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Not Your Grandma's Marathon

Join us on 08/23/2026
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Not Your Grandma's Marathon Race Description

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Full Marathon

Not Your Grandmas Marathon starts at 6:00 am on August 23, 2025 at Rock Canyon Trailhead in Provo, UT. Participants will start at Rock Canyon Trailhead and run along the trail to Rock Canyon Campground. From Rock Canyon Campground they will make their way to the saddle of Cascade Mountain and drop down into Big Springs. From Big springs you'll make your over to the South Fork Equestrian Trailhead Parking. Then you'll turn around and run it back to where they started.  Woohoo! You can view this Strava account for some more detail https://strava.app.link/D8vPPxRjehb. Why would you do this? We think doing hard things is important for your mind. Trust us. We've run this race. You come out a different person when you finish. 


Half Marathon
You'll begin at Rock Canyon Trailhead and make your way up past Rock Canyon Campground to the Saddle of Cascade Mountain. You'll then turn around and head back the way you came. 

10K
Starting from Rock Canyon Trailhead, you'll make your way up to Rock Canyon Campground, turn around and then come back. 


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Not Your Grandma's Marathon Where & When

  • Location: Rock Canyon Trail, Provo, UT 84606
  • Race Date: 2025/08/23 06:00:00 AM (Saturday)
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    • Not your Grandma's Half Marathon
    • Not Your Grandma's 10km

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