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  • Brent Dawson

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      Fun and exciting.

    3. Did you PR?

      Yes!!!

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Fast!

    5. Tell us about your training.

      Trained for 3 months while I was doing triathlons

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Run down hill a lot. The quads burn coming down that canyon.

    7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

      Nothing

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  • Tony Morrison

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 11:53 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      4/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      The bus meeting point was good, parking was sufficient. Not enough space at the starting area. Potty lines were standing on top of people. Start was good, race was good. Multiple photographers was awesome, I'm excited to see my pics. The out and back section was ugly. Exposed, no shade, smelly by industrial businesses. The finish was good. Excellent management of gear bags. I liked have stubs to shorten the lines at vendor booths. It was helpful to have food there, although i missed having chocolate milk for recovery. The parking lots were extremely hard to exit from. It took me 30 mins to get out of the parking lot. The finish line festivities closed of the other exits from the lot i was in.

    3. Did you PR?

      Yes, i PRd. My previous was 4:25, today i got 3:56. I'm not at a Boston level, and that's ok. I'm very happy with my Performance today.

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Scenery was beautiful, and the elevation didn't pose any problems. The grade was really tough. While it makes it fast, i feel like i passed more injuries in this race than in other races.

    5. Tell us about your training.

      I ran the Deseret News Marathon on July 24th. I then was training in general for one more full this year, but didn't pick this one until last monday. Had i selected it sooner i definitely would have trained on more hills. My plan involved 5 running days a week, with long runs on alternating weekends. 10-12 then 18-26 miles every other week. The mileage seemed to be enough, but i needed more hills!

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Train hills.

    7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

      I'm a local. Went to cafe rio for lunch that afternoon.

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  • Doug Maughan

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 11:15 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

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  • Lisa Seidel

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 10:27 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      Everything was great, from registration to expo, and start to finish! I'm doing 4 of your races this year including the inaugural Mt Lemmon.

    3. Did you PR?

      I did not PR, but didn't train to PR. I came to enjoy the race with a friend. It was his first Revel race and he will be doing more.

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Beautiful and fast. Did the half this year after disliking the out and back section on full last year.

    5. Tell us about your training.

      I don't really train for speed any more. I run at least a half most every weekend and enjoy the experience more now.

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Remember your layers for the start up the mountain!!!

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  • Aimee Ferrell

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 10:23 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      The best race I've done by far. So much fun and so well organized. I will definitely be coming back next year. Big Cottonwood is my new favorite half!

    3. Did you PR?

      Yes

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Beautiful scenery, first 10 miles are essentially all downhill. A few flat and mild uphill areas toward the end. There are several places where the grade is quite steep and it's hard to slow down.

    5. Tell us about your training.

      I trained by running in a local canyon with hills to prepare for Big Cottonwood. This worked well for me. I also did a lot of strength training and I feel like that contributed a great deal to my pr.

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Bring warm clothes for the starting area. I wish I had brought sweats and a sweatshirt. Get a hotel well in advance. Ours reservation was made a month in advance and most of the nearby hotels were already sold out by then.

    7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

      We traveled about 2 hours. We came from Millard County in central Utah. We loved the Kodiak cakes at the finish line. We were looking forward to sodalicious but didn't know we needed money to pay for drinks and cookies and didn't have cash on us. Will prepare better next time!

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  • Laura Lovell

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 10:21 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      Amazing as always! Revel does an amazing job which is why I love your races. How do we ditch part of that out and back???

    3. Did you PR?

      YES! For my fourth Revel marathon I have PRed every time!!

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Amazing! I really feel like this race is faster than canyon city, even withnour horrific out and back! How do we ditch it so it's a milenoutand a mile back? There has to be 2.2 miles somewhere! Even 1.5 out and 1.5 back!

    5. Tell us about your training.

      Trained the course every weekend to every other weekend.

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Train the course! If you're coming in from out of town, good luck! I'd say this is one tough marathon to train for for out of towners due to the elevation, and the out and back. The only way to stay on top of that is muscle memory and training it.

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    1. Laura Lovell
      Sept. 9, 2017, 10:22 p.m.

      We love you Revel! I'm registered for Mt Charleston!

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  • Felicia Okoro

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 10:06 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      4/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      It wasn't what I had expected. Although it was down the hill but it's still a hill race which is curved hurt my back really badly. The steep slop on 3-4 miles should be scraped out, I hated that badly.

    3. Did you PR?

      Yes but did not meet it.

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Tactic but well organized

    5. Tell us about your training.

      I ran 20 miles once, 18 twice and several 13-15 miles practice but never a trail race practice. The closest I got to do one was the Dam Train trail race in midway.
      I will practice more on hills.

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Practice longer if you can go for more that 20 miles please do and make it a hill race.

    7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

      Meet some interesting people with Amazing stories and the volunteers were awesome. They kept encouraging us.

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  • Jana Eckles

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 10:03 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      4/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      The beautiful run down the Canyon. All the awesome volunteers at the stations.

    3. Did you PR?

      I did not this year, but good with my time.

    4. How would you describe the course?

      Beautiful and will help you down the Canyon.

    5. Tell us about your training.

      Training wasn't so good for me this year I only got up to 6 miles before the race. I would highly recommend you run as many miles as you can before the race.

    6. What advice would you give future runners?

      Layer for the wait before the race...it's cold up there.

    7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

      Hung out with people before. I enjoyed my metal of course, food, drinks, and pics after the race!

      Lehi Utah

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  • James Rowe

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 9:50 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      This was one of the best supported races I've participated in. Very well done!!

    3. Did you PR?

      My PR for this race was about 10 mins improvement over my previous PR.

    4. How would you describe the course?

      The course was amazingly beautiful, but very steep!!

    5. What advice would you give future runners?

      Train for steep declines!! This race totally works your legs!!

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  • Anji Babu Paritala

    2017 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
    Published: Sept. 9, 2017, 9:38 p.m.
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    1. Overall Rating

      5/5 Stars

    2. Describe your race day.

      good

    3. Did you PR?

      nope, i will run for fun

    4. How would you describe the course?

      good

    5. Tell us about your training.

      i have not trained

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    1. Anji Babu Paritala
      Sept. 9, 2017, 9:39 p.m.

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      Sept. 9, 2017, 9:39 p.m.

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      Sept. 9, 2017, 9:39 p.m.

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