Competitors race down the hill after the cheese, and the first one to the bottom wins the cheese.

参赛者要紧随芝士跑下山，第一个到山底的人便可以赢得奶酪。

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As you've probably heard already, the competitors in this race are trying their best, breaking legs, arms and necks to catch piece of cheese that is speeding up to 70 MPH down the steep hill side.

正如你所听到的，参赛者们冒着摔断手脚和脖子的危险，追逐一块从陡峭的山上以时速70里滚下来的奶酪而拼命。

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The race begins when a 3.5 kg, wheel-shaped chunk of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down the hill. Up to 20 competitors then chase after it.

随着一块重达3.5千克、圆柱状的“双格洛斯特奶酪”滚下山丘，将近20名参赛者追着它跑。

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That's how I saw myself, and imagining the speed, imagining Joey Buckley flying beside me, our hands on the wheels, ready to stop on a dime, I decided we'd do just that we'd race down the hill this morning, early, before too many people were sitting around the courtyard on such a fine day.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Warm Springs'

And when we'd finished our snacks and I had hold of little pieces of Joey Buckley's life, we'd race our wheelchairs down the steep paved hill where on Saturday afternoons the stretchers and wheelchairs wound their way down the path between the buildings from the courtyard to the movie theater.

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The "warmup" for this race was a 2.8-mile run up and down an 1, 100-foot hill.

FORBES: Pain is good