4/5 Stars

Loved the mountain canyon run. Organizers and support staff were great. Didn't enjoy The 4 mile out and back loop. .

Yes. 9 minutes faster.

Great. Except the 4 mile out and back loop. Hard after coming out of the mountains.

3/5 Stars

This is my 3rd time running the full. So, I'm well aware of the course, but somehow it managed to chew me up and spit me out. It's a very tough course and deserves respect for sure. I struggled but that doesn't have anything to do with race planning other than the difficult course. I have plenty of suggestions for the finish line, though. I didn't like that the only place you could get water was right after the finish and once they corralled you out you could go back in. I was dying of thirst and couldn't get more water. Also, the food at the finish is wanting. Pizza? Yuck. That's for the night before. Some good cold chocolate milk and some fruit (not a banana) would have really hit the spot. And could the course be rerouted to finish at a park so there's more flat grassy areas for runners to stretch and recover?

I set a goal for a 4 min PR. I PRd in April at Revel Mt Charleston and I had high hopes to exceed that performance. It wasn't in the cards. My finished time was about 17 min slower than my A goal, 13 min slower than my PR and 4 min slower than my course PR for BC. I did BQ by about 13 min though!

Scenery was amazing! The downhill section is tricky because you want to just coast down and there's not much left in the legs for the out and back and the finish. It is definitely a difficult course and deserves respect!

I used The Hansons method. I piggy backed off my my mileage base from training for Mt. Charleston in April. I trained 6 days a week, averaging between 50-60 miles per week. I believe my training was solid. I believe my bonk was purely mental and emotional fatigue due to personal circumstances.

Practice on the course, dress for the heat, stay hydrated and mentally prepare for the grueling trek of the out and back.

Watched friends cross the finish, then went home. I live in a Davis County.

5/5 Stars

I loved everything about it from getting up early, to enjoying the crisp mountain air, to watching the sun start touching the mountain tops as we ran down the beautiful course.

No, but I wasn't trying to. My goal was to enjoy the run with my mom, and that goal was more than accomplished. :)

Beautiful!

I probably would train at least a little next time. ;)

Train. Stretch. Stay closer to the middle of the road where the slant isn't as bad. (That is a lot of downhill miles at to do at an angle.) KT tape is an amazing tool.
Don't forget to take in all of the scenery.

I live in the valley so as soon as I finished the race I got to zoom over to my kids' soccer games.

5/5 Stars

Was a litttle cold at the top waiting to start. It was awesome having people cheering along the way and the fellow runners pushing each other to succeed. In all I was very impressed with how well the race was put together.

This was my first marathon.

I enjoyed the course. Running down the mountains, and through Cottonwood Heights was great. I loved it!!

Make sure to include downhill runs in your training.

1/5 Stars

Revel is a company that caters to their half runners not the marathoners! I was so disappointed with the finish venue. I ran a 3:45 marathon, and after running 26.2 miles you need that post recovery food/drink. There was nothing left for the marathoners, everything was cleaned out by the half runners. This is the race directors fault for not planning accordingly! All that was left was warm Powerade and a pile of bananas. No finish line announcer calling out names. Runners were sitting in the ice water troff with the cold towels. I really want to wipe my face with a towel that's been sitting in the same water with someone's sweaty feet, butt and body. Dirty towels were being thrown back in, who knows how many people were sitting in there before I finished!? Volunteers didn't do anything about it! Unsanitary, unfare to other runners and unacceptable. Very disappointed in revel, they did NOT take care of their full runners on race day!

Yes, but it's not entirely due to the course. I doubled my mileage from 30/week to 60/week and a lot of sprint work, tempo and interval running. I ran a Boston qualifying time, but missed my qualifying time.

When you read these reviews you only hear about the good. Mile 4 the loop around Brighton is steep and not fun, but wasn't terrible. Miles 19-23 the out and back on the large rollers was horrible. I maintained a 7:53 pace until mile 21. After my legs went up and down hill for 5 miles, they started to cramp at 23 after getting back onto Fort Union. I lost so much time and energy on that portion. I regret choosing this course to get a BQ on, I think I would've been better off with a familiar marathon only course like St George.

I trained 60-70 miles a week. Ran yaso 800s, hill work, tempo & interval runs, did double days 1-2x a week, and incorporated three 20 mile training runs. I averaged a 7:53 pace until mile 21. My splits that revel recorded were coming through 10 minutes slower than they actually were. Thanks for freaking my family out, they thought something had happened to me!

If you're wanting to run a FULL marathon don't do it with Revel. If you're a half runner than do it, Revel caters to the half marathoners. I will never run a full marathon with revel again. I'm sure they won't post this honest review either.

Sat in the hot tub at the hotel and went out to eat to celebrate. I came to work not to party. Came from Logan UT about 1hr 45 min north of SLC.

5/5 Stars

Great course, great volunteers, good stations.

No but I wasn't prepared with adequate training.

Fantastic scenery. Love the grade and elevation

I did not train adequately for a half marathon but I knew that before starting the race. Practice down hills-obviously.

Know that the start will be cool and you will peel layers off.

I live in Utah so did not do anything new or different.

5/5 Stars

PR

Yes

God although u would have referred to run less in town and more in the canyon

I run mostly on the treadmill I did no down hill training

Enjoy the view and watch out for the last basically flat 3 miles

Great salt pond temple square red iguana

5/5 Stars

Amazing experience. I was able to run 13 mi straight at a steady pace. After mi 13 my knees started locking which got me worried, so I literally band marched mi 14. Mi 15 I began jogging but shortly ran into the next aid station. I was in the bathroom for at least 5 min. When I came out the station was packing up. I realize that I was now far behind, maybe even the very last one. I just lightly jogged until I had passed a great shirt lady and a purple shirt lady. I managed to stay 2-3 mins ahead of the purple shirt lady. I hadn't seen a single person in front of me. Still worried that I was so far behind I began asking volunteers and cops if I was going the right way and how long ago they saw the person in front of me. The answer was almost always the same. A little over 5 mins ago. When almost reaching mi 20 where they marathoners break from the half marathoners course, I began seeing all the runners going the opposite direction. When I was able to see the u-turn part o could see running making the u-turn. It gave me hope. Hoowever, when I made the u-turn those running were again out of sight. From there I never saw a runner in front of me. I did see the purple shirt lady behind me most of the time. After mi 22 I stopped seeing mi markers and the aid stations were all packed up. I called my dad and asked him to keep talking to me because listen to music wasn't helping anymore. He stayed on the phone and used a GPS app to tell me how far I needed to go. He was my new mi marker. In the background I could here the announcer. At 1pm the finish line had announced there goodbye, yet I was very impressed the a few people still stayed and even encouraged me over my dads phone. Within the last mile I saw cops still kind of holding off traffic for runners. I crossed th last street before the finish line when my dad began to run with me. I finished! I was one of the last to finish, but it was never about getting an asking time. It was about doing it for someone else, my dad. My dad was my inspiration. We were going to run the half together but he recently got into a car accident a was injured bad enough that running was not an option anymore. I decided I would run it for him so I did the marathon instead of the half marathon.

Yes, this was my first marathon ever. I don't know exactly what it was, but I know it was just under 7 hrs.

The course was beautiful and a marathon.

Well, my training wasn't real training. I did run a lot this year for this marathon, but this year has had challenges that didn't allow me to do a decent training. I will say because of my challenges it motivated me more to finish.

Find a very special purpose to motivate you to finish, and then properly train so your not bed ridden after because your legs are so stiff. Eat a lot before and after running. Don't run with a jacket unless you know its going to rain most of the day. Bring a very very small container to hold water (not a water bottle)a light weighing pouch and 1-2 protein bars just in case.

I didn't do much. The day before I went to work. After work prepared for the marathon. Woke up at 2:30am got ready. My parents picked me up to caught the bus to the start line. I sat next to a nice guy who said he has a goal of running a marathon in every state (awesome). Got to marathon starting line. Ran a marathon. I finished marathon! Got home and half mostly stayed on the couched because my legs have been so stiff. There was a dance party that night I was invited to, but I would have lasted a second. I live in Utah so it wasn't an exciting trip, but this whole experience was an exciting one for me.

5/5 Stars

Although I ran with injury, I was able to Boston Qualfy again this year. The race is a well run race, with amazing volunteers, and a great finishing line .

This was not a PR , due to achilles injury, but my best qualifying time this year , for Boston of 5 marathons.

Everyone says this marathon is easy. I beg to defer. The downhill is tough on your legs and then the out and back , is mental. The year it was 8 miles , was even harder. I think that the beauty of this canyon is spectacular though.

I did train a little down the canyon this year, but trained more on trail and at the Pikes Peak Ultra a bit more. I also ran Run Elevated to get the road downhill.

Train a bit in the canyon , and do the out and back from about 8 miles up the canyon. Figure out something for heat and calf cramps . Train in heat .
I wear Hokas and they are great for downhill. Smoky Mountain Pizza in Sandy, has a great salmon and pasta meal.

Trail ran and enjoyed the beauty of our canyons.

5/5 Stars

The start was great. Plenty of potties. Blankets to keep warm was great. Finish line was great lots of energy.

No/ but resolve to do better

Fast, scenery was beautiful

More running

Don't change your training 2 weeks before a race

The waterfall was great!