REVEL Mt Hood

Julie Navratil

2018 REVEL Mt Hood Marathon
Published: July 31, 2018, 7:27 a.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Up at 1. On the bus at 2:30. Arrived 4 something. Started at 5:15. Finished around 10:45. Walked the last 10 miles. Met some nice people. Saw a beautiful state that I've never seen before. Enjoyed running down hill very much.
Did you PR?

No. I had only trained up to 15 miles. Plus I had leg cramping issues. It wasn't my race but it was fast (for the first 15 miles) and pretty.
How would you describe the course?

Beautiful and very fast for the first 15 miles.
Tell us about your training.

I live in Florida. There are no training groups near me which sucks. I train on a treadmill indoors on Sundays. I only got up to 15 miles.

I moved from Chicago to FL 2 years ago. In Chicago I had a running group that stuck to the Hal Hidgons plan. I've run 2 Revels in 2015. No issues cause I had a running group/support.
What advice would you give future runners?

You need to train up to 20 miles period.
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

I got a spray tan and had Chipotle. That's it.

I traveled to Portland from Sarasota FL