5/5 Stars

I qualified for Boston!

Yes. My time was 4:02 and my fastest time (12 years ago) was 4:31.
Yes I qualified for Boston!

Beautiful. I wish I could’ve stopped to take pictures but I was focused on a BQ. The elevation didn’t bother me and the downhill course helped me run faster than ever before. The weather was perfect too!

I trained with Coach Paul through revel online coaching. Without his weekly plans I am pretty sure I couldn’t have done as well as I did.

Be careful not to go out too fast. Don’t worry about powering up the few hills in the beginning because you will make it up in the middle. Save some energy for the last 6 miles, they say it’s downhill until the end but those miles feel pretty flat.

Not much. I was too nervous before and too smelly after. But others were taking pictures with signs in front of the backdrops that were provided.
I live in 1 1/2 hrs down the mountain but stayed in our cabin in Running Springs which was 30 mins from the shuttle to the start.

5/5 Stars

All in all a good day. Favorite memories were meeting up with my 3 running buddies at the end of the race; it’s small enough that we could find each other easily at the end and enjoy post race activities together.

No, but wouldn’t expect to...too much time since my PR (53 minutes faster in1986)

Yes, I BQd

Course was beautiful! Definitely a nicely laid out, downhill course as the elevation drop was spread over the entire course as opposed to being concentrated in the beginning. Elevation not an issue at all. The course breakdown and description in the race literature was well done giving participants good insight as to how to approach the race

I ran 45-55 miles a week with hill workouts every 1-2 weeks. I did downhill repeats in my hill workouts but the longest segment I had was one mile. I wish I had done a few runs with much longer downhill segments, maybe 5-10 mile downhills. I did not perfect my downhill form very well, consequently my quads were tightening up by mile 11, not good, which meant I struggled more than I would have liked to early in the race and I did not negative split which should have been a no brainer on that course. My advice would be to throw in long downhill training runs

Read the Revel provided description of the course and the race strategy. Very helpful on what to expect and how to run the course. Secondly, and this may be obvious to everyone else but me, but remember to turn on your Garmin way before race start time. I didn’t think about how long it would take to connect and didn’t turn my watch “on” until seconds before race start; consequently my watch took awhile to connect so was way off on the mileage during the race.

Traveled from Long Beach, came in the afternoon before. Did not do anything fun before or after the race other than the expo and out to dinner Saturday.

5/5 Stars

Loved it! Great course! Didn’t like the parking but but everything else was awesome. I will definitely run this course again!

I PR’d by under two minutes on the half.

Beautiful and fast!

We train with LifeTime Fitness, coach Sylvia. She has us do some downhill runs as well as speed work.

Do some downhill training to get your body assimilated with it.

Disney Universal Studios but didn’t make it to the beach.

5/5 Stars

Great weather, loved the fog with the sun in the canyon. Very scenic course. Well organized event.

Nope. My Marathon PR is 3:27, Mt Charleston. Ran a 3:30 on this course, but still BQ'd by 35 minutes.

The first half has lots of ups, downs and curves. Road has a slant in places. Run the tangent if you can. The 1st part of the second half was awesome downhill! Last few miles were flat, city miles. Cars were close and traffic was not controlled at some areas. It was difficult to pass the slower half marathoners in the closing miles on the narrow shoulder. Loved the finish! You could see it from a great distance. The volunteers were awesome as were the aid stations, bus, medal, shirt, organization. Mt Charleston continues to be my favorite over Big Bear & Revel Rockies.

Followed an Advanced Marathon Training Program for 4 months.

Prepare for the steep rollers in the 1st half & flat miles at the end. Do weighted squats in your training as much as you can. Don't underestimate this course. The course profile looks a lot more downhill than it really is.

Drove from Nevada the day before the race.

5/5 Stars

Fantastic!!! The crazy early bussing wasn’t my favorite, but my overall experience, thanks to Revel’s people and volunteers made it all worth while. Great job!

I could’ve! Instead I used this race to train for another and enjoyed the company of friends helping them accomplish their first marathon.

Very well done! I wished it could’ve ended in Big Bear. I get that logistics didn’t really work for the Revel design.

This is old hat. I’m a trail runner, my road days have been few and far between. Doing ultras made this race a great training for an upcoming trail run.

Every race is going to be different. It’s ok to have a goal, set goals, PR’s and the like. Most importantly, remember to have fun, smile, relax and enjoy the ride. No matter how much you’ve trained, you never know what the day will bring. Enjoy it and don’t suck!!!

Stayed in a cabin Big Bear on the lake. Made homemade stew, shopped in town, enjoyed the weather and mini vacation. Also enjoyed the college area and history at the expo.

5/5 Stars

One of the most beautiful races I’ve ever participate.

Yes! I surpassed my PR

The was just great!

I’ve trained very hard all summer long for this race.

Be prepared. It might sound easy because of the downgrade slope but do not be fooled. The downgrade slope makes It’s challenging in a long distance.

The fun things that I did was to congratulate and high five a lot of my peers right after completing the race.
Afterwards we had a pockinic to celebrate our accomplishments!!

5/5 Stars

Seeing the sunrise and the clouds/fog hang around the mountains was picturesque

I beat my personal record from 8 years ago by 5 minutes

Beautiful!

Find hilly routes and cross train to prepare your legs for the downhill

Bring an old sweatshirt you can throw off at mile 2, it is very cold at the start

5/5 Stars

good

no

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5/5 Stars

Perfect weather, well organized, beautiful fast course - probably the fastest Boston qualifying course!

No, but I’m 60 years old! Can’t beat my 3:13 time, but if I ran this course 20 years ago, I probably would’ve done better than that. Qualified for Boston yesterday with a 3:35 time. Boston 2020!

Great fast course - slight uphills that don’t punish your legs, with plenty of downhills in between, then all downhill after mile 9. First time I did negative splits on a marathon....did second half 9 minutes faster than first half!

Good training - not a fanatic. Just 4 days/week alternating long runs, easy recovery, intervals/hills,, and tempo. Long run easy 22 miles, three weeks before marathon then taper off and very easy final week.

If you want to PR or qualify for Boston, this is the course! With good training, you should do well. Don’t push or burn your legs out on the slight uphills....you’ll make up time on the downhills....Definitely include downhill training...it’ll make the downhills enjoyable and effortless.

Just grabbed a Blondie(beer) afterwards. Should’ve picked up a Boston qualifying print-out.
I didnt travel much for this one - just an hour’s drive from Glendale.

5/5 Stars

The whole experience was memorable! I spent it with an amazing friend and proved that I was able to overcome the pain I deal with from Endometriosis to finish!

Yes I did by 22minutes I believe :) on my half marathon time

The scenery was great and the course was awesome

My training was terrible. Needed to train more but had reason that kept me from accomplishing that.
Advice would be to train your knees and ankles for down hill

Don’t start off as fast as you want to save your energy a little more.

We went shopping at target and had some fun at an In n Out! Sounds weird but we made it a good time!