Betsy M Ford

2016 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
Published: Sept. 12, 2016, 12:34 p.m.
  1. Overall Rating

    4/5 Stars

  2. Describe your race day.

    Big Cottonwood is and will always be a special canyon for me. This race day was a little different because my best friend and I decided last year at the 1/2 that we would run the full this year. We did that and it is special to us because her brother was killed in an avalanche in Brighton. In fact the spot where we have his final picture is coming down Guardsman pass.... we stopped and reflected on the fact that he indeed was with us today... helping us get through one of our biggest dreams possible.

  3. Did you PR?

    No and No

  4. How would you describe the course?

    The course is amazing and beautiful, I love it! Storm Mountain kills me every time because of the grade but totally worth it in the end.

  5. Tell us about your training.

    16 weeks or good solid training and being close to the course we ran every part of it at some point before race day. I would not train the long runs in the canyon every week but I would definitely train running downhill.

  6. What advice would you give future runners?

    Train downhill but not every run

Comments

  1. Betsy Ford
    Sept. 12, 2016, 12:38 p.m.

    I love this course and this race but have to say one thing about the finish.... Although we were not last my running partner and friend were injured and pacing 2 mins slower than normal. We felt terrible knowing the last person coming across the finish line would have nothing left... no food, no massage... nothing. They paid just as much as the winner and deserves the same treatment and probably more because they have been running for 6 plus hours... REVEL ALWAYS puts on a GREAT race but today's finish was disappointing for sure knowing the "clean-up" was happening before the last runner would come in. A finish is a finish, especially for those injured or slow.

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