Can Altitude affect your running? The answer is yes altitude can make you a better runner and athlete. The reason behind this is any normal track athlete that lives at a low altitude has to adjust more than a track athlete that is at high altitude. If a track athlete has a meet in a state such as Montana, and lived in a state with low altitude such as Pennsylvania they would have to stay and practice in Montana 2 weeks but to be fully adapted it takes 4 to 6 weeks. But other sports such as track it all depends, because every sport is different though. An endurance athlete needs to adapt by gaining more red blood cells.
At higher altitudes it is easier to run faster, throw farther, jump farther or higher. The reason behind this is at a high altitude the air is thinner which means there is less air resistance. Since the pressure is lower at higher altitude this causes a track athlete to get less oxygen. But events such as sprinting and jumping are not affected by the high altitude actually it can improve them because there is less resistance But when you train at a high altitude you get altitude sickness. Altitude sickness that is mild is like a hangover you get a head ach etc. If you get these symptoms you could be endanger of getting HAPE or HACE. HAPE is excess liquid on the lungs which causes you to be breathless. HACE is when you get water on the brain which causes confusion, and clumsiness.
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