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| Arrived to an unexpected snow squall |
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| The parking lot before it filled |
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| Interstate 80 was shut down Westbound due to an accident, so the start was delayed |
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| Inconvenient placement for a finishing chute |
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| These trail runners are the real deal |
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| Before we spread out it was quite irritating being stuck in single file |
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| I had a woman pace me from the back, and she kept urging: "Pass on the left, now!" |
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| This may have been my last smile of the day |
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| I was in this train for quite some time |
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| We were always going straight up a vertical mountain, or sliding down the other side. |
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| The footing was always treacherous. |
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| I think they dropped orange streamers from a helicopter, and that became the route |
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| I was never passed by so many little old ladies with spikes on their shoes and gators covering their ankles, smiling. |
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| The final assault. |
