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There's running and then there's....
Ultrarunning is the proper name for it. Officially, it's any run longer than a marathon, often either 50 or 100 miles. Chris has the bug, real bad. He just completed his third Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim run (R2R2R). Wow. This is where you run from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, through the middle of the canyon, across the Colorado River to the North Rim, and back again in one day! The total distance is about 46 miles, with 11,000 feet of elevation gain. Oh, and they added some running at the beginning just "to make it an even 50". Chris ran the R2R2R portion in just under 16 hours. Have I mentioned wow?
You can read his trip report here.
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