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Pacer explains what it's like to run Moab 240 as 70 runners and volunteers are rescued

By KSL · October 11, 2026 · 1 min read
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8-mile-long ultramarathon where runners go through areas surrounded by Canyonlands and Arches National Park. "The whole morning I was just like looking at the sky, waiting. When is it going to kick in? How bad is it going to be?" Christensen said.

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