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Dog comes to racer's rescue

By Brian Metzler
Special to ESPNOutdoors.com — December 22, 2006

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Two-time adventure racing world champion Danelle Ballengee has her dog and a search and rescue team to thank for saving her life after she spent two nights in sub-freezing weather near Moab, Utah, last week. Ballengee, 35, of Dillon, Colo., has competed in adventure races in the wilds of Canada, Mexico, Sweden, China, Argentina, Fiji and Morocco. But it was a relaxing two-hour trail run with her dog that nearly did her in. She started what she thought would be a casual 10-mile run from the A ...

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