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Phil Fulton
2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: May 4, 2017, 11:13 a.m. 
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Overall Rating
4/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
Race day went well. Hats off to Mt Charleston Lodge for opening their dinning room. With a temperature of 37 degrees and a one hour wait, I don't think I could have survived without that lodge. The volunteers on the course were amazing. I don't know how they kept their spirits up for the entire time of the race. I toured the course about an hour after I finished and there wasn't a stray cup left on the course
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Did you PR?
I have been trying to BQ for three years, I finally made it here.
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How would you describe the course?
I was apprehensive about the down hill grade. I figured that my quads would be shot. That grade helped me the whole way. when I reviewed my mile splits, I could tell exactly where the course flattened out. The course was beautiful until we got to town. By that time my brain was addled. I would liked to had a longer run in to the finish maybe 1 mile or so. I might have been able to keep pace better.
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Tell us about your training.
I mostly concentrated on building up my mileage. I started running 1/4 mile a day and slowly built up to 6 a day for 5 or 6 day s a week. I am going to do a lot more speed and pace work next time.
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What advice would you give future runners?
I arrived friday before the race, I should have given myself another day. On this course I would watch your splits early on, but don't get too upset if you are running 10 seconds per mile faster. I saw one person that had a full head to toe Tyvec suit at the start. He looked plenty warm before the race.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
traveled from Wyoming
I was only 10 seconds under my BQ, so I am already planning to come back next year.