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Participants in the Stubai Ultratrail race head up the glacier in Austria. (Photo courtesy Harald Wisthaler)
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6 Stories on Sport in the Great Outdoors

Global Sport Matters | Monday, Apr 20, 2020
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Women may be better equipped to succeed at endurance events in difficult conditions

Serious distance runners can’t stay away from Flagstaff, lure of high altitude

Ultra runner connection to nature drives Stubai Ultratrail competitors

'No summit too high' for amputee climbers

 

Midnight marathon final doesn't ease grueling IAAF worlds conditions

Played among livestock, medicinal plants, ‘Rez Golf’ builds community among Navajo

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