REVEL Big Cottonwood Presented by Albion

Nicole Hansen

2016 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
Published: Sept. 10, 2016, 6:56 p.m.

Overall Rating

4/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

The majority of the race in the canyon was amazing and I felt wonderful, after exiting the canyon though I felt that the course had more to be desired, having that hill at mile 24 was THE WORST especially after the multiple mile flat section, if there was anyway to do that hill before a detour that would have saved my legs and multiple others a ton!
Did you PR?

This was my first marathon so I did PR
How would you describe the course?

Very difficult. The majority of the race in the canyon was amazing and I felt wonderful, after exiting the canyon though I felt that the course had more to be desired, having that hill at mile 24 was THE WORST especially after the multiple mile flat section, if there was anyway to do that hill before a detour that would have saved my legs and multiple others a ton!
Tell us about your training.

Trained on hills 3x a week, but unfortunately did not run further than 10 miles before the marathon...my bad
What advice would you give future runners?

Train, train, train for hills and condition your legs! Being warm clothes for the start so you don't freeze to death. Wear shoes 1/2 size larger than you normally wear to save room for your toes on a predominantly downhill course
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

We live here, so we went home and toak a nice long bath