Hoover Dam Marathon

The course was beautiful but challenging, with 2 climbs run twice. It's a low-key, no frills race that will appeal to experienced marathoners. The aid stations were self-serve and the course was 27.3 miles long (confirmed by everyone with a Garmin), but if you are not shooting for a PR or BQ, it's a really great race.

If you want to run a marathon and don't care about anything else then this is the race to run. The course is challenging and there are some steep grades and rough terrain to cover. At some of the water stations I felt like I would have to pour my own cup of water as the volunteer just sat in a chair. So I skipped it. The course was long. My Apple Watch put me at 27.65 miles. The post race food consisted of bags of chips, water and cold pizza. It was 40 degrees out and the pizza was 40 degrees. Needless to say I threw the pizza away without taking a bite. Oh and walking up to the table with the food the volunteers just looked at me. I said "is this self serve?" They said no and then proceeded to offer me a selection of cold sausage, cold pepperoni or cold cheese pizza. Would I recommend the marathon, yes I would just to say you do it. Would I recommend it as a good marathon "experience" absolutely not.