Parowan City Yankee Meadow Half Marathon

Parowan, Utah

Saturday, August 6, 2016

On Saturday, August 6, 2016 I race walked the Parowan City Yankee Meadow Half Marathon in Parowan, Utah.  The temperature varied from 60 to 70 degrees with light drizzle and mostly cloudy skies for the first 2/3 of the event, then sunny skies for the last 1/3.  The course started in Yankee Meadow at an altitude of 8700 feet and went down to the City of Parowan, Utah having an altitude of 5300 feet.  There was some slight up-hills throughout the course to go along with the decent.  The entire course was completely closed to traffic for the first six miles and had a dedicated lane for the next four miles with police acting as pilot cars to more the little bit of traffic in the other lane and the rest on city streets with volunteers controlling the almost nonexistent traffic at intersections.  The first 2.5 miles were on a mud and rock road that was somewhat slippery because of the rain.  The rest of the course was on paved roadways.  Water/Gatorade stations were locate at miles 3, 6, 9, and 11 and were manned by plenty of enthusiastic, efficient, friendly volunteers.  A few spectators were cheering from their property along the city part of the course.  There were 374 finishers in the half marathon.  There was also a 5K and a kid’s run.  The event was very well organized and the local people made the participants feel welcomed.  The organization was superb and I enjoyed myself tremendously.  My time was 2:33:57 which meant that I have to go back to March 7, 2010 (161 half marathons ago) to find a faster time.  I also earned first place in my running age group even though I walked the entire distance.

 Parowan, Utah

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