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Brett Martyn
2015 REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Published: Nov. 8, 2015, 12:52 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
5/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
Incredibly well organized from start to finish. Great volunteers. Blocked off roads and police/fire/paramedic support. Everthing you would want from a marathon experience. Beautiful course. Best marathon experience I've had.
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Did you PR?
Yes I did. It was my first real attempt at qualifying for Boston though. My other two marathon experiences were a feeling out process. This time I was gonna really go for it. PR'd by 14 minutes. Qualified for Boston
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How would you describe the course?
Course was gorgeous. Beautiful views allow your mind to wander. Nothing like running in the mountains. It was also both fun AND challenging. The downhill is fast but really wears you down, and the uphills make you dig deep
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Tell us about your training.
Trained to run around 7 minute/mile pace. Lots of hill sprints instead of interval training due to the course. All long run work was done on roads comparable to this course. Other runs alternated from rolling hill courses to flat work depending on how my body was feeling
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What advice would you give future runners?
Train for downhill!!!!! And uphill!!!! The articles you provided gave perfect training advice. I followed what they said in those articles. Wouldn't do anything differently in retrospect
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
Enjoyed the band and the exuberant finish venue.
Thank for a memorable day and a wonderful event.