REVEL Mt Charleston

Amanda Cox

2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: April 30, 2017, 12:37 p.m.

Overall Rating

4/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

This was my first marathon, I ran with my best friend and my husband did the half.
Did you PR?

Yes! I pr'd my half by 14 min and of course my marathon since it was my first
How would you describe the course?

I thought the course was great until we got into the neighborhood. The out and back part killed my motivation as well as the neighborhood as the people driving were extremely ruid and I as to dodge cars not listening to officers and at one point the officers told the runners to get on the sidewalk when it wasn't even close to time to close the course so I had to dodge traffic to jump back into the road in order to pass the timing chip to track where I was. It was a bit of a cluster in that area and dangerous.
Tell us about your training.

I did a wall sit challenge during my training which I think really helped my quads for the downhill.
What advice would you give future runners?

Just do it. Train for life.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

I traveled from St. Louis and we stained in a house in summerlin. We went to the strip and then just relaxed with friends. It was great!