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Charlie Nelson
2016 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: May 8, 2016, 3:08 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
5/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
Light breezes, cool day, plenty of porta potties, start of race on time, light snow the first 2 miles, awesome aid stations, volunteers, emt's and finish race celebrations.
At age 65 I was aiming for a sub 4hr10min BQ and it was fun chasing that goal.
A favorite memory was the snow and scenery and the overall challenge. -
Did you PR?
No. At age 65 my PR days are in the rear view mirror. I was 37 minutes off my PR back in 1994.
I did qualify for Boston by 6min13sec. That was my goal. -
How would you describe the course?
Scenery, absolutely awesome.
I enjoyed the elevation grade loss throughout the course despite my 5 knee surgeries and needing ice and help walking after the marathon.
Elevation has been friendly to me at this race and other Revel marathons I have run. -
Tell us about your training.
I run about 35 miles weekly and do extra downhill training before the Revel marathons. By holding the pace down early I was able to hang on all 26.2 although my pace did suffer over the last 6.2 miles.
Training advice would be typical usual training but add extra downhill work. -
What advice would you give future runners?
Run some hard fast half marathons on downhill courses leading up to a Revel Marathon.
Wear some warm clothes before the race because at 7500 feet elevation at 5 in the morning it can be quite cold before the start of the run. -
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
Gambled in Vegas, visited Hoover Dam, drank at a nice brewery, ate at local restaurants and met many nice people.
I travelled from New Hampshire.
Great day! Hope everybody enjoyed all aspects of the day as much as I did.