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Jacqueline Hernandez
2018 REVEL Big Bear Marathon
Published: Oct. 14, 2018, 8:48 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
3/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
I paid for a shuttle I didn't have to use.
No specific address for transportation made it difficult to use gps.
Cars were allowed to get in the runner's lane 3.5 hrs after the race began. Even the ports Potty trucks were in and out of the lanes. For about a mile I had to whistle and yell at the runners in front of me to get on the shoulder because cars had gotten in out lane. There was no escort.
3/5 last miles barely had any space for runners. Car were passing very close and fast.
It would have been nice if hotels gave a little discount or allowed for late check out w/o a fee. -
Did you PR?
No, missed it by a few minutes. My Garmin recorded 26.7
Throughout the race our groups gps marked the miles before the course markers. -
How would you describe the course?
The course is clean, there is debris. Comfortable, with LOTS of portal potties. THANK YOU! The down hill is tough on the bladder.
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Tell us about your training.
This was a training run for an ultra, but we included down hill training to be sure we were ready.
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What advice would you give future runners?
Down hill training running posture (do not lean forward; stand "straight")is important to prevent shin splints.
Hid rate days before.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
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We went for dinner, but the restaurant was not aware of the event it took a loooong time to seat us down and 1 hrs to serve us; making us late to bed. Hotel was sold out w/runners and wondered why we were asking for a late check out. May be Chamber of Commerce and make an announcement on Newsletter.
We didn't do anything before or after aside from dinner. We traveled from Whittier, Ca