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Twenty-one runners, two race directors,
two photographers, and several other support personnel, turned out on a nice
first of February in Fairbanks, for the first of several 1997 runnings of the
Miller Hill loop course. What should have been a clear win for Roger Dix became
a second place finish, after he veered to the left off the course, near 5.5
mile, and followed the bike path on a brief detour via the UAF steam plant. By
the time Roger climbed the hill past the plant and rejoined the course, Rocky
Reifenstuhl had sprinted past him and crossed the finish line just in front of
him.
Conditions along the course were generally good, although there were
quite a few patches of slick and icy pavement that required constant vigilence.
At one point in the race, Scott McCrea forgot that he was running, and slid
through an intersection on his back; he claimed to be all in one piece after
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