Pushing through it all, Bob Conner crosses 45 years at Freeze Yer Gizzard Run

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Pushing through it all, Bob Conner crosses 45 years at Freeze Yer Gizzard Run

It was 29 degrees below zero in International Falls — 72 degrees below with the wind chill — when Bob Conner fell in love with the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run. The “Icebox of the Nation,” nestled against the border of Canada, faced brutal conditions back in 1982 when it hosted just the second-ever iteration of the now-annual race. The wind blew with shocking cold, sifting around the thick haze of mist and fog associated with those, especiall…