Early in the morning, many runnersrunners/ˈrʌnərz/L1跑步的人，参赛者people who run, especially in a race waited for a big racerace/reɪs/L1比赛，赛跑a competition to see who is fastest. It is called the Comrades marathon. The race is very longlong/lɒŋ/L1长的having a great distance from one end to the other. It is about 55 miles. Runners go from Durban to Pietermaritzburg.
The first racerace/reɪs/L1比赛，赛跑a competition to see who is fastest was in 1921. Only white men could run. Now many peoplepeopleL1一群人类的集合体any group of human beings collectively run. A man named William Seleka ran this year. He was sad after his marriage ended. RunningrunningL1跑步的行为the act of running helped him feel better.
William trainedtrained/treɪnd/L1训练（过去式）practiced or prepared for a sport or job very hard. He ran 10 miles every day. He finishedfinishedL1被毁坏brought to ruin the race in 10 hours. He cried because he was happyhappy/ˈhæpi/L1快乐的，高兴的feeling good and pleased. He will run again next year.
