Not your grandmas marathon iNFO

Date: 08/23/2025
Start Time: 6:00am (mass start)

Marathon – Roughly 26.2 miles with an overall elevation gain of 8500 Ft. 
Half Marathon- Roughly 13.1 Miles and 4250 Ft of elevation gain and loss
~10k – Roughly 6 miles and 1700 Ft of elevation gain

Half 

Rock Canyon Trailhead, Provo, UT. This will be the start and finish.

The maximum number of participants for all the races combined will be 100

Not Your Grandmas Marathon starts at 6:30am on August 26th at Rock Canyon Trailhead in Provo, UT. Participants will start at Rock Canyon Trailhead and run along the trail to Rock Canyon Campground. From Rock Canyon Campground they will make their way to the saddle of Cascade Mountain and drop down into Big Springs. From Big springs you’ll make your over to the South Fork Equestrian Trailhead Parking. Then you’ll turn around and run it back to where they started.  Woohoo! You can view this Strava account for some more detail https://strava.app.link/g3aUHxPwACb. Why would you do this? We think doing hard things is important for your mind. Trust us. We’ve run this race. You come out a different person when you finish. 

THIS IS A COMPLETELY SELF SUSTAINED RACE. THERE WILL BE NO AID STATIONS FOR THIS 2025 RACE SEASON.

We will accept drop bags. This can be any supplies you feel you may need at the half-way point of this race. You can give us these bags at the start of the race and we’ll take them over to Big Springs upper parking lot for you.

Half Marathon – You’ll begin at Rock Canyon Trailhead and make your way up past Rock Canyon Campground to the Saddle of Cascade Mountain. You’ll then turn around and head back the way you came. 

10k – Starting from Rock Canyon Trailhead, you’ll make your way up to Rock Canyon Campground, turn around and then come back.

2022 Winning Times

Marathon
Brandon Chamberlain – 5 hrs 22 mins 50 secs

Woman
Lori Castagnetto- 5 hrs 58 mins 50 secs

Half
Men
Tyler Cowan – 2 hrs 41 mins 49 secs

Woman
Savannah Pinegar – 3hrs 14 mins 52 secs

10K
Men
Levi Wolfley – 53 mins 46 secs

Woman
Anna Warner – 1 hr 6 mins 15 secs