兄弟擅長馬拉松 70天跑遍13州籌善款

Welsh brothers Scott and Rhys Thomas recently completed a charity run across 13 states in the US –the equivalent of 74 back-to-back marathons–for 70 days.

一對威爾士兄弟斯科特和里斯 托馬斯歷時70多天，穿越美國13個州，相當於74次馬拉松的距離，完成慈善長跑。

On September 15, the brothers left from Boston, Massachusetts, finally arriving in Austin, Texas, on November 26, with the full journey of about 2,000 miles.

這對兄弟9月15日從美國馬薩諸塞州波士頓出發，26日到達得克薩斯州奧斯汀，行程大約2000英里。

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Scott, who celebrated his 30th birthday in Ohio and has lost 24lb, said, "It was exhausting. Mentally and physically exhausting, trying to move yourself each day. But it has been quite a fulfilling achievement to finish."

在長跑途中，斯科特在俄亥俄州度過30歲生日，他說："真是太累人了，每天都在跑動中，在體力上和精神上都疲憊至極。不過，在跑完全程時，我們很有成就感"。The brothers had been training for a year for the challenge. Scott said they had planned to run a marathon 26 miles each but increased the miles they were putting in.

兄弟倆爲這次長跑準備了一年。他們一開始打算每天跑一個完整的馬拉松距離，即大約26英里，但是後來增加了跑行距離。

The brothers have run 35 miles most days, jogging for five-to-six miles then stopping for a water break before repeating this throughout the day.

他們大部分時間每天跑35英里，每跑五六英里就休息片刻，補充水分，然後繼續一天的跑行。Scott said the pair had been burning up to 6,000 calories a day but had not always been able to find it, so had lost a lot of weight. The brothers hope to raise ￡250,000 （about＄390,000）for charity.

斯科特說，他們每天消耗熱量6000卡路里，但難以補充回來，所以體重下降很快。他們打算籌集25萬英鎊(約合39萬美元)善款。

Scott said: "I just tried to keep determined. That is one of the things that kept me going is thinking of other people that we've been trying to help."

斯科特說："我只是在做下定決心要做的事情。想想那些我們一直打算幫助的人，我們就得到了動力並繼續跑下去"。