We are planning on a long camping trip out to Colorado Springs to visit my brother next year. I was looking at running the Colorado Marathon, but it is run in May during school. So a longer trip really is not a good idea. So, I started looking to see if there are any marathons in June or July. Jenny doesn't know anything about this planning yet but is looking forward to going to Colorado.
I found some in Utah where Kim is from. I have settled on the Utah Valley Marathon in Provo which is run June 12th this year. www.utahvalleymarathon.com
The marathon looks awesome with a beautiful, fast, and downhill course that starts near Wallsburg and comes out of the mountains ending in Provo. Nothing but good reviews for this race. Awards 5 deep in each age group, they even give you $5 off entry if you have qualified previously for Boston and if you run a BQ at this race, you get a special shirt at the finish line. How cool is that??!!
With the timing of the race, I am thinking a three week trip would be awesome with finding a 5K race to run in Colorado to see what I can run at altitude. Also will be able to visit Newton Running in Boulder. Plus, this opens up the spring where we might be able to make a quick run up to Georgia and run a marathon there either at Warner Robbins in January or Albany in March.
The kids get out of school June 1st next year. So if we leave out when they get out of school, we would be in Colorado that weekend. If we can pull this off, what an awesome trip it will be!!
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