REVEL Canyon City

Lehel Szucs

2016 REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 8:24 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

this was a great day at 49 I finished my 2nd marathon and both in the same year ... grateful that I could do it ... the bus ride up took a bit but gave a good idea of the course ... well worth staying awake and seeing everything in the dark and than again in the light on the way down ...
Did you PR?

yes ... even as slow as I ended up being I finished more than 20 minutes ahead of my last (first ever) race
How would you describe the course?

challenging ... the first seven or eight miles are super fast ... I did my 1st 7 miles in 1 hour 1 minutes ... did well until the uphills kicked in and my calves tightened up like crazy and made me almost cry ... I liked the course
Tell us about your training.

I trained local but not on such a steep course nor uphills .. now I know better for next year and will do some of my training on the actual course ... especially from the halfway mark to the finish
What advice would you give future runners?

try to train on some fast down hills ... figure out how to keep a better pace down hill ... and also train on uphills ... some are long and steady .. some are a bit steeper ...
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

I live local so nothing special