Alisa Brooks

2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: April 30, 2017, 8:03 a.m.
  1. Overall Rating

    4/5 Stars

  2. Describe your race day.

    I felt amazing the whole way down the canyon and entering the long stretch of frontage road, but mile 23 as you make the turn into the wind literally exhausted me in a matter of seconds! I had no leg pains was keeping a steady pace ands ready to push myself harder until I turned the corner, the wind was like nothing I experienced before. It took my breath away collapsed my lungs and my legs instantly locked up! I have ran 10 marathons and ran a whole marathon in a head wind but something was so different about this one. It took until little after mile 25 to regain what energy I had to finish! what a memory of I will remember of feeling the most extreme exhaustion at mile 23-25 in my history of marathons!

  3. Did you PR?

    No last year I PR this same race at 3:24 this year 3:33

  4. How would you describe the course?

    I love this race course it was fast and with a perfect downhill pace you could keep! the only complaint I have is there were a few water stations not prepared with anything and so I couldn't stop to drink. need more volunteers and or training to have water cups filled up. This is the only reason I gave you a 4 out of 5 other than that it would of been a 5

  5. Tell us about your training.

    I was going to nursing school full time this training season so it was by far difficult at times to get all my runs in for the week but I never missed a long run and had the best friends to train with me!

  6. What advice would you give future runners?

    To stop worrying about the down hill and let your body run without braking to save energy for the end. I have run this twice now and both times I let the down hill take me as I stayed light on my body. I feel when you brake and hold your body back to much trying to stay with in your comfort pace you get depleted far to soon.

  7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

    go home and soak in the tub and take a nap!

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