Happy Ending - 皆大欢喜的结局

有个叫 Pereira 的女童鞋,是个马大哈,家住波士顿西面有个叫Worcester的小镇东面。她爱跑步,就搜搜比赛。看到Worcester有个半马,她就下单了。反正在家门口,不跑白不跑,方便。

等到她准备要跑的时候,陡然发现后面的地址很奇怪,一堆字母数字。再仔细一瞧,啊,Worcester, England!

错啦,是英格兰的。坐飞机起码13个小时。怎么是一样的名字呢?不能怪人家么,虽然人家小镇更小,但人家肯定比你这个小镇更早。来不及了。这个马大哈同学 Pereira 决定就在本地跑一个。同样的时间,同样的距离。

英国那个就算了。

嗯。。。。也不能算了。她花了2小时05分跑完了,觉得好玩儿,就把自己的Strava路线记录图发到了英国,英国人觉得很开心,还有这样的事情,本来算她放弃,取消资格的。既然她跑了,虽然不在英国跑的,但也是在Worcester啊,我们的姊妹城市。

于是就把奖牌和比赛T恤衫都寄给了马大哈童鞋。并且告诉她,英格兰的Worcester是个美丽的城市。欢迎她下次亲自来跑一下。

哈哈,这个花边新闻,一下子英国,美国各大报纸相互转载。挺开心,正能量。两个Worcesters都借机宣传了自己的城市。《跑者世界》杂志也极力推广。跑步让人开心呢。

记者问英格兰的比赛组织者,你们没有觉得有个海外的跑者报名很奇怪么?他们回答说,不奇怪呀,虽然我们是个小镇,但比赛也是国际性的。很多人来英国探亲访友旅游,爱跑步的顺便参加个比赛,太正常了。欢迎来英格兰。

Happy Ending - 皆大欢喜的结局

 

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