REVEL Mt Hood

Craig Jordan

2018 REVEL Mt Hood Marathon
Published: July 30, 2018, 9:35 p.m.

Overall Rating

4/5 Stars
Describe your race day.

Early start to the day, not as cold as my previous Revel race in Colorado so a positive start :-)
Did you PR?

No PR but already had BQ. Although this is a downhill course due to the nature of the grandients in the first half and second half I don't think it is as fast as it looks
How would you describe the course?

First half is fast but it can be punishing on old legs. The change of gradient around the half way point leaves you feeling sluggish on heavy legs
Tell us about your training.

My main challenge is living in a very flat area at sea level so had to travel to do hill specific training but didn't manage to do this nearly enough. Lots of long slow runs as well as speed work so my base fitness was good but it is difficult to train for the pounding your legs get downhill running living in flatlands
What advice would you give future runners?

Train on terrain specific to the Revel courses, i.e. lots of downhill running and speed work
What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

Helped my panicing friend find her glasses in the finish area then stood in the queue for the bus to take us back to the car park