Don't think about it. July 24 is a Utah holiday celebrating the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley.
Every year there is an enormous parade that is televised around the state.
But one of the relatively unknowns about the 24th is the Deseret News Marathon. The runners who participated in the race ran 11 miles up Parley's canyon toward Park City, then turned around and ran back down those 11 miles and then past Hogle Zoo and then on to Liberty Park on 700 East. The marathon started at 5 a.m. Monday. To go along with the marathon, there were a 5K and a 10K race. The men's marathon winner was Craig Lawson, former BYU All-American runner.