When Lin learned that the event would take place on a plain with an altitude higher than Taiwan's 3,952-meter-high Yushan, he began training at Lishan on the Central Cross-Island Highway in order to acclimatize himself. He also trained by running up mountain tracks around Lishan to test his muscular endurance.
得知這場比賽將前進到比玉山主峰 3,952 公尺還高的高原地帶，為了克服自己的罩門「高山症」，他到中橫公路的梨山進行道路練跑，也利用梨山山徑測試自己上坡跑的肌耐力。