↑より。Danielsさん、そんな身もフタもないことを仰られても.....
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Sea-level residents do not have a chance in the altitude race unless you are about 10 or 15 seconds per mile better than any altitude-trained runners you may compete against. It is interesting that the year the Worlds are to be held in Kenya, the US Trials will be at altitude, apparently to prepare for the upcoming sea-level race in the heat and humidity of a Kenyan sea port. Best way to prepare, if you are a sea-level resident would be to spend 3 or 4 weeks at AL in December, go down for a week, back to AL for a couple weeks, back to SL for a week and back to Boulder the day before the race. But even then you must have had a few race efforts at AL during your time up there or you are at a competitive disadvantage. A practical solution may be to encourage the race organizers to add a 4k to the program (not to make a team, because that distance doesn't exist anymore at Worlds), just to allow others to experience altitude racing -- altitude trained or not.
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