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  '"Sufferfest of the year"  <em>&#8212;<a href="http://thedailypage.com/">Isthmus</a></em>',
  '"The designer of this route was evil and sadistic." <em>&#8212;<a href="http://www.djwriter.com/cycling/dayrides/reports/hhh03.html">David Johnsen</a></em>',
  '"Why?  Because we can." <em>&#8212;<a href="http://www.mtn.org/tcbc/events/hhh-2003-report.htm">Twin Cities Bicycling Club</a></em>',
  '"The hardest day of cycling I\'ve ever done. It was epic!" <em>&#8212;Ben Neff, Cronometro team</em>',
  '"Harder than the Assault on Mt. Mitchell." <em>&#8212;Nolan Culberson</em>',
  '"This ride is destined to become legendary around the Midwest. It\'s going to attract a lot of insane people." <em>&#8212; Cronometro rider</em>',
  '"Amazing scenery, but scenery becomes secondary when you can\'t feel your legs!" <em>&#8212;the Iowa Big Dogs</em>',
  '"Five thousand feet of climbing is a very tough century. Ten thousand is unreal." <em>&#8212;the Iowa Big Dogs</em>'
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