5/5 Stars

This course is beautiful and fast! the weather was perfect too.

Yes! by 1:45! I got BQ also by 14 minutes.

Fast and beautiful. The turn around at mile 24? I believe was rough- into a strong headwind and uphill.

I trained for downhill on a treadmill at 3% grade. My teammates who did the half did not do any downhill training and were complaining about pain in quads @ 4 miles into their race. I thought the downhill was amazingly helpful but I trained for it.

train for downhill and then do this race if you want to BQ!

Went to old Vegas- Freemont street. Went to see the fountains at the Bellagio. Traveled from Atlanta Ga.

5/5 Stars

Shuttles were well organized. everyone was friendly. Well organized. I LOVE that there are port a potties EVERYWHERE. Helped me relax during the race.

yes 1:45 Half Beat it by 15 minutes. Last half was 2 1/2 years

Great! I like the scenery all to ourselves and then the end had the fans encouraging to finish.

2-3 days running. 2-3 days cross training

Wear something warm at the start and be ready to take it off.

Team Dinner after the race. We are locals so nothing big.

4/5 Stars

Awesome gradual downhill course and I felt great. The road was recently resurfaced and felt good.

No but that is because I had some health issues recently.

Great downhill but not so steep that I had to hold myself back. Almost perfect really (the uphill into the wind at the 10 mile turn wasn't so great but it was short thank goodness!

Do a little bit of hill training - up and down - that's what I did and it served me well.

Let the hill take you down and go with it. I went much faster than I anticipated without anymore effort because of the hill.

After cleaning up afterward we went to the Paris Buffet in Vegas.

4/5 Stars

Overall this was a great and fast course. The only issues are:
1) 3:15 pacer was well behind me (I guess by minutes). This made me think I was going to finish below 3:15:00, instead I finished with 3:15:22. Please find out if 3:15 pacer really finished higher than 3:15 and why - It's not good following a pacer that doesn't finish on time!
2) The turn around segment at miles 23-24 was very hard. Also because of the wind gust, we ended up walking for some yards
3) The sharp turn right before the finish was also kind of odd
I enjoyed the gentle slope for most of it. Very well organized, thought kind of plain compared to a Rock & Roll with music and other entertainments.

Yes. Thank you :)

I already qualified for Boston 2018 at the past CIM w/ a 3:32min buffer. With this race, I now have almost 10min buffer.

Grade gentle downhill for most of the race. Great scenery too.

Followed standard marathon training with some downhill long runs.

4/5 Stars

Fast course, was first in my age group, until about 21 miles, then developed quad issues ...ended up 6th, but still got a BQ.

Did get a BQ !

Liked everything about it, fast and scenic, extremely well organized.

Ran about 800 kms in training.

Quads bad at 21 miles!

Stayed at the Mt Charleston Resort , ok, handy to start.

Take a down jacket, and put it in bag check....cold and windy at pre race.

Death Valley, headed to Yosemite next.....bucket list places.

Drove down from Maple Ridge (Vancouver) BC

4/5 Stars

Amazing! Thank you for having the lodge open so we could stay warm, seeing friends at the start, getting photos, I felt so good for such a long time. Seeing some friends who were working at an aid station, a few friends on the course... really though, aside from my PR and BQ, the best part of this race for me was seeing my friend PR and BQ! She is my Boujee... we are #bettertogether

Yes! I PR'd by almost 7 minutes, I have not PR'd since Boston 2014... I got a PR and BQ - 3:16:57

The course is beautiful, almost all downhill. The beginning starts uphill but then very quickly starts descent. There is another small uphill at mile 4 and again around mile 12. The road twists and turns a bit, and running tangents ends up making you run on camber sections of road a lot, but it's not bad if you're used to it. The WIND actually caused more problems than anything. After around mile 18, the downhill isn't as noticeable, and after the right turn at 21 it feels flat. The out n back portion was significantly rough this year on almost all the runners because we were running into the wind after the turnaround. Also, the finish.... it would be nicer to be able to run straight into it vs having to run around and back into it. Very hard to judge time/distance to the finish the way it was set up. Aside from that, I love this course, I'm legacy and will continue to run it!

Training....this race is an excellent PR and BQ course but you have to train downhill... or your body just has to like it. I'm a mileage junkie, so I typically run lots of miles. I also added track to work on speed. I'm an official pacer so I pace a lot of races, my long runs are generally pacing marathons. I also live in an area in the desert where it's always windy.... running in the wind helped me deal with the wind when it came. My training advice is ALWAYS to put in the miles. If you want to just run a marathon, do whatever you want. If you want to run a GOOD marathon and ENJOY yourself during it? Train well. Long runs are number one. Consistent runs are number two. 3-4 days a week, every week. One day of speed, whatever you prefer, track intervals or tempo.

Book your travel early... if you have friends in Vegas, that's the best option. Train for downhill, and be aware of the camber of the road... it's tilted, we run on the right side. It's roughly 28-35 on top of the mountain at the start, the inaugural year it was snowing. However, it warms up quickly when you're running. Bring toss clothes, mylar blanket, hand warmers, gloves. Anything you can use to stay warm before the start and the first few miles. Shoes - wear something that you won't hit your toes constantly on the downhill... usually I say wear shoes half a size bigger if you don't already. If you're used to carrying your water, you may want to carry a handheld - the aid stations are roughly 2 miles apart.

My friend and I traveled from SoCal.... before the race we met up with other friends for dinner... after the race we enjoyed the casino, had some drinks, buffets, played slots, bingo. AND spent several hours in the hot tub recovering after the marathon lol!

3/5 Stars

22 minute PR

5/5 Stars

Good.

Yes

Challenging but great views

They need to start out easy. Too many went out fast and were sick along the way

Lots of Vaseline on your your toes

Gambling Tucson az

5/5 Stars

The most memorable part of the race was during the last few miles when I realized that I was going to PR and qualify for Boston.

Yes, beat my old PR by 17 minutes and qualified for Boston!!
Both of my friends also PR'd.

Very scenic in an old west sort of way. Nice gentle grade going downhill, although my quads and shins are killing me today.

I was on the wait list and didn't get into the marathon until one week prior. Other than my normal running, I didn't have time to train. Just taper.

Train on a downhill course?

Way too sore to do much of anything after the race, other than go out to dinner with my friends to celebrate. Came from Orange County.

5/5 Stars

It was windy and cold but the course was perfect!

Yes I shaved off 32 minutes and qualified for Boston

The course was the fastest course I've ever ran

I trained on hills for the months leading up to this race

Don't be afraid to open up and cruise fast. It's downhill the entire way.

I jumped off the stratosphere and went sky diving