IN THE WESTERN DESERT, Egypt -- After nearly four months of running the equivalent of almost two marathons a day, former Hermosa Beach resident Charlie Engle has become one of the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert's grueling 4,000 miles.... ]
"It will take time to sink in ... but this is an absolutely once- in-a-lifetime
thing. They say ignorance is bliss, and now that I know how hard this is, I
would never consider crossing the Sahara on foot again," said [Charlie Engle],
44, hours after he and fellow distance runners Ray Zahab, 38, of Canada and
Kevin Lin, 30, of Taiwan completed the run at Egypt's Red Sea.
Engle
said the trio ran the final stretch of their journey, a portion that took them
past the Giza pyramids and Cairo to the mouth of the Suez Canal, on four hours
of sleep. Once they hit the Red Sea, they put their hands in the water to
signify crossing the finish line.
Engle, who worked as a television
producer for ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," moved from Hermosa Beach to
Greensboro, N.C., last year. A distance runner since age 14, he has participated
in other challenging runs through harsh terrains, including a 150- mile race
across China's Gobi desert and a seven-day, 125-mile race through the Amazon
rain forest.
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