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Show ... 1 v " : ' 5 , ' f ' '",' ' , 1 i' ' I "i ' j Vh , " 1 f . v ...... i Hanson wins marathon Ajabilant Debbie Hanson, Pleas-at Pleas-at Grove, won first place in the men's division of the prestigious Si. George Marathon Saturday. Beating her own best time by men minutes, Debbie ran the one in 2:41.31. In March, Debbie won the Lake Powell Marathon. Last year she ;';!ted fourth in the Mexico City kathon and before that she placed E:i in the St. George Marathon. Debbie qualified for the Olym-1 Olym-1 ;i trials in 1988 because of her ! ?,h place finish in the St. George 'l-jrathon. Jeannie Groves from Fiasant Grove placed fourth in ' teage group with a time of 3:12.19. 'lis was Jeannie's personal best. Among the other runners from Pleasant Grove in the 26.2 mile event were Dennis Hartle, Chad Kitchen (a 15-year-old PGHS student), stu-dent), his father Tom Kitchen, Kevin Dickerson, Dale Sandberg, and Jim Byron. A former resident, Dr. Carl Bell, also participated in the m ara-thon. ara-thon. Debbie said that there were 1,800 entrants in the race and 1,500 finishers. fin-ishers. She was very excited about the win. She is married to Ron Hansen and is the mother of two children. Debbie explained that she was running third at the 24-mile mark when she passed the second place runner. At the 25-mile distance she passed the woman running in first place, Holly Ebert. Debbie beat the closest competition competi-tion by one minute. She said when she ended the race she felt very strong and in very good condition. Debbie, 35, runs with Jeannie Groves. Prior to a marathon they establish a 12-week build-up program. pro-gram. They run abut 80 to 90 miles per week. On Saturdays they do their long runs and will run 20 miles or a little more on that day. This was Debbie's fifth appearance appear-ance in the St. George Marathon and her 11th marathon overall. |