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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/dean-karnazes-selected-to-carry-olympic-torch/">Dean Karnazes Selected to Carry Olympic Torch</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:12 AM by Adam Jacobs</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">According to his new blog entry at Runner’s World, “Ultramarathon Man” Dean Karnazes has been selected to carry the Olympic torch while it passes through his hometown of San Francisco, CA. Karnazes, an elite (and at times controversial) ultra endurance athlete, is coming off of an impressive victory at the grueling Atacama Crossing, a 275-K race across the Atacama Desert in Chile.&nbsp; He was also the recipient of ESPN’s 2007 ESPY Award for “Best Outdoor Athlete”.&nbsp; In his announcement about being selected for - and accepting - this honor, Karnazes wrote: “It is with great honor that I am letting you know I have been selected to carry the Olympic Torch as it passes through my home city of San Francisco.&nbsp; The selection process had begun quite some time ago, but it was requested that all those being…<a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/dean-karnazes-selected-to-carry-olympic-torch/">(<a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/dean-karnazes-selected-to-carry-olympic-torch/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/dean-karnazes-selected-to-carry-olympic-torch/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/dean-karnazes-selected-to-carry-olympic-torch/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/news/">news</a>, <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/ultramarathons/">ultramarathons</a><br /><br /> </P>