2nd Annual Joseph Smith Memorial Marathon
HISTORY:
The Joseph Smith Memorial Marathon was first started in July of 2013 by (then) Susan Larsen. Susan was on the verge of running her 50th state marathon when she was brought to a halt. As quoted in the Deseret News...
"Four years ago, Susan Larsen set an ambitious goal to run a marathon in each of the 50 United States.... With only one state left to go, Larsen encountered an unexpected roadblock along her path — there were only Sunday marathons in Vermont."
"Larsen, a 52-year-old piano teacher from Farr West, Utah, made a commitment that she would only race on Saturdays when she set her cross-country goal in 2008.“I made a personal covenant with my Heavenly Father,” Larsen said.
Torn between compromising her values and not finishing her goal, Larsen didn’t know what to do.“The thought just kept coming to me to make my own race, but I kept dismissing it,” she said. “But the thought kept nagging at me and I knew I had to step up and create a race.”
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556969/Mormon-marathoner-organizes-Saturday-race-in-Vermont-to-complete-goal.html?pg=all
As the Race in 2012 started, we had a grand total of 37 Marathoners and many wonderful volunteers. We especially are grateful for the missionaries that were there at the memorial, and also the wonderful people of South Royalton, Tunbridge, and Sharon, Vermont. This Marathon is hard, but wonderful.
The Joseph Smith Memorial Marathon was first started in July of 2013 by (then) Susan Larsen. Susan was on the verge of running her 50th state marathon when she was brought to a halt. As quoted in the Deseret News...
"Four years ago, Susan Larsen set an ambitious goal to run a marathon in each of the 50 United States.... With only one state left to go, Larsen encountered an unexpected roadblock along her path — there were only Sunday marathons in Vermont."
"Larsen, a 52-year-old piano teacher from Farr West, Utah, made a commitment that she would only race on Saturdays when she set her cross-country goal in 2008.“I made a personal covenant with my Heavenly Father,” Larsen said.
Torn between compromising her values and not finishing her goal, Larsen didn’t know what to do.“The thought just kept coming to me to make my own race, but I kept dismissing it,” she said. “But the thought kept nagging at me and I knew I had to step up and create a race.”
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556969/Mormon-marathoner-organizes-Saturday-race-in-Vermont-to-complete-goal.html?pg=all
As the Race in 2012 started, we had a grand total of 37 Marathoners and many wonderful volunteers. We especially are grateful for the missionaries that were there at the memorial, and also the wonderful people of South Royalton, Tunbridge, and Sharon, Vermont. This Marathon is hard, but wonderful.