REVEL Rockies

Jason Hayes

2017 REVEL Rockies Half Marathon
Published: June 12, 2017, 8:16 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Ran the race with some buddies from work and we all did better than expected. Weather cooperated and was extremely thankful for the cloud cover.
Did you PR?

Yes, I had only done one other 1/2 before and that was a much slower course. This course is very fast. I beat my previous time by 12 minutes.
How would you describe the course?

Downhill, fast, scenic, well marked and plenty of aid stations and porta-potty's along the way. I drive the roads often that was race was on and it was really cool to be running them for this race.
Tell us about your training.

Several 4-6 mile runs during the week and longer ones, up to 11+ miles, on a Saturday or Sunday with tapering the last couple weeks. I did a fair amount of challenging distance trail running which helped me the most.
What advice would you give future runners?

There are a few steep downhill's in this course, how my body was going to react to that was my biggest concern. Along with uphill's, train on a few of these during training as well.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

After the race, well deserved breakfast/lunch & beers on the patio at Morrison Inn.