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By Alex Kurt for GearJunkie.com

Afton 2016 Gear Junkie Article Photo Credit John Stewart

…Kurt Keiser, 42, who recently won the Afton 50K outside the Twin Cities, echoed Meltzer’s assertion that mental fortitude plays a huge role in ultras, where a competitor’s spirit and energy levels can fluctuate as much as the terrain. “I think a lot of it is the mental fortitude, having been around the block a few times,” said Keiser, a former member of the elite training group Team USA Minnesota who competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Keiser beat lightning-quick 26-year-old David Hackworthy on the undulating, hot course at Afton, as did fellow master’s runner and runner-up Tim Hardy, 42…

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