Seven Summits Body – Fitness and Training

Author: Charles Miske

  • Thinking of Quandary This Month

    I’ve been chatting with my wife about my goals and plans for the coming year. One is to finally finish up Elbrus, Race or not. In discussing my plans in regards to finishing Elbrus, we thought that perhaps I should try to get in a once-a-month climb of Quandary, regardless of weather. Elbrus has atrocious weather you know. Cold and windy is the norm most summit days it seems. It’s only the non-summit days that you get beautiful blue skies.

    Since I was able to acclimatize so well for Orizaba in 2013, in spite of living here in Utah at the time, we considered that I could actually just test my 14000′ ability to acclimatize regularly, then once on Elbrus, hang out for a day at the Barrels Huts and go up the first nice day.

    In any case, it seems reasonable, based on the past. Now for the future.

    What shape am I in? Can I acclimatize? Can I get my “running legs” back in time?

    Stay tuned …

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  • Evolution of a Cyclist

    Chain Reaction Cycles posted this on Facebook recently, and I realized just how very true this is.

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  • Road To Elbrus Lambert Fall Hike

    Road To Elbrus Lambert Fall Hike

    In case you haven’t been in the loop, here’s a brief update while hiking with the mountain bike team at Lambert Park in Alpine Utah. Most of my work on outdoor training has been to get the new and improved https://www.hikercize.com up to speed for the new wave of trainees. If you want to focus on Elbrus Race join me at https://www.sevensummitsbody.com

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  • Message From Moab 18 August

    Sadly, it looks like Elbrus Race 2018 is out of the picture. Not enough time to get trained and peak, and get a visa, and get the High School Mountain Bike team I coach ready for the impending racing season.

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  • Road To Elbrus – Morgan in the Dark – 13 August

    When I first began this whole idea of returning to Elbrus Race, like I did in 2010 and 2013, I hadn’t been running at all. I’d even quit running on the treadmill. Training to be a mountain biking coach, in spite of my limited technical skills. I even get to ride with some really super fast kids, so it’s tough work for me. I’ve been so injured this past year that it’s been hard to recover and keep up a lot of the time.

    For those of you who don’t normally follow me, or my adventures, I entered Elbrus Race 2010, but was unable to continue after a lazy cook gave me untreated water. In 2013 I took 5th place in a slightly modified race up to 17,000′ in near whiteout conditions. I have written numerous books about my Seven Summits Quest, and my training for climbing, including instruction manuals. Check out my author profile FOR MORE INFO.

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  • Road to Elbrus – Car Chat – 15 August 2018

    It’s all coming together too quickly. The High School Mountain Bike Races and my position as a Coach for my team. My training to ride with the fastest of my group. Training to run has been put aside for the summer in previous years. What about this year? What about the Red Fox Elbrus Race in May 2019?

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