Brett Christenson

2015 REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Published: Nov. 10, 2015, 6:34 p.m.
  1. Overall Rating

    5/5 Stars

  2. Describe your race day.

    This was a great experience that I'll never forget. The sky was clear so the views from the top of the mountain were beautiful and it was relatively cool for a comfortable race. Although there was a lot of downhill running, there were also some challenging uphill segments which I loved. I would not describe this as an easy course. Fast but not easy. You really need to take advantage of the first half because the second half is going to challenge you.

  3. Did you PR?

    Heck yeah! Boston Qualified! I qualified for the youngest age group which was 8 minutes under what I needed. I honestly never thought I'd BQ but REVEL helped me make it happen.

  4. How would you describe the course?

    The first half is really fast with almost no uphill running at all. The second half is completely different. Be ready for some long uphill segments that will test your mental toughness. There's also a small uphill right at the very end that would be really easy if it was anywhere other than mile 26. The whole course is beautiful if you take the time to look around.

  5. Tell us about your training.

    I only had a few weeks to train for this because previously I was focusing on a 70.3 in Tempe. I ran downhill on a 4 mile segment which had a total of a 600ft decline 5 days a week with one long run on the weekend that was actually the first half of this course. I wouldn't recomend such little training before a marathon but I didn't have a choice. I'd trained earlier in the year for the Ventura Marathon so I wasn't exactly starting from scratch but it wasn't ideal. I'd recomend running as many downhill runs as possible for the last 3-4 weeks leading up to this.

  6. What advice would you give future runners?

    Take advantage of the first half and run downhill in your training. A lot of downhill in your training.

  7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

    It was only about a 30 minute drive from Ontario so I was able to drive back to BJs, put down a large victory pizza and a few IPAs.

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