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Debra Vanberg
2016 REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 8:47 a.m. 
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Overall Rating
5/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
It was a wonderful experience. I pride myself on being a negative splits runner but I couldn't do it at Canyon City as hard as I tried to hold back the first half. But I am still very proud of my finish. I was so spent at the end that all I could do was sit on the curb and have a little cry. Once that was over I was able to enjoy the after glow of my accomplishment. Your event was very organized and the extras are amazing.
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Did you PR?
No I did not . My goal was not to race. I have another marathon in 3 weeks so I was using it as a training run
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How would you describe the course?
Hard. All fun and games the first half :) hard work begins the second half. Beautiful course. Great aid stations. Know your going to hurt so dig deep.
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Tell us about your training.
We put in the miles for our long runs. Did weekly hill, goal pace and interval runs. Tried to run some long down hills but very hard to train your body to run down hill for 14 miles so you know your body is going to take a beating.
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What advice would you give future runners?
Do a better job than I did at finding a down hill mountain road to train on. We stayed at your host hotel( Marriott) the service as awesome. We drove down Friday from Northern California and left on Sunday. Since we knew the temp was going to be warn I would suggest staring out in a tank and shorts . We warmed up with in the first mile. The gloves were perfect. Kept them on for the first 4 miles or so. Thank you.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
We had dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant down in old town and after dinner on Friday night we stopped at a crafts fair in one of your local parks and enjoyed some music and the beautiful warm Southern California evening. We live in Folsom Calif
I think the only thing I would add would be the National Anthem at the start and to have the pace car and the drop bag truck on the other side of the start line :)