57 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=621#comment-152 John, Stano is very knowledgeable in this regard and will have plenty of great feedback for you. In the meantime, if you have a heart rate monitor this is easy. Determine your max heart rate (MHR) and train at about 60% of this value for longer sessions of 1 hour plus. If no monitor, like Stano says, this training level is guilt producingly easy. You should be able to talk, sing to yourself, and really feel like you can go forever. Believe it or not, this is great for engine building and, in my opinion, takes way more discipline than going out and hammering every time you train. After a long 90min - 4hr session you will be plenty tired and building a base in this way, over time, will prime your body for a great response to high intensity intervals and speed work closer to races. What say you Stan? John,
Stano is very knowledgeable in this regard and will have plenty of great feedback for you. In the meantime, if you have a heart rate monitor this is easy. Determine your max heart rate (MHR) and train at about 60% of this value for longer sessions of 1 hour plus. If no monitor, like Stano says, this training level is guilt producingly easy. You should be able to talk, sing to yourself, and really feel like you can go forever. Believe it or not, this is great for engine building and, in my opinion, takes way more discipline than going out and hammering every time you train. After a long 90min – 4hr session you will be plenty tired and building a base in this way, over time, will prime your body for a great response to high intensity intervals and speed work closer to races. What say you Stan?

]]> By: Stano http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Stano Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:16:06 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=621#comment-151 Good questions John. I am on the road currently but will reply over the weekend with more specs. Just to give you an idea, the low pace that is great for general conditioning is a pace many people would find surprisingly easy, almost too easy. More later - I think I could address this in an article on its own ;) Good questions John. I am on the road currently but will reply over the weekend with more specs.

Just to give you an idea, the low pace that is great for general conditioning is a pace many people would find surprisingly easy, almost too easy. More later – I think I could address this in an article on its own ;)

]]> By: John B http://www.skintrack.com/skimo-racing/racing-101/6-tips-to-get-ready-for-your-first-ski-mountaineering-race/comment-page-1/#comment-150 John B Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:23:01 +0000 http://www.skintrack.com/?p=621#comment-150 Stan you refer to low paced workouts several times. Could you give some examples of what you mean by low paced. For example how would a low paced ascent of the Grouse Grind compare with a race pace, or on skis what would a typical low paced ascent rate (m/hr) be compared to race pace? I realize it depends on your heart rate and conditioning etc and will be different for different individuals but I'd like to get a feel for the kind of difference you are talking about. Thanks. Stan you refer to low paced workouts several times. Could you give some examples of what you mean by low paced. For example how would a low paced ascent of the Grouse Grind compare with a race pace, or on skis what would a typical low paced ascent rate (m/hr) be compared to race pace? I realize it depends on your heart rate and conditioning etc and will be different for different individuals but I’d like to get a feel for the kind of difference you are talking about. Thanks.

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