From KXAN.com:

Local man to run world’s longest race

Trans Europe Footrace is challenging, dangerous

Author: Jim Swift

ROLLINGWOOD, Texas (KXAN) - The goal is a finish line, a line that marks the border between agony and "the happy place."

That is what Russell Secker calls it, anyway.

"So 45 miles a day is the average," he said. "For 64 days, nine weeks. It's the longest race in the world."

Secker retired two weeks ago, from his job as a vice-president at Hoovers.com , the business information company. His colleagues gave him a going-away gift, a pair of his running shoes, bronzed and mounted on a plaque, with all of their signatures written on it.

Now there is nothing standing between him and the Trans Europe Footrace , the most grueling, dangerous footrace on Earth. It runs 2,800 miles from the south of Italy to the northern tip of Norway, the equivalent of running from Los Angeles to New York, without a single day off. Illness is a constant threat, everything from upper respiratory infections to digestion issues.

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