REVEL Mt Charleston

Mary Spear

2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: May 1, 2017, 5:38 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Ran the full marathon. Great volunteers, bus, timing, location, weather, race staff, medical staff, course, etc!
Did you PR?

Yes, by 5 minutes! Won my age group & BQ'd by over 30 minutes!
How would you describe the course?

Pretty steep uphill to start on. Really wakes up the muscles. Then a nice downhill through the canyon. Once you get into the city it flattens out. The late course change for Mile 24 was tough with the uphill & strong headwind which made the last 2 miles feel a lot harder than they were. Please keep the race date in April like this year as May gets way too hot in the canyon & city.
Tell us about your training.

I'm always training, but do 3 extra 20 mile runs to prepare for a full & 50+ miles week with some speed training days. Did one 20 miler on a downhill route.
What advice would you give future runners?

Be prepared for the uphill start and rolling hills around mile 4, 12, 24. It's not all downhill & the flats in the city will feel uphill after coming out of the canyon.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Drove in day of race & left right after.