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Vermont-born runner turns grief into grit

“To the Gorge” follows Emily Halon’s experience breaking the record of the women’s supported Fastest Known Time, and the men’s supported record, on the 460-mile Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail. This extraordinary accomplishment came just eight months after the loss of her mom in January 2020 to a rare and aggressive uterine cancer.

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