5/5 Stars

Long. Early morning start!!

Yes!

Generally downhill, a few surprise hills.

Minimal, undisciplined.

Eating and drinking like crazy.

5/5 Stars

Cool, and very pretty day.

Yes, by 2 minutes.

The course was great. Very little, to no traffic. It was pretty and shaded.

I run half marathons every month but I do need to train more but it gets hard with family, work, and life in general.

To stay in Sandy so that you don’t need to travel far to get to the shuttle buses.

I was staying at The Resort at the Mountain for a family gathering. I live in Bend, OR.

4/5 Stars

Great day overall as I was able to PR by 9 freaking minutes. The course is fast and scenic. Overall, would be happy to do this again!

YES! Massive surprise and I am over the moon. PRed by 9 minutes!

Very fast, scenic (especially the first half). Last part of the race was rolling hills and highway running

I try to run a marathon every weekend.

Run Revel!

Explored Sandy, OR

5/5 Stars

I was excited, but scared. Mt. Hood was my first Full Marathon and I did not know what to expect.

I experienced every emotion possible; quite simply, I loved it.

No, but this run gave me a basis for additional runs in the future.

I loved the first 14/15 miles - then it got progressively hard. When you're going down, then gaining elevation - it just really hurts.

I live in Alaska, I do a lot of outdoor running with my dogs and run a casual 4/5 miles a day about 5/6 times a week.

Just click submit, process your payment, and no regrets.

Following the race, me and my family went to Bend, Oregon to relax.

5/5 Stars

Great organized, friendly workers that knew what was going on at all times.

Nope, I didn’t train enough

amazing beautiful course

It was not great

Hills after mile 21!

Great food, shopping everywhere

4/5 Stars

Woke up at 2:20 to catch the bus from Portland, then waited 90 minutes in the cold to start at 5:30. The support along the race was AWESOME!

No. 10 minutes slower than my pr.

Not all downhill.

I run 1/2 marathon distance or more 2-3 times once a month. I’m training for my 3rd full in October. I am a half fanatic so this distance is not new for me. :) it’s my favorite distance.

It’s not a fast downhill course at the 1/2 distance. It is a gradual slope but not a fast downhill.

Portland post race beers. Hood river too.

5/5 Stars

The scenery! The course is absolutely beautiful. More than once I wished I could slow down and take in the view.

A 4 minute PR and my first time qualifying for Boston. The course and weather really helped me alot.

The first half is downhill. Seriously downhill. Steep downhill that makes you feel like you are flying. The second half is rolling hills. The hills are harmless enough but if you've been pushing hard on the downhill you are really going to feel those small uphills.

When I train for Mt Hood next time I will definitely incorporate more hills in my long run.

1. Register early so you get an early wave. It was rather sunny and warm towards the end of my race and having started just 15 minutes earlier in wave 1 would have helped.
2. Don't be late for the bus. Be early. If you're early, there's no wait and no stress.
3. Personally, I went as fast as I could for the first half, taking full advantage of the downhill and letting my legs turnover as quick as I could. I wanted to have a time cushion to get me through the rolling hills of the second half. I made my BQ time with almost 5 minutes to spare so the strategy worked for me.

Visit Portland and enjoy some good food.

2/5 Stars

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!

I did not. I was 23 minutes slower than the Rockies race.

Not as downhill as I expected from revel races. Felt more like a typical race but was easier on the knees.

For more steep races I will work on hills more. I didn’t have too hard a time with this though.

Wine tasting and sight seeing. One of the reasons we love traveling for these races

5/5 Stars

So many memorable moments....but the start with the full moon setting as we flew down those first 6 miles was amazing

I set a 13 year PR in April (2017) at Mt Charleston. I came within 8 minutes of that PR and was absolutely thrilled. I qualified for Boston by 11 minutes!!! So happy.

The first 6 miles were amazing...the next 10 were great...the following 6 were pretty good the next 3 were brutal...the last mile was AMAZING. Once off 26 and so close to the finish through that lovely neighborhood was just gorgeous and thank goodness it was net downhill.

It is a good idea to do a lot of hill training. Cross-training and quad and calve strengthening and stretching. I do well on downhill but it is not for everyone and I spoke with many runners whose quads were just trashed by the time they got to mile 20.

Stay at Timberline Lodge, but figure out your finish exit plan ahead of time. Leave a car in Sandy the night before if possible or have supporters available to pick you up...but Timberline Lodge is the place to be before and after your race.

Did a shake out run at Timothy Lake. Ate at Timberline. Post race back to Timberline to relax by the pool. I traveled from New YOrk City.

4/5 Stars

Taking pictures of the beautiful scenery - glowing moon prior to the start and the honey buckets!
I came with 3 other friends and we all enjoyed the race.

No .. I came in at the end of the half marathon at 13.52 and started right in the line. A few people who ran n cut to me reported the same.

Fast but challenging. I think the half marathon was longer than 13.1 miles I came at 13,56 and the woman next to me reported similar total

Trained with my marsthon friends since feb. longest run was 17 miles

Train on uphills and down hills

Race expo- restaurants and the framers market dowrtown Portland. Didn’t have time to paddkeboard