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ESPN coverage of PBville

on September 05, 2013

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A neat article on the Leadville 100 from ESPN no less.

http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/9616038/endurance-sports-leadville-100-ultimate-test-runners-crews-host-city

I'd be lying if I said it didn't get me fired up.

Here is the corresponding photo gallery...

http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/photos/gallery/_/id/9609353/image/1/ready-run-leadville-100-ultramarathon

ESPN Leadville 100

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Hi. 'member me? An unnecessarily long account of my fourth consecutive DNF at the North Fork 50 miler.

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