REVEL Mt Charleston

Kip Jacobsen

2017 REVEL Mt Charleston Half Marathon
Published: April 30, 2017, 7:03 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

It was a great race for me, it exposed several weaknesses in my training plan, which I will use, hopefully for the Big Cottonwood Canyon race in September.
Did you PR?

It was a PR day, considering this was my first official 1/2 marathon.
How would you describe the course?

The first 10 went by really fast, it was the last 3 three got me. I am glad that the hills at the end were not too large, and the grades were gradual, but my hill training suffered.
Tell us about your training.

My training went well, up until the last 4 weeks of it, I pulled a calf muscle on a short run, putting me out for a few weeks, and then adding a cold in the middle of it didn't help me any either.
Prior to that I did follow a plan with increasing mileage, and did all my long runs downhill. Despite it being a downhill course, I would recommend doing a combination of both uphill and downhill running.
I would t change my workout plan, but what helped me a lot was the use of compression sleeves for my recovering calves.
What advice would you give future runners?

Plan, run, do it.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Walked ba into the car with my wife, went home and slept 4 more hours, then ordered some Chinese food and worked on rolling out my legs for 2 days.