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Renee McShan
2018 REVEL Mt Lemmon Half Marathon
Published: Nov. 4, 2018, 6:44 a.m. 
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Overall Rating
4/5 Stars
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Describe your race day.
Race day was what I expected . Beautiful views and nice folks everywhere. My forever memory will be the 2:30 PR I’ve been working for for years. I finally made it and my friend Nikisha also made it.
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Did you PR?
Absolutely. Better than expected based on my training . My fastest down hill half has been a 2:31 which was 3 years ago. No. Boston for me.
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How would you describe the course?
The course was very fast with a couple of mild inclines. The views were amazing as always with this series. I would highly recommend this to my 50 states club. The elevation was the highest I have experienced as of yet .
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Tell us about your training.
I should have trained more for endurance and could have seen myself easily making a sub 2:30 based on my time at the 11 mile mark. Since I hadn’t completed many long runs mile 12 was difficult. Please complete your long runs faithfully to prepare and get some hill sprints in.
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What advice would you give future runners?
Rent a car so that you are able to get to race pick and shuttle pick easily. Also it will allow you to shift see at limited expense. Ride share becomes expensive. Pace yourself on the course watch your garmin . Don’t let the elevation drop just take you away. It is cold at race start so come prepared to be warm before start. Don’t assume Arizona and hot. The overall temp was much cooler than I expected. Make sure you you run with cushion due to down hill pounding.
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What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?
There wasn’t a lot of info about sites and restaurants. The host hotel wasn’t very helpful. I traveled from Atlanta so it would have been nice to have suggestions to make the trip a bit better.
The race, expo and medal are really nice.