A few years ago when I was in Ecuador on a mission trip, our mission team played basketball against some nationals. We had some people on our team that were pretty good at basketball (I was not one of them). We played on one of our first days in the country and I had not adjusted to the altitude of Quito. Needless to say, I was sucking wind for a lot of the game and was wiped out afterwards. Playing 10,000 feet above sea level kicked my butt. The nationals on the other hand, looked like they hadn’t even played. [Read more…] about Altitude Training