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Sierra Upton
2018 REVEL Mt Hood Half Marathon
Published: July 30, 2018, 4:20 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
2/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
Keep in mind I absolutely love Revel races and I’ll be doing my third this year at big cottonwood. The race was good. Although downhill overall it didn’t feel like it with the hills and mostly just felt level. Which definitely was easier on the knees and I was much less sore than with the Rockies race. My only issue is with the aid stations. There was only two aid stations with energy gels when the map indicated there would be more. The last time I saw anything with sugar besides power aid was mile 8 aid station. I was greatly looking forward to the Doterra deep blue rub and otter pops because they were sooo helpful for the last revel race but although they were supposed to be at three aid stations, they were at one. One of therevel employees had told us that there would be people there to help us rub it on our legs at all the indicated stations but there wasn’t. With the otter pops I had been asking stations if they had them and nobody knew. I happened to see a cooler with a pair of scissors on it and asked if maybe it had otter pops. The poor kid had no idea. But there was some in it! Yayyyyyy. Not all of them were frozen which might have been the issue with the shortage. It was getting warmer til the end and at mile 9 I hit a massive wall and was in great need of some sugars but that’s where the issue with the gels and otter pops came into play. I took advantage of not needing my own nutrition because of aid stations at previous races so it was my own fault for not carrying something with me.
Another thing is how many people were wearing headphones despite us being told it would be against the rules. I saw multiple people almost get run over by cars cause they weren’t able to hear. I think if headphones aren’t going to be allowed for safety, then it should be enforced.
Overall I still love revel races and I can’t wait for big cottonwood!
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Did you PR?
I did not. I was 23 minutes slower than the Rockies race.
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How would you describe the course?
Not as downhill as I expected from revel races. Felt more like a typical race but was easier on the knees.
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Tell us about your training.
For more steep races I will work on hills more. I didn’t have too hard a time with this though.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
Wine tasting and sight seeing. One of the reasons we love traveling for these races
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