REVEL Canyon City

Rachel Gescheidle

2015 REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Published: Nov. 9, 2015, 7:56 a.m.

Overall Rating

4/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Course was beautiful. Mile markers were accurate. Stations were loaded with energy and sufficient bathrooms and gu and drinks. (no candy as promised though... that was very disappointing).
Did you PR?

Yep! 2:01 for my half marathon time (PR'd by about 7 minutes) and 4:23 for my marathon. PR because it was my first marathon!
How would you describe the course?

Beautiful, fairly steep at the beginning. UPHILLs between mile 14-21, Mile 20 is about a mile long hill of maybe 4-5% grade (gradual but still killer!). The last stretch of flat/slight uphill was horrible (mile 24-26.2) but very rewarding. Overall beautiful. I have no other marathons to compare it to but it was lovely.
Tell us about your training.

Didn't train very much. Started training about 8 weeks before the race. Did a 13 miler, a 16 miler and a 14 miler and called it a day. Ran about 26 miles a week. Should have probably trained more.
What advice would you give future runners?

Not sure if I'm ready to give advice. Still learning and looking for advice myself.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Before the race we had a camp fire blaring at the top of the mountain. It was awesome. I live in the area though so nothing exciting or out of the ordinary for me - I slept and ate haha.