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Moab 240 canceled after storm strands runners overnight

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About 70 runners and volunteers in an endurance race in southeastern Utah were safely evacuated from an aid station Sunday after a storm stranded them overnight. Highway 191 in Moab on April 10, 2026. The Moab 240 endurance race, which starts and ends in Moab, began Oct.

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