Who Stole All the Oxygen?!

So it's official. We've just done our first workout at altitude. Less than 30 minutes of light running at slower than 10 min/mile pace. Yet on every uphill (of which there were a few) I felt like I was breathing through a straw. Obviously I have some physical and physiological adaptations yet to come, and I will be glad when they do. I should start getting some snap back in a few days, but the next two or three are going to feel awful.

Basically, two things are going to start happening in my body. One is that I'm going to start producing more red blood cells to transport oxygen from my lungs to my muscles. The other is that my muscles are going to start getting more efficient at using the oxygen they have. I'll try to write a post at some point that talks more about the actual physiological processes taking place and how/why they are happening.

In the meantime, though, I need to find some breakfast, then go shopping for food, bedding, and a few other things. I need to clean the room, unpack, and start getting settled in. Don't worry though, I have lots of pictures from the last few days, so I'll get them all put together for you, hopefully by tonight.