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Altitude adjustment before a race

http://www.yourrunning.com/forum-altitude_adjustment

Q: Any specific suggestions for preparing for a marathon at a higher altitude than one is used to? I live, train, and run about 35 miles a week at sea level, and will be participating in the 2007 Colorado Colfax Marathon. The air in Denver is, of course, much thinner than here. I'll arrive in Denver three or four days before the race. Generally speaking, is that enough time to acclimate? Anything else I can do in advance to prep? Thanks!

Simon says:
Get to Denver at the last possible moment.

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Are Newton Running shoes right for you?

http://www.yourrunning.com/forum-how_not_to_heel_strike#comment-4597

Simon says:

[the Newton Shoes website doesn't] exactly issue a formal "disclaimer", but having spent hours with Danny and several hours in the retail shop, I know for sure they make it clear to people that
a) the shoes are designed to facilitate forefoot running
b) that they will not suit everybody and that
c) heel-strikers will not get on with them, unless they are willing to modify their gait...

...The FIRST section, headlined, "The Shoes" says things a bit more clearly,

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