The intended audience is all citizens of Westport County, as seen by the first sentence of the third paragraph.
Answer:
The series consists of the Namib Race, Gobi March, Atacama Crossing and The Last Desert. Competitors in the races traverse 250 kilometers in seven days over rough country terrain with only a place in a tent and water provided. They are supported by highly qualified staff, all with experience in hiking, marathons and ultramarathons, and medical teams specializing in wilderness medicine.
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Because they didn't have the time to write what he had written quick enough and some people would change his speech to make him sound bad
He was taken in
the rule is obj+was/were+ pp