Twenty-first annual Salt Lake City marathon off to a running start [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — Runners will put their feet to the pavement Saturday morning for the twenty-first Salt Lake City marathon.

Jennifer Nelson, the Marketing Director of High Altitude Special Events Management, which owns the event. She says the participation in this year’s event is up about 26 to 27 percent, surpassing their record-breaking year in 2023.

“We have over 8,300 athletes registered for the event from all 50 states and at last count we had 20 countries that will be represented,” said Nelson.

Nelson says it is not just people coming from all over, but also participating of all ages.

“We have kids that are under one that are going to be out there maybe with their little walkers, starting up to people that are well into their eighties and nineties that are coming out and participating,” said Nelson.

Brittany Casey made the trip to Salt Lake City from …