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Ukukubeka ngobubele, ukubaleka akukaze kuyisuti yam eyomeleleyo. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, eyona ikude endakha ndayibaleka yayikwindawo ethile ejikeleze iimayile ezintathu. Andizange ndiyibone ingongoma, okanye ulonwabo, kuhambo olude. Ngapha koko, ndakhe ndabeka ingxoxo enyanzelisayo malunga nokwaliwa kwezemidlalo ukunqanda ukubaleka nesoka. (Eyeleleneyo: Ngaba ezinye zeendidi zomzimba azakhelwanga ukuba ziqhubeke?)

Ke, xa ndixelela abahlobo bam kunye nosapho ukuba ndiza kuthatha inxaxheba kuLululemon's SeaWheeze Half Marathon eVancouver kwinyanga ephelileyo, iimpendulo ziyaqondakala ukuba zididekile. Abanye babekrwada kakhulu: "Awubaleki. Awunakuyenza loo nto."

Nangona kunjalo, ulungiselelo lwalunomdla: Ukuthenga iiteki ezifanelekileyo, ukuphanda ngezicwangciso zoqeqesho lwabaqalayo, ukuthetha noogxa bakho ngamava abo ohlanga lokuqala, kunye nokuthenga iibhokisi zamanzi ecoconut zaba zizinto zokuzonwabisa. Kodwa ngelixa izixhobo zazifakwa, bendinokubonisa kancinci xa kufikwa kuqeqesho lokwenyani.

Ndandisazi ukuba yintoni uqeqesho kucingelwa ukujongeka (uyazi, umxube weembaleki ezimfutshane, uqeqesho lwamandla, kunye nokubaleka okude, ukwakha i-mileage kancinci), kodwa iiveki ezikhokelela kugqatso eneneni zazinemayile enye okanye ezimbini emva komsebenzi, emva koko uye kulala (ngaphakathi ukuzithethelela kwam, ukuhamba iiyure ezimbini kwakuthetha ukuba andikhange ndiqalise nokubaleka kude kube yintsimbi yesi-9 ebusuku). Ndadimazeka kukusilela kwenkqubela-phambili Abafazi basekhaya bokwenyani I-marathons kwi-Treadmill TV ayinakundityhalela ngaphaya kwemida yam. (Idibeneyo: Isicwangciso soQeqesho lweeveki ezili-10 kwiHlf-Marathon yakho yokuqala)

Njengabaqalayo (eneeveki ezisixhenxe kuphela ukuba ndiqeqeshe), ndiye ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba mhlawumbi ndim wayenjalo ngaphezulu kwentloko yam. Ndithathe isigqibo sokuba andizukuzama ukuyiqhuba yonke le nto. Injongo yam: ukugqiba ngokulula.

Ekugqibeleni, ndafika kumgama weemayile ezintandathu (indibaniselwano yokubaleka imizuzu emithathu kunye nokuhamba ezimbini) kwitreadmill yam eqalekisiweyo-into ekhuthazayo, kodwa ndineentloni nge-10K. Kodwa ngaphandle komhla weSeaWheeze esondela njengepap smear yam yonyaka, ishedyuli yam exakekileyo yenza ukuba kube lula ukungazami. Kwiveki phambi komdyarho, ndaphosa itawuli ngobulumko ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiyishiye nethuba.

Emva kokuchukumisa ezantsi eVancouver, ndandinemincili: ngamava kunye nembonakalo entle yaseStanley Park-kwaye ndinethemba lokuba ndiza kuba nakho ukuyigqitha yonke i-13.1 yeemayile ngaphandle kokuzihlaza okanye ukuzilimaza. (Kwafuneka ndithatyathwe ndehle intaba kumava am okuqala okuskiya eVail.)

Okwangoku, xa ialam yam yaphuma ngo-5: 45 kusasa ngosuku lomdyarho, ndaphantse ndabuya umva. ("Andinakuthi nditsho ndikwenzile? Ngubani oza kwazi ngenene?") Iimbaleki endisebenza nazo ibingamagqala eembaleki ezineendlela ezintsonkothileyo zokophula i-personal bests-babhala iimayile zabo ukuya kweyesibini ezandleni zabo baze bahlikihle iVaseline ezandleni zabo. iinyawo. Ndalungiselela okubi kakhulu.

Emva koko, saqala-kwaye enye into yatshintsha. Iimayile zaqalisa ukuqokelelana. Ngelixa ndibhankayo ​​ukuhamba isiqingatha sexesha, eneneni andifuni kuyeka. Amandla abalandeli-wonke umntu ovela kukumkanikazi wokutsala ukuya kwi-paddleboarders ngaphandle kwePasifiki-kwaye indlela entle yokuwa efileyo yenze ukuba ingenakuthelekiswa kwaphela nakweyiphi na i-solo run. Ngandlel' ithile, ngandlel' ithile, bendine-nesibindi sokuthetha kumnandi. (Eyeleleneyo: Iindlela ezi-4 ezingalindelekanga zokuQeqesha uMdyarho)

Ngenxa yokunqongophala kweemayile kunye newotshi yokundixelela ukuba ndihambe kangakanani, ndiqhubeke nje. Njengoko ndandiziva ndisondele kumda wam, ndabuza imbaleki esecaleni kwam ukuba iyayazi na imayile esikuyo. Undixelele 9.2. Iimpawu: iadrenaline. Kushiyeke iikhilomitha ezine-enye ngaphezulu kunokuba bendikhe ndagijima kwiiveki ezidlulileyo-ndiqhubekile. Kwakunzima. (Ngandlel’ ithile ndaphela ndinamadyunguza phantse kuzo zonke iinzwane.) Yaye, maxa wambi, kwakufuneka ndicothe isantya. Kodwa ukuwela umgca wokugqibela (bendisebenza nyani!) Yayiyinto evuyisa ngokwenene -kodwa kumntu osenamava abuhlungu ukusuka kwixesha lokuqala wanyanzelwa ukuba abaleke imayile kwiklasi yokuzivocavoca.

Ndihlala ndiva iimbaleki zishumayela umlingo wosuku lomdyarho, ikhosi, ababukeli, kunye namandla akhoyo kwezi ziganeko. Ndiyicinga ukuba andizange ndikholelwe kuyo. Kodwa okokuqala, bendikwazi ukuvavanya imida yam. Okwesihlandlo sokuqala, yavakala isengqiqweni kum.

Isicwangciso sam 'sephiko nje' ayisiyonto endinokuyixhasa. Kodwa yandisebenzela. Ukusukela oko ndabuyela ekhaya, ndizifumene ndithatha imiceli mngeni yokomelela ngakumbi: Iikampu zeBoot? Ukusebenza kwi-Surf? Ndindlebe zonke.

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