Training With Olympians For A Month Changed My Life

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Well sort of.. I trained at altitude in Flagstaff for a month with professional world class athletes, Olympians and more importantly, my team mates. This video shows the impact its had on me, the expected and the unexpected, and how it's been a game changer for my running performance.

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[PhilyBowden]

If anyone can spot the frame where I make the fatal mistake of walking past the Jamba Juice I’ll be impressed… even the editor missed it! 😂

[emccrapple]

I read Running With The Kenyans at Christmas and had the realisation that the sleep, diet, rest, focus on recovery and consistency are clearly the keys I lack. Tracking my sleep now, going to bed early, eating is on point, no booze, rolling and focusing on recovery and in one month alone my expectations of my progress have been smashed. I'm so annoyed I didn't see this obviousness sooner.

[mylesgibbons]

My favourite YouTube channel, great to see an elite runner put a fun side to running as well as serious training, would love to see quick fire questions wit ciara

[justmeemi]

I am no scientist but a medical student so here is what I know: higher altitude has far less oxygen, which is why you might feel more tired and be breathing a lot harder during a session. Because of that, your body also needs to work harder to get enough oxygen to the muscles/ organs. One way it compensates for this lack is to produce something called EPO - this stimulates the stem cells to differentiate into erythrocytes, which are then able to transport O2. So by increasing the number of „transportation vehicles“ your body essentially doesn’t have to work as hard.
Now the differentiation of erythrocytes takes 7-10 days, which is why that is when you start to wreak the benefits.
When you then return back to sea level, your newly produced erythrocytes don’t just disappear but live their full 120 day cycle. So you now have an increase of oxygen again AND more transportation abilities, which is why you’ll be able to run more effectively.
This will result in less lactate buildup, as you’re able to use anaerobic energy production for longer, and hence less DOMS as well :)

Anyways, hope this helps :)

[Simm]

I'm so glad you enjoy making videos as it means you're more likely to continue, which is great for me as I love to consume running content, and your goofy antics, hard running ethics, amazing positivity makes your content really enjoyable as a very average club runner from the north. I just ran a 20:05 the other day, a pb for me without trying to break 20mins, so I feel like I'm on this running journey to improvement (as we always are) with you. So yeah, thanks for the content! Love the grind!

[rickmcqueen]

I think you make your own good fortune. Your hard work, positive attitude and willingness to chase your dreams is epic!!! Those of us with very little talent get the opportunity to live vicariously through you and these videos. Thanks again for taking us along on this journey.

[financeforinfluencers]

What an awesome experience! So interesting to hear about your sleep observations while out in Flagstaff - I have noticed proper sleep has had such a huge effect on my workout days as well. It's one of those things people vastly under-prioritize!

[t.e.n]

Legend! Thanks for bringing us along the journey, Phily!

[hellomark]

Susan, I'm so glad you started your channel, it's definitely made me become more focused in my running as well, plus you've always been great at responding to people in the comments! How long does your altitude acclimation last? Will you be doing another training camp this year to keep the effects? Or is it a one-a-year kinda thing?

Your Texan accent was pretty great!

[dcnole]

Glad to see you coming out of the camp feeling really positive. I bet I speak for others when I say that seeing the low points was really interesting and valuable to understanding what going through altitude camp is like. As you said, those are moments when you get tough, and they make the good days feel that much better.

[Mattruns]

Always keep up with your updates 👍🏻 be really good to see how training at altitude (plus the quality training) translates back at sea level 👍🏻👍🏻

[Tonyr]

You crack me up Philly, that line about oxygen during your first run back 🤣🤣

[mikestevenson]

Oxygen is indeed underrated! Amazing benefits you gained from your high-altitude training (10-15 bpm lower), superb!

[melissaberry]

Thanks for the reminder Phily. Sleep is insanely important and I really used to take it for granted. I’ve also stopped setting my alarm at 4 am… sorry about that 😅

[philomenamay]

Can you explain the selection process for the Olympics, and how you plan your calendar for that?

[kallasfilm]

Glad you made it through camp! It was enjoyable to watch !

[andyclark]

Phily

You’re awesome, and phily love your videos. Massive massive thumbs up to awesome video.

[virtuocitygowf]

Been watching since the start of the channel but never really commented. Keep up the good work and content! Thanks for the vids.

[christopherbrand]

Some call the "low of the low" the nadir (k workout). Which would be opposed to the zenith (birthday saddle). You are awesome :)

[samcrowther]

16:34 ahh the Roman Lakes, a great place to dodge puddles to work on agility😅