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Ultramarathoners Running 10,000-Kilometer Silk Road Route to Raise Awareness About Water Shortages
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Photo: The Home Expedition / Running The Silk Road.
Seventy-two days after setting out from Istanbul, champion distance runner Kevin Lin Yi Jie and a small team of other athletes have covered 4,434 kilometers of their 10,00-kilometer goal: Running the full length of the ancient Silk Road trading route to raise money for and awareness about water shortages in the arid Central...Read the full story on TreeHugger
