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Dear Friends of Higher Peak,
I’m not a pro athlete. I can't impress you with my times. I didn't even race much before I was 40. But like
you, I'm competitive and driven to improve. Like you, I want to get better and faster with every race.
Before I founded Higher Peak, I was already a hardened, veteran marathoner. I enjoyed the challenge,
camaraderie, accomplishment, and raising money for charities. All was good with my running, except
for one thing: the Boston Marathon.
Living in Boston, you can't escape the fact that there are Boston Qualifiers (the real runners), and
everyone else. Despite five years of dedication, seven marathons, two coaches, and 6000 training
miles, I was still 10 minutes shy of qualifying. I wanted it badly, but I had hit a brick wall.
My obsession with getting faster—and anything that could help—grew. I read about bee pollen, shoes
with springs, things I quickly dismissed. As a former MIT engineering professor, I'm skeptical of
unsupported claims. I wanted something proven.
Then I learned about altitude training. Just like training up in the mountains, it increases the blood’s
oxygen-carrying capacity. It is scientifically proven. Although technology to simulate altitude had been
around for a while, what I found on the Web disappointed me. The systems I saw were in excess of six
thousand dollars. That might be an acceptable expense for some, but I couldn't justify it.
But I cared too much about my running to let the idea go. At MIT, I’d worked on enriching air
composition, so I understood the basis of the technology, and rigged something up myself.
I started sleeping at 8,000 feet. One week, two weeks, three weeks passed, and nothing happened. If
anything, I was more tired than before. But then, all of a sudden, I cut 20 seconds off my half mile reps.
The next week it was 30 seconds. And my long runs were different, too. Typically after a 18-mile run, I
was usually fried for the next day or two. Now I could finish my long runs with bounce in my legs.
Placebo effect? Possibly, but blood tests showed that my hematocrit (red blood cell concentration) had
risen by 12%. So there was a measurable physical change to explain what was happening.
My very next marathon was a whopping 13 minutes faster than the previous year, and it qualified me
for Boston. Same course, same training routine, just one difference: altitude training.
The results of this technology were like nothing else I’d tried, but it wasn’t being used by the people
around me. Soon after, I started Higher Peak so others could share the excitement of reaching their
athletic goals. Today I’m proud to supply world-class elites in many sports, but my enduring mission is
to serve dedicated, passionate amateur athletes with top-quality and affordable altitude training
systems.
Join me in experiencing how much altitude training can do!
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I’m not a pro athlete. I can't impress you with my times. I didn't even race much before I was 40. But like
you, I'm competitive and driven to improve. Like you, I want to get better and faster with every race.
Before I founded Higher Peak, I was already a hardened, veteran marathoner. I enjoyed the challenge,
camaraderie, accomplishment, and raising money for charities. All was good with my running, except
for one thing: the Boston Marathon.
Living in Boston, you can't escape the fact that there are Boston Qualifiers (the real runners), and
everyone else. Despite five years of dedication, seven marathons, two coaches, and 6000 training
miles, I was still 10 minutes shy of qualifying. I wanted it badly, but I had hit a brick wall.
My obsession with getting faster—and anything that could help—grew. I read about bee pollen, shoes
with springs, things I quickly dismissed. As a former MIT engineering professor, I'm skeptical of
unsupported claims. I wanted something proven.
Then I learned about altitude training. Just like training up in the mountains, it increases the blood’s
oxygen-carrying capacity. It is scientifically proven. Although technology to simulate altitude had been
around for a while, what I found on the Web disappointed me. The systems I saw were in excess of six
thousand dollars. That might be an acceptable expense for some, but I couldn't justify it.
But I cared too much about my running to let the idea go. At MIT, I’d worked on enriching air
composition, so I understood the basis of the technology, and rigged something up myself.
I started sleeping at 8,000 feet. One week, two weeks, three weeks passed, and nothing happened. If
anything, I was more tired than before. But then, all of a sudden, I cut 20 seconds off my half mile reps.
The next week it was 30 seconds. And my long runs were different, too. Typically after a 18-mile run, I
was usually fried for the next day or two. Now I could finish my long runs with bounce in my legs.
Placebo effect? Possibly, but blood tests showed that my hematocrit (red blood cell concentration) had
risen by 12%. So there was a measurable physical change to explain what was happening.
My very next marathon was a whopping 13 minutes faster than the previous year, and it qualified me
for Boston. Same course, same training routine, just one difference: altitude training.
The results of this technology were like nothing else I’d tried, but it wasn’t being used by the people
around me. Soon after, I started Higher Peak so others could share the excitement of reaching their
athletic goals. Today I’m proud to supply world-class elites in many sports, but my enduring mission is
to serve dedicated, passionate amateur athletes with top-quality and affordable altitude training
systems.
Join me in experiencing how much altitude training can do!
See other testimonials >
See our full product line >
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