The REVEL White Mountains Marathon course offers the epic experience to run down the famous Kancamagus Highway. This course features breathtaking views of White Mountain National Forest, the spectacular Swift River, as well as some historic sights along the way. The marathon starts at CL Graham Wangan Overlook and finishes at Ham Arena in Conway.
This Boston Qualifying course drops 2,350 feet in elevation and includes a challenging but yet satisfying out-n-back with an incline. The course runs downhill along Kancamagus Highway for 12.6 miles before taking a left onto Bear Notch Rd. for a 4 mile out-n-back. Upon completing the out-n-back, the course continues downhill for 12.1 miles to reach the end of Kancamagus Highway in Conway. Runners will turn left onto Highway 113 / Rt 6 and proceed .3 miles before turning left onto Main St.. Runners will travel Main St. for .2 miles and reach the finish line at Ham Arena.
Rankings will be listed for 2024 at the end of the year.
Its Course Score of 104.18 ranks it as the 11th fastest marathon course in the U.S. and the 1st fastest course in New Hampshire.
The typical race time temperature and humidity levels are within the ideal range for optimal marathon performance. This, coupled with the Course Score, gives the REVEL White Mountains Marathon a PR Score of 104.18. This PR Score ranks it as the 8th fastest marathon in the U.S. and the 1st fastest in New Hampshire.
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REVEL White Mountains Marathon Elevation Chart
Max Elevation: 2823 feet (860m) Min Elevation: 461 feet (140m)
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KJ's review of 2024 REVEL White Mountains Marathon.
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This was my 4th marathon and my first downhill marathon and I managed to Boston qualify! The downhill was not nearly as challenging as I expected, although I probably did start too fast. I love the white marathons and loved this marathon!
Race Tips
The start of the marathon is deceptively easy. The steep downhill in the beginning had me running much faster than I should have and I really struggled with the slight hill in the middle of the course. I would recommend not doing this.
The race was incredibly well organized! I just followed all the recommendations provided by Revel. This was absolutely the best organized race I've run and the scenery was so beautiful! I hope this becomes a yearly race!
Annemal's review of 2024 REVEL White Mountains Marathon.
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This was my 5th marathon but first Revel. It was exceptionally well organized, from the bus shuttle to the aid stations to the gear retrieval at the finish. For the inaugural year, we got lucky with temps (40s and cloudy) and a very slight tailwind. Scenery was beautiful the whole way. The start is steep and fast, creating a nice buffer for the uphill at mile 10. After the uphill out and back, there are some slight rolling hills, but it is mostly a gentle decline from there to the finish.
Race Tips
Train for hills (both up and down) and strengthen those quads!
The Revel site offered some discounted hotel blocks, but I found a comparable discount using my AAA membership. Stayed at the Yankee Clipper Motel, which is in easy walking distance to the shuttle bus pickup, so I didn't have to deal with all the shuttle traffic congestion at 3:00 a.m.
Marc D's review of 2024 REVEL White Mountains Marathon.
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Mon 6e marathon... finalement couru sous la barre des 3heures youhou !!!! le paysage est magnifique, l'organisation est parfaite , ca roule!!
Our 6th marathon... finally ran under the 3 hour mark wow!!!! the landscape is magnificent, the organization is perfect, it works!!
My specific training really helped. I recommend the chair on the wall for the quads, and I also ran a 13km downhill 5-6X in the Laurentides park which was very important for the legs until the finish.
I also stayed at the Yankee Clipper Inn, a 5 minute walk from the bus @ 4:00 am which takes away stress and gives more time in the early morning. Moreover the day before I made the trip by truck which allows me to appreciate the descents but also the climb mile 9. And 8 degrees less at the summit so my garbage bag was worth 10,000 times the cover aluminum that blows in the wind....
