There is a very popular race course where runners frequently go for a daily run. Assume that all runners randomly select a start time, a starting position on the course, and a direction to run. Also assume that all runners make exactly one complete circuit of the race course, all runners run at the same speed, and all runners complete the circuit in one hour. Suppose that one afternoon you go for a run on this race course, and you count $300$ runners which you pass going in the opposite direction, although some of those runners you count twice since you pass them twice. What is the expected value of the number of different runners that you pass not counting duplicates?

Let's think step by step and output the final answer within \boxed{}.
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