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VEGAS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR JOY MATLACK, KD6FJV, IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS
THE LONGEST FOOT PURSUIT IN THE HISTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.  THIS YEAR THE
RACE BEGAN WITH 243 TEAMS AND WELL OVER 5000 RUNNERS.  THE COURSE CROSSES
THE DESERT AND RUNNERS TYPICALLY ENCOUNTER SWELTERING HEAT DURING THE DAY
AND ALMOST CERTAINLY FREEZING COLD DURING THE NIGHT.  TEMPERATURE AND
WEATHER VARY FROM STAGE TO STAGE AND ARE NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT YEAR TO YEAR
AND IN SOME CASES HOUR TO HOUR.  MANY RUNNERS RUN THE RISK OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AS RUNNING IN THE BLISTERING HEAT OF THE DESERT SUN CAN FEEL
LIKE ONE IS RUNNING INSIDE A FURNACE.  EARLY MORNING RUNNERS WILL FEEL THE
BITE OF EXTREME COLD AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
THAT WILL SOMETIMES HAVE SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.  THESE MEN AND WOMEN
ARE FOCUSED, DETERMINED AND PERSISTENT.  THEY EACH GIVE THEIR ALL TO THIS
ENDEAVOR AS EVIDENCED BY HAVING TO LIFE FLIGHT RUNNERS TO HOSPITALS EVERY
YEAR.  THE WEB SITE WWW. B2V. ORG PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EVENT.
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13 868 GA Top of Michigan ARC WD8DX 204 2 8 858 MI Manhattan Area ARS AC0CY
KS0MAN 225 2 12 850 KS ARC at UCF K4UCF KI4ORG 46 2 14 848 NFL Garden City
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