REVEL Big Cottonwood Presented by Albion

Nicole Swena

2016 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
Published: Sept. 10, 2016, 8:48 p.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

It was great! The morning started or with a laugh. Two half marathoners got on our bus for the full :-) they were able to hop off and get to the right place but we all thought it was funny. I do wish the race started a little earlier
Did you PR?

This was my PR for a marathon by almost 40minutes
How would you describe the course?

More challenging than i thought it would be. My calfs cramped and I have never had that before in training or a race. Part of it was the steady decline and part was the side to side angle of the road was opposite what I'm used too.
Tell us about your training.

I did the Higdon novice 1 training program. We tried to do a lot of down hill, but it's hard to run that much down hill in a safe area. I loved my training program but I probably would have tried to find more steep down hill places to train
What advice would you give future runners?

Don't be discouraged! This race is worth the challenge!
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Coffee. I'm from utah county