Athlete's odometer rolls past miles of trials (Rocky Mountain News)

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Colder means the snow will stay hard and the frozen rivers won't suddenly crack beneath her. This is important because soon she will be in a place where she will need every slight mercy nature can provide, where icy, hurricane-force winds can cut like an ax through a foreboding landscape, where maybe the only thing that will keep her moving forward is her taut fitness and indomitable will.

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