Timed to coincide with the weekend of Utah’s Pioneer Day, a state holiday that commemorates the arrival into the state by Brigham Young and the original group of Mormon settlers in the area, the Handcart Days Half Marathon follows a mostly flat course through the city streets and running, walking and jogging trails that wind through Bountiful, which lies just a short drive north from Salt Lake City.
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