Salt Lake City Marathon

What a LONG DAY!!

I found out about a year ago that my friend Harley "HOGG" Sisson was planning on running the Salt Lake City Marathon. Of course, I might have been a little skeptical about the whole thing, but still encouraged him to pursue his dreams. As the months past, I noticed a total change in demeanor. He would literally run almost 10 miles a day. FIRST OF ALL how does that sound like fun! He would run at the gym until the treadmill would turn off on him (Safety Feature found on every treadmill)!! Again – INSANE!!!

Well the big day came and it STARTED off EARLY!! I was up around 5:30 a.m., to go pick up a few friends from their hotel. We arrived at the starting location around 6:30, TOO early for anyone to be up, on a Saturday morning. As we stood their, looking at the sea of runners taking small strides so not to trip over each other, a thought came running into my head – WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR FOUR HOURS!!!!

For the first hour of the race, we spent eating at a lovely breakfast nook, named Denny’s. MMMmmm…. Good EATS!! We were all wondering what Hogg must be experiencing, while we were enjoying our delicious meal. The next THREE and HALF hours were the longest hours of my life; we spent the whole time at the Gateway Mall. I must say, that marathon running is the worst spectator sport in the world. For the hundreds of adoring fans waiting at the finish line, I would guesstimate probably 99% are more ecstatic to see their four hour wait over, than actually see their loved one cross the finish line.

- Breakfast with friends… $15.00
- Gas to drive around town… $10.00
- Money spent at the mall… $50.00
- Seeing my friend cross the line, so that I may go home and SLEEP… PRICELESS!

Congrats HOGG!! I’m real of proud of you!