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If you live at sea level and have a race at high altitude, you should train at high altitude for at least two weeks, though preferably three to six weeks, before your competition. Dehydration and acute altitude sickness symptoms are more likely to occur within the first one to two weeks of altitude exposure, and will likely worsen race performance. However, since these symptoms often take 24 to 48 hours to develop, you may also wish to race within 24 hours of your arrival at altitude. Although you will not acclimate to the altitude during this short time frame, you likely will avoid the physical symptoms of altitude exposure.
However, this process takes weeksâeven monthsâof living and training at high altitude, not 40 minutes of rowing with a gas mask on your face at your local gym! Moreover, until you're adapted to altitude, performance decreases. If you train at altitude long enough, you become adapted to the lower partial pressure.