REVEL Mt Charleston

Patricia Brewster

2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Half Marathon
Published: April 29, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Overall Rating

3/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Woke up early and fueled up. Shivered at the top of the hill, but warmed up after a few miles. It was really fun to run through my neighborhood at the end!
Did you PR?

Yes, by about 10 seconds, haha!
How would you describe the course?

Beautiful course, easy on the lungs! I thought the "uphill" at the end would be worse.
Tell us about your training.

Training on downhills helped me; I would take the uphills easy and the downhills hard to help prepare me for the course.
What advice would you give future runners?

The biggest downside of this course was the start. It was very crowded for the first 5 or 6 miles, and I added at least a quarter mile to the distance by running around people. If you plan to run at a decent clip, say, under a 10 minute mile, I would recommend trying to be toward the front of the herd at the start.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

I live in the area, and it was fun to have one of my regular running routes incorporated into the course!