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Could you run 26 miles?

The London Marathon is an annual event and of the thousands of runners who take part, many of them have a story to tell as to why they are running the 26.2 mile (42.2 km) course around London.

This year the pressure was on for many of the athletes in the elite race. With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, they wanted to ensure their places as Olympic marathon hopefuls for their countries. If they perform well in the marathon, they have a very good chance of being in the Olympic marathon event and doing well in it.

The men's race was won by Kenyan, Martin Lel, who finished the race in just two hours and five minutes, a personal best time for him. Irina Mikitenko was the winner of the women's race and this was astonishingly only her second race at marathon distance!

There was also a group of 24 runners who have competed in every single one of the 28 London marathons. Jeff Aston is one of them and at 60 years old, he finished in just over three and a half hours.

A lot of the non-competitive runners take part in the marathon to raise money for charity. Jeff estimates he has raised about ￡25,000 (350,000 RMB) over the 28 years he has been running.

Jane Tomlinson is a well-known name in the UK. She raised millions for charity doing long cycle rides, marathons and triathlons whilst battling terminal cancer, a battle she sadly lost last year.

As a tribute to Jane, her husband and daughter took part in the marathon. They managed to raise ￡20,000 (280,000 RMB) for a charity set up in Jane's name.

Another astonishing feat was blind runner Dave Heeley completing the marathon. As if that wasn't enough, this was his seventh marathon in seven days, as he took part in a special challenge which took him to seven countries.

Well done to all the inspirational runners on the challenges they met and the money they raised.

GLOSSARY 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)

annual 年度的，每年一次的	course 路線
athletes 運動員	the elite race 精英賽
just around the corner 近在眼前，很近	to ensure 確保
hopefuls 種子選手	personal best 個人最好成績
astonishingly 令人驚訝的	non-competitive 非競爭的（不是為了贏比賽）
to raise money 募捐	charity 慈善機構
estimates 估計	triathlons 三項全能運動
battling terminal cancer 和晚期癌癥做斗爭	a tribute （表示敬意的）禮物
set up in Jane's name 以簡 (Jane) 命名的	feat 壯舉
blind 盲人，失明的	inspirational 鼓舞或激勵人的