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Monica Miller-Deamer
2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon
Published: May 2, 2017, 3:51 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
4/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
I ran a marathon the week prior and it was my worst overall performance in a marathon. I had something to prove to myself and took 32 minutes off my previous weeks overall time and had my fastest ever marathon of 3:45:23 at almost 51 years of age.
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Did you PR?
Yes, PRed by 32 min with an official time of 3:45:23 and I did qualify for my third Boston Marathon.
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How would you describe the course?
Fantastic course. Even thought it's down hill it's not as easy as everyone may think speed can be your frenemy.
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Tell us about your training.
I run a lot of hills and have 19 weeks of training. I wouldn't do anything differently and my advice would be to train, train, train your body and mind as well as do some downhill training runs about a month or month and a half out.
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What advice would you give future runners?
A week earlier start getting up earlier than usual as to acclimate yourself for the early bus times. Run with a pacer if you're trying to BQ. Eat pasta or potato the night before and plan on a taking a couple of salt packets on the course. Tie shoes to lock in your heal to avoid blisters under toenails or anywhere else as well as loosing any toenails.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
I live locally
I ran last years race and the water stations were better organized. It seemed like they couldn't keep up with people. Another area to improve would be the finish line. I love the guy who says everyones names as they cross the finish line, he's fantastic. Have milk, signs to collect checked bags, as well as a organized and more visible area for Revel photos for BQing as well as the massage area. I didn't see either or those until I was ready to leave:-(.