Sun Marathon

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Sun Marathon Race Description

Starting in Veyo, Utah and finishing in Santa Clara, Utah near St. George. This race is primarily downhill along the Gunlock Road (not the STG Marathon route). This passes Gunlock Reservoir and follows a stream. Views are of red rock landscapes and beautiful Southern Utah. 


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    Sun Marathon Where & When

  • Location: Santa Clara, UT 84765
  • Race Date: 2019/02/02 11:19:00 AM (Saturday)
  • Categories:
    • Full Marathon
    • Half Marathon
    • 10K
    • 5K

Sun Marathon Reviews

3.7 - 6 reviews

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Most Helpful Review
4.5/5
Course: 4.5/5
Organization: 4.5/5
Sun Marathon

Gorgeous scenery. Loved the course except the section along the main highway. Enough traffic that you needed to run to the left of the white line and the pavement there had lots of raised cracks. Small race was great. Great finish location. And the weather could not have been better for relaxing and watching others finish. One more portacan at start would have been helpful.

most helpful race review Jo M. 1/1 found this review helpful.

2.5/5
Course: 1.5/5
Organization: 2.5/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-02-05 10:29:35
Didn't meet expectations

Wow, my friend and I were so excited for this inaugural race and were very disappointed. The first part of the course was nice, but there were no cones to block the runners from traffic and no signs to inform drivers to be aware of runners. It was dangerous, we were constantly having to move onto the gravel on the side of the road to avoid being hit by angry drivers! There was absolutely no support of anyone patrolling the course during the race making sure racers were ok.

verified participant race review P P. has attended 1 times
1/1 found this review helpful.
4.5/5
Course: 4.0/5
Organization: 5.0/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-02-05 10:56:21
Sun full

Beautiful course with plenty of achievable challenges (hills) along the way. The only thing I would LOVE to see is a BIGGER medal. That's what I think a lot of runners like:) A BIG SUN or something similar would be great!!

verified participant race review Mary L. has attended 1 times
1/1 found this review helpful.
4.5/5
Course: 4.5/5
Organization: 4.5/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-02-06 08:56:24
Sun Marathon

Gorgeous scenery. Loved the course except the section along the main highway. Enough traffic that you needed to run to the left of the white line and the pavement there had lots of raised cracks. Small race was great. Great finish location. And the weather could not have been better for relaxing and watching others finish. One more portacan at start would have been helpful.

verified participant race review Jo M. has attended 1 times
1/1 found this review helpful.
2.5/5
Course: 4.0/5
Organization: 1.5/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-02-22 09:47:09
Beautiful Race but things lacking...

Beautiful run and the weather was perfect. It was a great way to escape the cold up north and come down to run in the warmer weather. Things that were lacking. I wish the swag was a little bit better to start. More portadumps were needed at the start and more heat to keep warm. During the race wish there was more support. Got yelled at by 2 cars and some cars don't slow down, but not a big deal. I'm one of the suckers that likes a big medal and would like to see a more creative/bigger design.

verified participant race review Ryan L. has attended 1 times
1/2 found this review helpful.
3.0/5
Course: 3.5/5
Organization: 0.5/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-02-05 10:25:19
Beautiful course, poor organization

I realize it was the first running of the race but they had very poor organization. We were freezing at the start for an hour! They promised propane heaters but we only had little wood fires that we had to rotate people around. The course was truly beautiful and I still think I would come back and race, but probably not for several years so the kinks can get worked out first.

verified participant race review Madeline C. has attended 1 times
0/0 found this review helpful.
5.0/5
Course: 5.0/5
Organization: 5.0/5
2018 Race Review
Review On:2018-05-23 16:23:09
Awesomeness!

I loved this marathon as my absolute first. I highly recommend it. It was perfect weather!!

verified participant race review Karen G. has attended 0 times
0/0 found this review helpful.

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Santa Clara, UT Weather

Sun Marathon weather history
  • Based on a 5 year average and a race date of February 2nd, Santa Clara, UT can expect temperatures between 49℉ and 62℉ with humidity around 76% and precipitation of 0.08".
    Last year the weather condition was Overcast.
  • Santa Clara, UT current weather
  • Clear 85.2℉ Clear

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