REVEL Mt Hood

Tri Tram

2018 REVEL Mt Hood Marathon
Published: July 30, 2018, 8:07 p.m.

Overall Rating

5/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Try to sleep early the night before so that I can wake up at 2am to prepare for a 3:15am bus ride. Woke up a little after 2am, drove to Sandy High School, park there and headed to the bus. The bus went up and I slept another 20 minutes. Started stretching and use the porta potty and prepare for the run. Great first half was great, became tired the 2nd half and those hills are killer.
Did you PR?

No, I did not PR, my PR was still at Canyon City with a time of 3:21, I ran 3:28 here, 7 minutes off my PR, 13 minutes off a BQ.
How would you describe the course?

Great first half, need more downhill 2nd half!
Tell us about your training.

Listen to Coach Paul on Wednesdays Facebook Live, asked questions, try to follow the Hanson marathon the best I can, but hard to find time to do 10+ miles on Tuesday/Thursday. Do long runs with a group Saturday mornings and Sunday also do some long runs.
What advice would you give future runners?

Listen to coach Paul, join Revel Races, hope that Revel find more downhill in the 2nd half of the marathon!
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Look around Gresham, slept after the marathon, then find something to eat, fly back the next morning.