The REVEL Mount Hood Marathon and Half will take place this year on Saturday, June 29th. REVEL race series events distinguish themselves from other races by being held in gorgeous nature spaces, like forests and canyons, and by being USATF certified, Boston Qualifier downhill races, giving a great opportunity for a new PR and a BQ time. REVEL organizes races in nine beautiful locations in America’s western states (and British Columbia), and this is the…
Three years ago, my husband and I found out about Revel Race Series and flew to Utah to run Revel Big Cottonwood. When we saw Revel was coming to Oregon for the first time, we knew right away, we would be running their race! Revel Mt Hood was a nice surprise. I decided right away to run the half marathon. Running the full in Utah made me sore, really sore. My husband was excited to run Mt Hood full marathon. The…
Race reviewed by Erin Hayes Burt I’ve been running road races for 15 years now, but Revel Mt. Hood was only my third marathon. Like many Revel participants, I had one thing on my mind when I signed up for the race: a BQ time. My first attempt was Eugene, and I was 2:00 short. With that in mind, I decided maybe Revel Mt. Hood and its more than 4,000 feet of elevation drop might just…
