「藍色星球長跑（Blue Planet Run）」活動邁入第62天，也展開在美國的路程。自6月1日開始，20位跑者接力奔馳萬里，穿過歐洲、俄羅斯、蒙古與日本。美國是整個長跑的最後一段，跑者已於8月1日到達舊金山。
此次持續95天的環遊世界接力長跑，是為需要安全飲水的人們募集基金。主辦單位表示，2007年的藍色星球長跑由道爾化學（Dow Chemistry）贊助，目標是為籌措經費，讓全世界缺乏乾淨水源的11億人也能享有飲水安全。
長跑活動由非營利組織「藍色星球基金會」主辦，他們表示，只要30美元（約1000元台幣）就足以提供一個人一生所需的全部潔淨飲水。
在95天的旅程中，每一個半小時一次交接，對飲水問題的關注也隨著接力棒傳遞到下個跑者手中。每個交接站有解說員回答問題，解釋水資源議題，也鼓勵大眾幫忙傳達理念。這些交接站是與藍色星球跑者們互動的最佳地點。
他們會陸續經過拉斯維加斯、丹佛、托皮卡、堪薩斯城、聖路易、芝加哥、水牛城、哈里斯堡、華盛頓首府、巴爾的摩、費城，最後於9月4日抵達藍色星球長跑的終點紐約。
這20名跑者來自世界各國，包括肯亞、捷克、瓜地馬拉、加拿大、日本、紐西蘭、蘇格蘭與美國。捐助藍色星球長跑基金會的每筆款項，都完全用在提供全世界安全飲水的計畫。相關訊息可參www.blueplanetrun.org
It's Day 62 for the Blue Planet Run, and its first day in the United States. Since June 1, 20 runners have sprinted over 10,000 miles through Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and Japan. Now in America to finish the final leg of the journey, they arrived in San Francisco today.
The goal of this 95 day, round-the-world relay run is to raise funds for those in need of safe drinking water.
Organizers say the 2007 Blue Planet Run, sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company, looks to raise money to fund water projects that will deliver safe drinking water to the estimated 1.1 billion people in the world who do not have it today.
The nonprofit group organizing the run, The Blue Planet Run Foundation, says $30 is the total amount needed to provide one person with a lifetime supply of safe drinking water.
Every hour and a half during the runners' 95-day journey, both the baton and their message about drinking water will be passed on.
At these exchange points, the Blue Planet Run crew will set up to answer questions, explain the water issue and encourage the public to become messengers. These exchange points are the best place to interact with the Blue Planet Run runners.
Then the run continues to Las Vegas, Denver, Topeka, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, Harrisburg, Washington DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The Blue Planet Run ends in New York City on September 4.
The 20 runners hail from many countries - Kenya, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.
One hundred percent of individual contributions to the Blue Planet Run Foundation goes toward funding safe drinking water projects across the globe. Find out more at: www.blueplanetrun.org.
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