0
|
Christina Haydon
2017 REVEL Rockies Marathon
Published: June 12, 2017, 9:39 a.m. 
1
0
|
-
Overall Rating
5/5 Stars
-
Describe your race day.
Very early start to the day. The drop off to get in the bus went smoothly. There was a volunteer checking bibs to make sure I got on the right bus and also made an announcement on the bus prior to taking off. The ride up the mountain was smooth. The race itself was tough and unforgiving on the knees,quads and feet.
-
Did you PR?
Nope. This was because of an injury on the course.
-
How would you describe the course?
The scenery is fantastic. I live up here in the mountains and the views never get old. The hills along evergreen parkway weren't as bad as I thought they would be. The grade at the start of the marathon is pretty steep. The roads were at a slant which put a little extra strain on the ankles. The race itself was well supported. Plenty of water stations and portapotties. The law enforcement directing traffic did a great job. There was plenty of water and Powerade during the race even for the back of the pack (I was concerned about it as I forgot to pull my water bottle out of my drop bag prior to the race). This was a well planned, well executed race. Thank you. The race itself was tough and unforgiving on the knees,quads and feet. My only suggestion to race officials is too put clocks at the timing points. I normally use map my run on my phone to track my time but I am guessing because of the mountains and going in and out of service my phone died at about mile 20.
-
Tell us about your training.
I followed the higdon training plan. I am local here and was able to start 8 miles up the squaw pass road for some down hill training. I only did that once and could kick myself for not running it more to get my quads ready. I was able to include hills in my daily runs but ran mostly flat areas on the long runs that were 15 -20 miles.
-
What advice would you give future runners?
Train for down hill. If you are not 100 percent healthy do not attempt the Marathon. My knee started to give me issues a couple of weeks prior to the race but wasn't constant and I had put in a few painfree runs the week prior to the race. At Mile 15 is when the pain came back in my knee and I basically had to hobble to the finish line. The downhill is very unforgiving. However, the support for the race was awesome. Everyone was so nice and encouraging and I was asked multiple times by race officials (sag car) if I needed any assistance. I made it prior to the cut off. YES!!!
-
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
I am local. I had family in town including my sisters whom also ran the race. We hung out at the Evergreen Lake and did some fishing and kayaked.
Comments
- No Comments Yet.
