5/5 Stars

Awesome day with friends! BEST Half Marathon ever! Great information to participants, plus training schedule, and planning ever. Everything was thought of for our day. Even the weather was perfect! We will be back!

Yes! Okay, I am old, and I walk, but I felt like one of the gang. I have done 8 half marathons-so I have exceeded my life goal of 100 miles in halfs. Here's to the next 100!

I had driven the course before the race so I knew what to expect. It was all good. The frequent water stations were great.

I train year-round (I did 3 halfs this year) and the training info you sent help me prepare for the downhill course. I also cycle and swim. I was ready.

Enjoy!

I found a great Italian restaurant-Adolinos! Our group of 8 had a delicious carb-loading dinner. We are all from out of the area and out-of-state so it was a relaxed and informal spot to meet-up after the Expo and look forward to the race.

4/5 Stars

Exciting! Fun! Enjoyed the music - would have liked mode music throughout the race.

First time! Yes Persnal record!

Challenging- race but BEAUTIFUL run!!

Got serious last 2 1/2 months -

Practice on hills, on the street, practice about the same time as the race start.

When to breakfast with friends and runners in Glendora.

5/5 Stars

It was great! Most memorable thing was I did PR! I didn't expect I could run such a fast pace. So, I was surprised with my result!

Yes! I PR'd by 7min. The last time I did PR was 3 years ago before I was pregnant. Now, I am a mom runner and did PR!!! Also, I did BQ'd by 19min.

It was not easy course. The second half was rolling course. The scenery was beautiful.

I did speed training and long run training as my normal marathon training.

Maintain your speed at first half, don't go too fast. Keep energy for the second half.

I travel from San Francisco Bay area. I didn't do anything fun thins before or after race there.

4/5 Stars

I think the Revel Canyon City Marathon is pretty well organized, especially for a newer race, and I had a good time. Some of the things I really liked were the fast course (if you run it right), the beanie you get in the swag bag, nice charter buses rather than the school buses a lot of races use, and pictures included for the price. Some of the things I didn't like were the lack of pacers (I'm not sure what happened but It appeared that all the pacers faster than 3:25 didn't make it for some reason), expo was pretty small with very little parking, only had water at the start (no sports drink, fruit, Vaseline). While I can't give it 5 stars, I'll probably come back to run it again another time if it works out for my schedule. I hit my goal so it was a good day.

I finished in 3:11 which was a 5 minute PR topping the 3:16 I ran in St. George 6 weeks prior. I qualified for Boston 2018 with enough cushion to ensure I'll actually be able to run it.

The course very scenic and is fast IF you run it correctly. This is not a course for even or negative splits. You'll be banking some time but you don't want to be banking too much. I think too many people start out faster than they should. While this is common at most races, it requires extra attention here with the downhill being so front-loaded on this course. I think the key is running at an even effort rather than at a given pace. I focused on dialing it back at the start and running my own race rather than worrying about the people passing me at the start. This paid off as I had enough left for the hills in the back half which is how I went from 158th overall at the halfway mark to 76th overall at the finish.

I've been using the Hansons Marathon Method this year which has led to big performance gains for me. I run 6 days/week with 1 day of intervals, 1 day of tempo and a long run with the other 3 days being easy runs. I averaged about 60 miles per week. Because I only had 6 weeks since my last marathon (not the normal recipe for success) I had to do an abbreviated training cycle with 3 weeks recovery/easy running, 2 weeks of training, then 1 week of taper while relying on the fitness base I built during training for St. George in October. I also tried to do my tempo runs on downhills but I don't have anything around me close enough to simulate the first half of this course. However, I think it did give me time to work on proper downhill technique.

I think preparation is the key. In addition to adequate training, knowing the course is very beneficial as I believe you need to run it appropriately to get the best out of yourself. Be patient and run within yourself while gravity helps during the first half. Train on downhill if possible and work on technique (lean forward, don't over stride, quick and light turnover, etc.) so that you don't run with the brakes on.

I grew up not too far from here and now live in San Diego so I'm still semi-local. Because of that I didn't really do any sight seeing or anything like that. I hit up In-N-Out Burger for a celebratory 4x4 which is my post-race tradition.

5/5 Stars

Another awesome race day. REVEL does it right! Everything from pre-race communication to finisher medals, REVEL is top notch.

No. I did BQ. That's 9 REVEL marathons with 8 BQs for me.

Extremely fast downhill; remarkable beauty!

I trained with REVEL Online Coaching Program! I highly recommend it! :-)

Prepare for downhill racing with the REVEL Online Coaching Program!

Watched all the PRs and BQs getting their photos made.

5/5 Stars

I had someone in front of me vaping...

No pr.. I made the mistake of not looking at the course prior to the race. I did not anticipate the inclines /train for hills. I walked a good portion of the race... but I had a great time!

Beautiful course, mix of challenging and fast paced.

I would train for the inclines ...

Dress warm for the start.

I live locally. My friends and I took the metro into Pasadena for post race burgers and beer

5/5 Stars

This was awesome organized and very enjoyable

This was my first 1/2 marathon and it was a PR for me 2:m

Great course challenging but safe and clean

Train for a year for this !

Hydrate very well , lots of hills work both up hill and down hill and maintain a steady pace and you got his!

5/5 Stars

It was a challenge for me this year. I didn't train as much as I should have, I was 20 lbs. heavier than last years race and the night before I went to a surprise concert and only got 4 hours of sleep but I still did it. I'm proud of myself for showing up and not giving up.

Not this year but next year I will.

Treacherous

Not as much as I should have

Train and be prepared to have a great run

Watched the sun come up and lots of cheering, food, pictures and fun after the race

3/5 Stars

race should start earlier like at 6am

no way.

hills and slant course. no enternment and crowd support on course.

i train about 35-50 miles a week. train in hills

train on the race course. don't do before another race. train on hills and slanting road ways.

had dinner by hotel with my running club. after the race took an ice bath

5/5 Stars

smooth and easy, wonderful course.

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