
“In general, expect to train at a slightly slower pace than you would at lower elevation, plan to need and bring more water and energy fuel with you, and run with a buddy or make sure you tell someone where you will be running.” She also offered some tips to those visiting from lower elevations. “The trail groups are a great way to explore and learn new trails in the safety of a group, led by someone who knows the area well,” she said. Mikita said the group runs offer something for all levels of runners, and they’re useful for visitors to Breckenridge, too. “Running on the trails or any hilly terrain will make you stronger.”
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“Training up here can be great for anyone,” said Molly Mikita, owner of Vertical Runner Breckenridge and organizer of the store’s free run clubs. Guests to the Vail Mountain Lodge and sister properties can take classes and use the facility free. Free group runs on Mondays and Saturdays at 8 a.m.
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$15 for drop-in, $35 for full Vail Vitality Center facility and amenities. Stay in that conversational heart-rate zone, and the body recovers to make room for increased cardio strength and sustainable endurance, she said. “It’s really to teach the value and the importance of working in the lower heart-rate zones, because there is physiological magic that happens in those training zones that does not happen in (higher zones).” “The purpose of the Thursday class, in its purest form, is to encourage people to work in lower heart-rate zones,” she said. on Thursdays, which is meant to keep people in a lower heart-rate zone - what she calls “gossip pace.” Miller also coaches an endurance class at 7 a.m. “The beauty of that style class is that I keep them coming back together during the recovery.” “Anybody - at any age and at any ability level - can join the intervals class,” said Miller. If you’re in one of these mountain towns this summer, check out these workouts, which you can drop in on to elevate your exercise routine. Miller runs her classes through the winter and summer, sustaining a consistent group of loyal locals at every session, and almost always a tourist or two - the classes are drop-ins, and visitors are welcome to join in the high-altitude, high-intensity workout. There’s no choice but to pick up the pace here, where there is nowhere to go but up. from the Vail Vitality Center, are meant for people to get out and “pick up the pace,” which Miller says she thinks is important for everyone to do at least once a week. The rigorous sessions, which start at 7 a.m.

“Welcome to my office!” Miller calls out to the group as they recover between sets (some leaning over with hands on knees, red-faced and panting) of uphill bursts under rustling aspen. VAIL - The snow has finally melted from the lower slopes of Vail, and participants in Ellen Miller’s summer intervals class are charging up the steep, mud-hardened mountain under early-summer sunshine.

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