i told you there would be casualties.
and not even the ones we expected.
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every runner in the field is operating on a margin so thin
that anything can take them down.
the belgian brecht vandamme is gone.
victim of the hills
the uk’s john stocker is gone.
victim of a stomach that went south
and australian ben nicholls is gone.
victim of we do not yet know as he has not yet returned.
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big’s backyard can be cruel
it forgives no mistakes
and punishes every mistake.
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now there are 42.