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Published: July 24, 2008
How fear helped runner finish Death Valley race
He figured he owed it to those who helped him.
He figured he owed it to those who helped him.
Chisholm Deupree was nauseous. He had just run, jogged and walked 65 miles, but he had at least that far left to go.
"I had hit bottom,” Deupree said.
Still, the Oklahoma City man found a way past this low point of his attempt to run across Death Valley . In the early morning darkness of July 16, after 43 hours, 21 minutes, Deupree crossed the finish line of the Badwater Ultramarathon, a grueling 135-mile e...
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