Not because she’s injured or disabled. She just lacks the ability innate to many humans, Trina Higgins told the crowd Friday at Petersen’s swearing-in at the Utah Supreme Court.
Higgins, an assistant U.S. attorney and Petersen’s friend, said Petersen didn’t let her running mates in on her secret until they made it to the top of the first hill in Ivins’ annual Dirty Hurty Half Marathon.
“This is really great surprising news,” Higgins said. “First of all, because she’s a human being over the age of 5 months old, but also because she had signed up for a 13-mile trail run.