每日英語跟讀 Ep.K489: About running - British man runs the width of Ireland in under 24 hours
Ultramarathon runner Robert Pope of Liverpool, England, drank a pint of Guinness right before setting off on the run that would make him the first person to successfully run the width of Ireland in under 24 hours.
來自英格蘭利物浦的超級馬拉松跑者羅伯特．波普，在喝了一品脫的健力士啤酒後邁步起跑，最後成為在24小時內成功跑完愛爾蘭國土寬度路程的第一人。
44-year-old Pope ran from Galway City on Ireland’s west coast to the capital Dublin in just 23 hours and 39 minutes.
44歲的波普從愛爾蘭西岸戈爾韋市啟程，僅花費23小時39分就抵達首都都柏林。
He ran a total of 133.5 miles and celebrated with a second pint of Guinness.
他總共跑了133.5英哩，抵達後又喝了一品脫的健力士啤酒加以慶祝。
Pope said the project was born out of a conversation he had with some fellow runners at an event in Britain.
波普說，這項計畫是某次在英國一場路跑活動上與其他跑者聊天時誕生的。
"I gave myself a 40 percent chance of actually pulling it off. I actually was surprised when I just couldn’t find any record of anyone having done it."
「我覺得我大概有40％的機率可以圓滿達成。我其實很驚訝以前竟然沒有人創下這個紀錄。」
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以色列科學家發現，跑步可將患某些癌症的機率降低72％ Running reduces chance of some cancers by 72%, Israeli scientists find
People who regularly run or engage in other aerobic exercise cut their chance of developing some cancers by 72 percent, according to research from Tel Aviv University
根據特拉維夫大學的研究，經常跑步或從事其他有氧運動的人，罹患某些癌症的機率降低了72％。
Aerobic exercise makes some organs so efficient at grabbing sugar that is in the body that tumors are left starved of glucose, and often unable to grow and spread, the peer-reviewed study published last week suggested.
上週發表、經過同儕審查的研究表明，有氧運動使一些器官有效吸收體內糖分，以至於腫瘤缺乏葡萄糖，往往無法生長和擴散。
It focused on metastatic cancer, meaning cancer that has spread from its original location in the body. Researchers believe there are also strong benefits in preventing primary tumors, but focused on metastatic cancer as it is Israel’s leading cause of death.
該研究專注於轉移性癌症，即從體內原位擴散的癌症。研究人員認為，對於預防原發性腫瘤也有很大好處，但重點是轉移性癌症，因為它是以色列的主要死因。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1554468 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1555202