The Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run (Wasatch) is a 100 mile ultra marathon held annually on the first Friday after Labor Day in the U.S. state of Utah. The slogan of the Wasatch Run is "One Hundred Miles of Heaven and Hell."
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