REVEL Big Cottonwood Presented by Albion

Laura Lovell

2015 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
Published: Sept. 13, 2015, 4:06 p.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

It was awesome and so well managed and all the goodies were wonderful. I stayed in the finishers area for a while because I was waiting for my friends to come in. I noticed that volunteers were just giving away of clementines, and the slower runners weren't able to get any. It would be nice to give a couple away instead of bags so that the slower runners could receive goodies too.
Did you PR?

Yes. 4 minutes. Missed Boston by 7 minutes. It was too hot and the out and back killed me even though I was trained for it.
How would you describe the course?

The course is incredibly fast, the scenery is beautiful, the grade is killer, that out and back is killer, it would be nice if the out and back could be a mile and a half out and a mile and a half back if you could somehow figure that out. I know you would enter midvale and need more permits. I was so close!!! I think it was hot too.
Tell us about your training.

I trained the canyon and the Out and back every weekend. I would recommend everybody do the same, Because the canyon is killer.