Khange ndiyigqibe iMarathon yam yokuqala-kwaye Ndonwabile kakhulu ngayo

Umxholo

• Masibuyele umva.
• Oko kukuthi, ndide ndibaleke le marathon eJapan.
• Olona hambo luphambili lokulungiselela.
• Ixesha lokubaleka.
• Emva koko umpu uyadubula.
• Uphengululo lwe

Iifoto: Tiffany Leigh

Andizange ndicinge ukuba ndingabaleka umdyarho wam wokuqala eJapan. Kodwa ikamva langenelela kwaye lakhawuleza phambili: ndijikelezwe lulwandle lweeon izihlangu ezibalekayo eziluhlaza, ubuso obuzimeleyo, kunye noSakurajima: intaba-mlilo esebenzayo ehamba phezu kwethu kumgca wokuqala. Into kukuba, olu gqatso phantse phantse aluzange lwenzeke. (Ahem: Iimpazamo ezingama-26 *Ekungenokwenziwa* Ngaphambi kokuba Ubaleke iMarathoni yakho yokuqala)

Masibuyele umva.

Oko ndandisemncinci, kwakuyeyona nto yam ukubaleka. Ndondle ukusuka phezulu ekubetheni olo mkhondo lumnandi kunye nesantya, kunye nokukhutshelwa ngaphandle kokufunxa indawo yam yendalo. Kwikholeji, bendijonga umndilili we-11 ukuya kwi-12 leemayile mihla le. Kungekudala, kwacaca ukuba ndizityhala kakhulu. Rhoqo ngokuhlwa, igumbi lam lokulala lalizala livumba le-apothecary yaseTshayina, enkosi kumtya ongapheliyo wezithambiso ezithambisayo kunye nokuziphulula bendizama ukuthomalalisa iintlungu neentlungu zam.

Iimpawu ezilumkisayo zazikho kuyo yonke indawo—kodwa ngenkani ndakhetha ukuzityeshela. Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba ndazi, ndandibotshelelwe ziintsimbi zomqolo ezinzima kangangokuba kwakufuneka ndinxibe izihlangu zezilima ezidityaniswe ngentsinjana / ngeplangana ndize ndihamba ngentonga. Ukuchacha kwathatha iinyanga, kwaye ngelo xesha, ndaziva ngokungathi umzimba wam undingcatshi. Kungekudala, ndawunika umdlalo igxalaba elibandayo kwaye ndathatha ezinye iindlela zempembelelo ephantsi: i-cardio kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, ukuqeqesha ubunzima, iyoga kunye nePilates. Ndiqhubele phambili ekubalekeni, kodwa andiqondi ukuba ndikhe ndenze uxolo ngokwenyani nam okanye ndixolele umzimba wam ngale "ntsilelo" yokuzibona.

Oko kukuthi, ndide ndibaleke le marathon eJapan.

I-Kagoshima marathon ibanjwe minyaka yonke ukususela ngo-2016. Ngokungafaniyo neentshukumo zesixeko esikhulu sogqatso lwaseTokyo (enye yee-Abbott World Marathon Majors ezintlanu), le prefecture inomtsalane (ingingqi ye-aka) ikwiSiqithi saseKyushu esincinane (malunga nobukhulu beConnecticut).

Ukufika kwakho, uyokoyika ngoko nangoko ubuhle bayo: InesiQithi saseYakushima (siqwalasele iBali yaseJapan), iigadi ezinemihlaba efana neSengan-en eyaziwayo, kunye neentaba-mlilo ezisebenzayo (esichazwe ngasentla uSakurajima). Kuqwalaselwa njengobukumkani bemithombo eshushu kwisithili.

Kodwa kutheni iJapan? Yintoni eyenza ibe yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo kumdyarho wam wokuqala? Ewe, yi-über-cheese ukuyamkela le, kodwa kuya kufuneka ndiyinike yona Isitalato saseSesame kunye nesiqendu esikhethekileyo esinesihloko esithi "Big Bird in Japan." Loo mitha mde yelanga yandivuyisa kakhulu ilizwe. Xa ndandinikwa ithuba lokuba ndiqhube iKagoshima, umntwana owayekum waqinisekisa ukuba ndithe “ewe”-nangona ndandingenalo ixesha elaneleyo lokuqeqesha ngokwaneleyo.

Ngethamsanqa, ukuya kuthi ga kwimarathons, i-Kagoshima, ngakumbi, kukubaleka okumnandi notshintsho oluncinci lokuphakama. Yikhosi egudileyo xa ithelekiswa nezinye iintlanga ezinkulu kwihlabathi jikelele. (Ewe, njengalo mdyarho olingana nokubaleka ii-marathoni ezine usenyuka usiya ezantsi eMt.I-Everest.) Ikwanabantu abambalwa kakhulu ngabathathi-nxaxheba abali-10,000 kuphela (xa kuthelekiswa ne-330K ebalekise iTokyo) kwaye, ngenxa yoko, wonke umntu unomonde kwaye unobuhlobo ngendlela emangalisayo.

Kwaye ndikhankanyile ukuba ubaleka ecaleni kwe-volcano-Sakurajima-emalunga neekhilomitha ezimbini kuphela? Ngoku yi-epic entle kakhulu.

Khange ndibuva tu ubuzaza bento endizibophelele kuyo de ndathatha ibhibhi yam kwisiXeko saseKagoshima. Isimo esidala "esingenanto okanye esingenanto" esivela kwikhondo lam elidlulileyo lokubaleka lalivela kwakhona-kule marathoni, ndazixelela ukuba andivumelekanga ukusilela. Olu hlobo lwengqondo, ngelishwa, luyiyo kanye into eyabangela ukulimala kwixesha elidlulileyo. Kodwa ngeli xesha, bendineentsuku ezimbalwa zokujonga phambi kokuba kuqalwe ukubaleka, kwaye kwandinceda kakhulu ukuba ndiphumle.

Olona hambo luphambili lokulungiselela.

Ukulungiselela, ndakhwela uloliwe iyure emazantsi ukuya e-Ibusuki, idolophu engaselwandle ngaseKagoshima Bay kunye nentaba-mlilo (engasebenziyo) yaseKaimondake. Ndaya apho ukunyuka kunye nokudilizwa.

Abahlali basekhaya bandikhuthaza ukuba ndiye kwi-Ibusuki Sunamushi Onsen (I-Natural Sand Bath) kwi-detox efunekayo kakhulu. Umnyhadala wesiko lasekuhlaleni kunye nesiko, "isiphumo sokuhlamba isanti" kungqinisisiwe ukunciphisa isifuba kunye nokuphucula ukujikeleza kwegazi phakathi kwezinye iimeko, ngokophando olwenziwe nguNobuyuki Tanaka, unjingalwazi wezidanga kwiYunivesithi yaseKagoshima. Konke oku kuya kuba luncedo ekuqhubeni kwam, ndiye ndanikezela. Iifosholo zabasebenzi ngokwemvelo zitshisa intlabathi emnyama yerava emzimbeni wakho wonke. Emva koko "umphunga" malunga nemizuzu eli-10 yokukhupha ityhefu, uyeke iingcinga ezimbi, kwaye uphumle. “Imithombo eshushu iya kuthuthuzela ingqondo, intliziyo nomphefumlo ngale nkqubo,” utsho uTanaka. Ewe, ndaziva ndikhululekile emva koko. (P.S. Enye indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide eJapan ikwakuvumela ukuba ungene kwibhiya yobugcisa.)

Ngosuku olungaphambi komdyarho weembaleki, ndaphinda ndabuyela kwiSixeko saseKagoshima ndaya eSengan-en, igadi yaseJapan ephumelele amabhaso eyaziwa ngokukhuthaza ilizwe lokuphumla kunye ne-Reiki yakho (amandla obomi kunye namandla). Inkangeleko yelizwe ngokuqinisekileyo yayikulungele ukuthomalalisa imithambo-luvo yam yangaphambi komdyarho; Ngelixa ndandihamba uhambo oluya e-Kansuisha nase Shusendai Pavilions, ekugqibeleni ndakwazi ukuzixelela ukuba kulungile ukuba andizukuwenza-okanye andikwazi ukulugqiba ugqatso.

Endaweni yokuzibetha, ndiye ndavuma ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukumamela iimfuno zomzimba wam, ukuxolela nokwamkela izinto ezidlulileyo, kunye nokuyeka wonke umsindo. Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba loloyiso ngokwaneleyo ukuba bendizakuthatha inxaxheba ekubalekeni kwaphela.

Ixesha lokubaleka.

Ngomhla wogqatso, oothixo bemozulu basenzela inceba. Saxelelwa ukuba izakunetha ngamandla. Kodwa endaweni yoko, xa ndavula ihotele yam, ndabona isibhakabhaka esicacileyo. Ukusuka apho, kwakugudle inqanawa ukuya kumgca wokuqala. Indawo endandihlala kuyo (iHotele iShiroyama) yayinesidlo sakusasa saphambi kogqatso kwaye ikwalawula zonke izinto zothutho zokuya nokubuya kwindawo yomdyarho. Phew!

Ibhasi yethu iye yasingisa kumbindi wesixeko kwaye samkelwe njengosaziwayo abaneemvakalelo ezigqithileyo zabalinganiswa bobomi bekhathuni, iirobhothi zeanime, kunye nokunye. Ukubetha-dab phakathi kwesi siphithiphithi se-anime yayisisiphazamiso esamkelekileyo sokuphelisa imithambo-luvo yam. Senze indlela yethu saya kumgca wokuqala kwaye, kwimizuzu nje phambi kokuba ugqatso luqale, kwenzeka into embi. Ngequbuliso, ekoneni yeliso, ndabona ilifu lekhowa. Yayivela kuSakurajima. Yayiyimvula yothuthu (!!). Ndicinga ukuba yayiziindlela zentaba-mlilo yokubhengeza: "Iimbaleki ... kumanqaku akho ... zimise..."

Emva koko umpu uyadubula.

Andisoze ndiyilibale imizuzwana yokuqala yomdyarho. Ekuqaleni, uhamba njenge-molasses ngenxa yomthamo weembaleki ezipakishwe kunye. Kwaye ngesiquphe, yonke into iyipip isiya kwisantya sombane. Ndakhangela kulwandle lwabantu phambi kwam kwaye yayiyinto engekhoyo. Ngaphezulu kweemayile ezimbalwa ezizayo, bendinamava ambalwa ngaphandle komzimba kwaye ndacinga kum: "Wow, ingaba ndiyayenza lento ??" (Nazi ezinye iingcinga onokuthi ube nazo ngelixa uqhuba umdyarho.)

Ukubaleka kwam kwakomelele kwade kwayimakethi ye-17K xa iintlungu ziqala ukukhahlela kwaye amadolo am aqala ukubetheka-kwakungathi kukho umntu othatha ijackhammer kumalungu am. "Omdala kum" ngewayelima ngenkani nangomsindo, ecinga ukuba "ukwenzakala kugwetyelwe!" Ngandlela thile, ngako konke oko kulungiselela kwengqondo nokucamngca, ndikhethe ukuba "ndingamohlwayi" umzimba wam ngeli xesha, kodwa ndimamele. Ekugqibeleni, ndakwazi ukuhamba malunga neekhilomitha ezili-14, ngaphezu kwesiqingatha. Khange ndigqibe. Kodwa ngaphezu kwesiqingatha? Ndaziva ndinebhongo kakhulu ngam. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, andizange ndizibethe emva koko. Ngenxa yokubeka phambili iimfuno zam kunye nokuhlonipha umzimba wam, ndahamba ndinolonwabo olunyulu entliziyweni yam (kwaye kungekho nzakala emzimbeni wam). Kuba la mava okuqala amnandi kakhulu, bendisazi ukuba kungasoloko kukho olunye ugqatso kwikamva.

Uphengululo lwe