REVEL Big Bear

Denise Petersen

2018 REVEL Big Bear Marathon
Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 9:27 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

I qualified for Boston!
Did you PR?

Yes. My time was 4:02 and my fastest time (12 years ago) was 4:31.
Yes I qualified for Boston!
How would you describe the course?

Beautiful. I wish I could’ve stopped to take pictures but I was focused on a BQ. The elevation didn’t bother me and the downhill course helped me run faster than ever before. The weather was perfect too!
Tell us about your training.

I trained with Coach Paul through revel online coaching. Without his weekly plans I am pretty sure I couldn’t have done as well as I did.
What advice would you give future runners?

Be careful not to go out too fast. Don’t worry about powering up the few hills in the beginning because you will make it up in the middle. Save some energy for the last 6 miles, they say it’s downhill until the end but those miles feel pretty flat.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Not much. I was too nervous before and too smelly after. But others were taking pictures with signs in front of the backdrops that were provided.
I live in 1 1/2 hrs down the mountain but stayed in our cabin in Running Springs which was 30 mins from the shuttle to the start.