I set out in darkness on Huntington Beach in California to run across America, one of a handful of competitors in the LA to NY Footrace 2011.

我在加利福尼亚州亨廷顿海滩摸黑出发跑步穿越美国，我是2011年洛杉矶到纽约竞走大赛为数不多的竞争者之一。

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The Los Angeles to New Jersey footrace did not sound quite so appealing.

洛杉矶到新泽西的长跑，叫起来就不那么响亮了。

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Voice 2: the Marathon Des Sables is truly the world's toughest footrace.

声音2：撒哈拉沙漠马拉松的确是世界上最艰难的赛跑比赛。

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The marathon will only divert much-needed resources and personnel from ensuring the safety of endangered civilians to putting on a footrace.

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Meanwhile, Becherer is watching the footrace with satisfaction, knowing that his final years might not go well but that he has four bright candidates to succeed him.

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