[SMKS]

Howdy All,

I’ve followed the 24-week mountaineering plan from December to May (cut a few weeks out to fit the schedule), and planned the peak/tappering for last week where I was able to summit Mount Hood.  I’m now looking at an opportunity 30 days from now to attempt Mount Rainier, but am unsure how to structure my training over the next month.  I’m doing a very light recover week this week, but am unsure how to proceed after that.

Mount Hood went well and we were able to summit, although my performance was slower than I had hoped for compared to the rest of my team.  I was unable to match their speed on the long hauls up the 25%-35% grades, and I felt very slow.  I suspect it may be due to one of (1) I split time 50/50 between stairs and running, but started leaning more towards running near the end, or (2) Elevation, as I train at 1k feet (although I’ve been up to 14k before).

I doubt with a month that I’ll be able to increase my performance significantly, but how might I be able to maintain this level for another month?

[Scott Johnston]

As soon as you are rested enough to get back to training I would focus on the ME weighted STEEP uphill carries.  This is the surest way to increase your uphill performance.  These must be steep to be effective and if you have access to a stair master that will be the best bang for the time spent.

Scott

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