Our friends Shawn and Trish Holmes were too late to sign up for the runners series (which will qualify you to run the St. George Marathon if you run 2 St. George City races so you don’t have to enter the lottery). So Shawn decides to sign up for the Grand Slam of Utah. If you’re thinking he is crazy, yes me too! Anyways, the Grand Slam means you have to run 4 marathons one of which is the St. George Marathon so you have an automatic entrance. Yep, you got it not one, not 2, not 3 but 4 marathons, 26.2 miles times by 4 equals 104.8 miles and that doesn’t include the training! CRAZY! (Trish wasn’t crazy enough to do the Grand Slam and opted for the lottery of the St. George Marathon)
My thoughtful sweet sexy husband decided to be a good friend and do this CRAZY grand slam with him…yes you heard me! He too will be running 4 marathons. Oh did I mention it all happens within 5 months. So that is 104.8 miles in marathon race miles, but that doesn’t include the training part of it.
I think they are nutz!
So the St. George Lottery has come and gone and guess what?? Yep you guessed it our friends, Shawn and Trish, got into the marathon through the lottery! So the Grand Slam is just a little added BONUS;)
So now that you know the story and how they ended up doing the Grand Slam. They have already run their first Ogden Marathon on May 19th.
They both did great. We are so proud of our runners. It takes a lot of dedication to train for these marathons. Good job boys!
They will be running the Utah Valley Marathon June 9th, Park City Mararthon August 15th, and St. George Marathon October 6th.
YOU CAN DO IT!
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