We Run Here.This Is Our Story.

It started with a run. Steve Hooper was competing on a running scholarship at Utah Valley University logging 10 or 12 miles a day with his cross-country team. Kendra was training for her first half marathon in Moab. When they started dating, Steve would secretly join her for evening runs without mentioning any of that. He'd show up fresh after already putting in a full day of training.

One evening Kendra called him out for slowing down alongside her. That's when the truth came out. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked. He said he thought she wouldn't let him run with her if she knew.

She married him anyway.

Steve had spent years working at Runner's Corner in Orem, learning the specialty running world from the inside. When the couple moved to St. George, the red rock, the trails, the year-round running weather, and a community of athletes who deserved better made the decision easy. In December 2006, they opened the St. George Running Center. Nearly 20 years later, Steve and Kendra still own it, still run, and still care as much as they did on day one.