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Revel Mt Charleston Marathon

Apr 29, 2017 06:30 AM PDT
Las Vegas, Nevada
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  Time/
Pace
Div. Div.
Pl.
Gen.
Pl.
Ov.
Pl.
Bib #
Owen (Full) 3:45:54
8:37
Male
40-44
68/
96
353/
607
617/
1283
1779
Chris (Half) 1:55:47
8:50
Male
45-49
32/
82
258/
572
532/
1705
4789
Written by Owen:
I am so far behind in writing my race recap blogs.  This race was in April of 2017, and I am writing the recap in March of 2019 (almost two years later!)  So the a lot of the details of this trip have faded.  I will mostly let the pictures tell the story.
Chris was originally scheduled to run the full, but transferred to the half-marathon due to some nagging injuries.
We took a megabus from Charlotte to Atlanta.
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Once in Atlanta, we flew to Vegas.
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We stayed at an airbnb house in Vegas.  It was just one small bedroom, with two twin beds, but it was really nice and very convenient.
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"Recovery" demo, but before the race.
"Recovery" demo, but before the race.
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After the expo, we drove the marathon course.  The start line was near the top of Charleston Peak, outside of Vegas.
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We didn't have a lot of time to do "tourist" things, but we did go to Fremont St. Experience, where we walked around the casinos, I played enough blackjack to pay for our parking, then we zip lined down Fremont St.
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The day of the marathon, we drove to the finish, then caught separate buses to the start, since the half and full started at different points.
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It was a beautiful, downhill course.  The race went well.  There were a couple of uphill sections near the end of the course that really slowed me down, but overall I was very happy with my time.
At the airport on the way out of Vegas, I had some delicious pizza.
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Race data from watch
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