The last five miles were the hardest.
It was 6:47 a.m. on a Sunday in Manhattan Beach. A few locals jogged or cycled along the Strand path that lines the coast; many more were still asleep.
Two men limped along the Strand, the sandy beach on one side, multimillion-dollar beach houses on the other and gray skies above. They were a mere five miles from their goal: completing a 50-mile walk across Los Angeles.
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