An awesome D2 performance at altitude

Adams State's Aaron Braun followed up a slowish (for him) 1,500m at the Peyton Jordan invite at Stanford with a blistering 3:49 days later at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships. In addition to breaking a zillion track records, it equates to a 3:39. Wow. I can think of another awesome D2 altitude performance: Jason Hubbard (Adams State) ran a sizzling 30:27 for 10,000m at the same track. (Anyone else come to mind?)

While I loved living and training in Alamosa, I had a hard time racing there. The altitude did weird things: My nose bled all the time, I couldn't sleep often and you had to be careful when opening a can of Keystone.

I remember during my senior year -- when I had a fleeting fancy with the 800m -- I went through the 600-meter mark in 1:20. Needless to say, I finished with a 1:52, after I staggered down the homestretch. Ugh. My "friends" said they enjoyed watching the effort. I did not.