OXY USATF High Performance Distance Classic

My time in California is coming to a close. I have spent the last 5 weeks training and racing here in California. It has truly been amazing. I have met some incredible people and made connections I hope will last for a long time to come. I have said it many times on this trip, I have felt more at home in my 5 weeks here than I have in my time in Toronto. I am sad to see this trip come to an end.

However, I am really excited for what the end brings. The OXY high performance meet at Occidental College in L.A. This meet is absolutely insane. With my 3:40.15 seed time, I am 38th of 49 entries. The slowest seed is 3:42.87 and fastest at 3:30.90. There is no other word other than insane.

Since my race at Payton Jordan, I have been tapping into a little more speed to be able to close out that last 300m. I have had 5 solid sessions between Payton and OXY. I am a lot more confident going into this race now that I have a few checkpoints and know where I am at.

As always, my goal is to beat as many people as I can and toe the line ready to compete and willing to hurt.

I'll be sure to give an update after the race.

As many of you know I am fundraising to purchase an altitude tent. Please check out my homepage for more information. 

Hypoxico Altitude Tent

I have been looking into purchasing an altitude tent for the last 6 months or so. My good friend, Rejean Chiasson recently offered to sell his altitude system to me.

Out of curiosity I called Hypoxico Altitude Training Systems to see what a new unit would cost. I was connected with a very helpful guy named Matt Formato. He provided me with tons of very useful information about their systems, as well is other information in regards to training and other useful contacts.

The benefits of altitude training have been debated. From my personal experience with going to altitude in Flagstaff for the last 5 years, I can honestly say that I see a huge benefit in my training and racing. Living in Toronto with an altitude system is the ideal. You want to live high and train low. So spending as much time in my altitude system at 9000ft, while at home, and being able to walk out my door to 250ft, is almost as good as it gets!

Matt and the people at Hypoxico have been incredibly generous in offering to make the system more affordable. With their offer I would be able to get a brand-new system, with a warranty, and many additional accessories that would greatly help in my altitude training. For nearly the same price as their least expensive package; I would be able to get nearly every accessory as well as the largest cubicle instead of their smallest tent.

With the generous offer from Hypoxico, the total price would be nearly $4000. As most of you know, that's a little out of my price-range. I am writing this blog to reach out to all and ask for your support. Donations of any denomination will go a long way.

I will only be asking for donation confirmations until I reach a confirmed amount of $3000. After that point, I will contact all confirmed donors with options to either mail a cheque or transfer the donation either via paypal or interact e-transfer.

Donors will have the choice to remain anonymous or not. I will be making constant updates on my blog, twitter and facebook.

-Donations over $20 will receive a handwritten post-card from my travels, and their business logo on my "Sponsor" page. (Will be made shortly.)

-Donations over $50 will receive the previous, plus a Peter's Progress technical t-shirt!

Confirm donations by e-mailing me at peter@runpetercorrigan.com, messaging me on facebook, or DM on twitter.