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Kyle Beauchamp
2018 REVEL Mt Hood Marathon
Published: July 30, 2018, 10:04 p.m. 
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Overall Rating
5/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
We had perfect conditions on race day. Since we stayed at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland and had a 5:30am start time, we had to wake up @ 2:30 in order to drive the 40 minute drive to Sandy High School where we caught the bus to the starting gate. We started at 5:32. The fuel/food and various booths at the finish were fantastic and the aid stations were plentiful and always stocked with great volunteers.
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Did you PR?
I ran a 3:13 which is a 16 minute PR! I missed boston by just over 3 minutes.
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How would you describe the course?
The course was great. Of course there was a monster downhill for the first 13 miles with a much more gradual decline for the last 13 intermixed with a few small inclines. The only complaint was a sign that read "It's all downhill from here" after a longer hill, which turned out to be a lie; not cool!
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Tell us about your training.
Lots of downhill training helped prep me for the first half. Make sure you find some long steep declines to train on and experiment with different fuels to see what works best for you.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
the picture backdrop was cool. All the food and beverages were much appreciated. The finisher card they gave you was cool. I ran the race with a couple of buddies. We came from the Tri-Cities, WA
great race, we'll run it again next year