REVEL Mt Charleston

Meryl Call

2016 REVEL Mt Charleston Half Marathon
Published: May 7, 2016, 10:27 p.m.

Overall Rating

4/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

The start line was confusing. They made us drop the blankets then walk to the start line but apparently I missed the start gun (if there was ever an official start) and had to try to play catch up the whole time to try to find my pacer and it was hard running through such a crowd of people. I did not like how the police were telling us to stay to the right of the cones then drove right up next to the cones just to force us, I thought they should have stayed in their own lane. Everything else was pretty good!
Did you PR?

Yes, new PR by 7 minutes
How would you describe the course?

It was not very beautiful in my opinion and think the Big Cottonwood and Rockies are way prettier! I also never saw any aid stations giving out Gu when I should have seen 2, and was glad I had packed one of my own. The grade was perfect. So glad the only little tiny hill I had to run was that overpass on the last mile.
Tell us about your training.

I did a few downhill runs and didn't take huge strides when I was on the downgrades.
What advice would you give future runners?

I was so confused by the weather and didn't know what to wear the morning of the race! Just because it's Las Vegas does not mean it's going to be warm.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Came from Salt Lake, stayed off the Strip and went to restaurants in the city that I enjoy.