Man Aims to Break Record Running Boston Marathon Backward 男子欲破波士頓馬拉松倒跑紀(jì)錄

張祖平

A California runner is training to break a Guinness World Record by running the entirely1 of the Boston Marathon while facing backward.

Loren Zitomersky， an experienced runner， said he is planning to run all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon while facing backward in order to raise money for the Epilepsy2 Foundation3 of Greater Los Angeles.

Zitomersky said he is also aiming to break a Guinness World Record by finishing the marathon with a time under 3 hours， 43 minutes and 39 seconds.

Zitomersky said backward running has caused him a lot of pain in his legs， but it doesnt compare to the struggles faced by epilepsy patients. His brother， Brian， died of epilepsy-related causes at the age of 7.

“The pain and the struggle that Im feeling when Im running backwards is temporary4，” he told reporters. “For them， they live with this struggle5 and the difficulties every single day.”

加州一跑步選手正在訓(xùn)練，他想打破全程倒跑馬拉松的吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄。

洛倫·贊托摩斯基是一個經(jīng)驗豐富的跑步選手。他說他正打算倒跑26.2英里的波士頓馬拉松來為洛杉磯癲癇基金會籌集資金。

贊托摩斯基說他也打算用少于3小時43分39秒的時間完成馬拉松，以打破吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄。

贊托摩斯基說倒跑引發(fā)了他的腿疼，但這比不上癲癇病人受的煎熬。他的弟弟布萊恩在7歲時因癲癇去世。

他告訴記者：“我倒跑時所受的疼痛和煎熬是暫時的，但對他們來說，遭受的煎熬和困難無時無刻不在。”

Notes：

1. entirely adv. 完全地，徹底地

2. epilepsy n. 癲癇，癲癇癥

3. foundation n. 基金會

4. temporary adj. 暫時的，臨時的

5. struggle n. 努力，奮斗；掙扎