To Serve & Protect and to Run - Lt. Sam Despain
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To Serve & Protect and to Run - Lt. Sam Despain
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Twenty-four years ago, Sam Despain graduated from the Police Academy and accepted a job as an officer with St. George City.
But before he ever pinned on the badge, he laced up his running shoes.
Just two weeks before being sworn in, Sam lined up for his first St. George Marathon alongside his good friend and Pine Valley neighbor, Jeff Gardner.
He hasn’t missed one since.
In 2026, Lt. Despain will toe the line for his 24th consecutive St. George Marathon—24 years of serving this community and 24 years of running its roads.
Over those miles, his connection to St. George has become about more than the city he serves and protects. It’s about the people he runs beside, the neighborhoods he passes through, and the streets he’s come to know one stride at a time.
For Lt. Sam Despain, the St. George Marathon isn’t simply a race through his city.
It’s a run through the community he has dedicated his life to serving.
