Ndibaleke zonke ezi-6 zeWorld Marathon Majors kwiMinyaka emi-3

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• Umdyarho waseLondon
• IMarathon yesiXeko saseNew York
• Marathon yaseChicago
• IBoston Marathon
• IBerlin Marathon
• ITokyo Marathon
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Zange ndicinge ukuba ndingabaleka umdyarho. Xa ndandiwela umgca wokugqibela weDisney Princess Half Marathon ngo-Matshi 2010, ndikhumbula ngokucacileyo ndicinga, 'kwakumnandi, kodwa kukho akho ndlela yimbi Ndingenza kabini loo mgama." (Yintoni ekwenza ube imbaleki?)

Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, ndandisebenza njengoMncedisi woHlelo kwimagazini yezempilo nokomelela kwisiXeko saseNew York-kwaye ndaba nethuba lokubaleka ugqatso lomdyarho lwesiXeko saseNew York no-Asics, umxhasi osemthethweni wezihlangu zogqatso. Ndacinga ukuba ndingaze ndibaleke umdyarho weembaleki, ibiya kuba yiyo yokwenza kwaye ngoku ibilixesha lokuyenza. Kodwa emva koqeqesho kangangeenyanga ezintathu kunye nokufumana amandla okufikelela kumgca wokuqala, iindaba zeza zivakala kwiiholo zeofisi yam ngobusuku bangoLwesihlanu: "Umdyarho wembaleki urhoxisiwe!" Emva kokuba isixeko sonakaliswe yinkanyamba uSandy, umdyarho weSixeko saseNew York ka-2012 warhoxiswa. Nangona kuqondakala ukuba, oku yayikukuphoxeka okungathethekiyo.

Umhlobo womdyarho osekwe eLondon wavelana nam ngenxa yokurhoxiswa kwaye wacebisa ukuba ndize kwicala lakhe lechibi "ukubaleka eLondon endaweni yoko." Ndihleli kwaye ndafunda apho unyaka wonke, ndiye ndacinga ukuba umdyarho wembaleki wawulungile njengesizathu sokuphinda ndityelele isixeko endisithanda kakhulu. Ngexesha lenyanga yokuphumla ebendinayo ngaphambi kokuba ndiqale uqeqesho kukhuphiswano luka-Epreli, ndiye ndabona into ebalulekileyo: Mna njengaye uqeqesho lweemarathons. Ndiyayonwabela impelaveki ebalekileyo (kwaye ayisiyiyo kuphela kuba ichaza ipitsa kunye newayini yangoLwezihlanu!), Ndiyathanda ubume besicwangciso soqeqesho, andinangxaki nokuziva ndikhathazekile-rhoqo.

Yiza ngo-Epreli, ndaya eLondon. Umdyarho wawungeveki nje emva kokuqhushumba kwebarathon yaseBoston, kwaye ngekhe ndiwulibale loo mzuzu wokuthula ngaphambi kokuba umpu oqala eGreenwich. Okanye imvakalelo ebandayo, ethatha umoya yokuwela umgca wokugqibela ngesandla sam phezu kwentliziyo yam njengoko kuyalelwe ngabaququzeleli bomdyarho-kwinkumbulo yamaxhoba aseBoston. Ndikhumbula ndicinga, "Oko bekuyi-epic. Ndingaphinda ndiyenze le nto."

Kulapho ndaye ndafunda ngento encinci ebizwa ngokuba yi-Abbott World Marathon Majors, uthotho olubandakanya ezona ndawo zintandathu zidumileyo ehlabathini: iNew York, iLondon, iBerlin, iChicago, iBoston, neTokyo. Kuma-elite, inqaku lokuqhuba le mijaho ikhethekileyo yeyombiza enkulu yemali; kubantu abaqhelekileyo abafana nam, kuninzi ngenxa yamava, indondo epholileyo, kwaye-kunjalo-amalungelo okuqhayisa! Ngaphantsi kwe-1,000 labantu abafumene iwonga leSix Star Finisher ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

Ndandifuna ukwenza zonke ezintandathu. Kodwa ndandingenalo nofifi lokuba ndiza kukhawulezisa kangakanani na ndidlule kuzo (ngokuhlangeneyo oko kukuthi; ndingumdyarho weyure ezine ngaphezu kwedemon yesantya!). Kwinyanga ephelileyo, ndiye ndajonga i-Major yokugqibela kuluhlu lwam eTokyo-mhlawumbi awona mava atshintsha ubomi kubo bonke. Kodwa ngoqeqesho kunye nokubaleka umdyarho weembaleki ngamnye, ndifunde ngaphezulu kwezifundo ezimbalwa malunga nokomelela, impilo, kunye nobomi.

Umdyarho waseLondon

Epreli 2013

Uqeqesho ngexesha lobusika luyabila. Kodwa kufanelekile! (Bona: Izizathu ezi-5 zokuba ubaleke kubanda kulungile kuwe.) Akukho ndlela ngendiyenzileyo nokuba ikota yemali endiyenzileyo ukuba bendingenalo olu gqatso. Ndandisoloko ndicinga ukuba ukubaleka yayingumdlalo wedwa, kodwa ukufumana abantu abandixhasayo kwezo zibaleka zibandayo (ngokoqobo nangokomfuziselo) yayisisitshixo sokugqiba lonke olo qeqesho. Kuninzi lwemitsi yam emide, bendinabahlobo ababini ebhodini ukuze bamathe iqela omnye komnye-omnye uza kubaleka iimayile ezimbalwa zokuqala kunye nam aze omnye agqibe nam. Ukwazi ukuba umntu uthembele kuwe ukuba udibane naye ngexesha elimiselweyo kunye nendawo kwenza kube nzima ukugqobhoza phantsi kwezikhuselo, nokuba ziidigri ezili-10 ngaphandle!

Kodwa ukuba nenkqubo yenkxaso akubalulekanga kuphela kubagijimi, kungundoqo ekubambeleleni kuzo naziphi na iinjongo zempilo (uphando luyayingqina le nto!). Kwaye loo ntanda-bulumko idlulela ngaphaya kwendlela okanye kwindawo yokuzivocavoca: Ukuba nabantu onokubathemba kubalulekile kwimpumelelo emsebenzini nasebomini. Ngamanye amaxesha sifumana olu luvo lungalunganga kwiintloko zethu ngokucela uncedo okanye ukuthembela komnye umntu ukuba "sibuthathaka" -kodwa ngokwenene, luphawu lwamandla. Ukuphumelela kwimarathon okanye nakweyiphi na enye injongo, ukwazi ukuba uza kubuyela nini kungathetha umahluko phakathi kokungaphumeleli okusondeleyo kunye nokufezekisa amaphupha akho amnyama.

IMarathon yesiXeko saseNew York

NgoNovemba 2013, 2014, 2015

Oko ugqatso luka-2012 lwarhoxiswayo, ndaba nethuba lokubaleka kunyaka olandelayo. Ndisandul 'ukonwaba kweLondon, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiye kuyo kwaye ndaqala ukuqeqesha kwakhona kungekudala emva koko. (Kwaye, ewe, bendiyithanda kakhulu kangangokuba ndaphinda ndaphinda ndabaleka kule minyaka mibini ilandelayo!) INew York yinduli, inqabileyo, kwaye inzima. Olu gqatso lukusa kwiibhulorho ezintlanu, kunye, kukho intaba "yodumo" enyukayo eCentral Park kwiimitha nje ukusuka kumgca wokugqibela. (Jonga Izizathu Ezi-5 Zokuthanda Uthambeko.) Noko ke, ukwazi ukuba lukho, kuluncedo, kuba unokusilungiselela—ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo.

Awusoloko unethuba lokulungiselela imiceli mngeni enzima kwikhosi yohlanga, emsebenzini, okanye kubudlelwane bakho, kodwa xa usazi ukuba bayeza, unokwenza konke okusemandleni akho ukuqinisekisa ukuba ayothusi xa kufuneka ujongane nabo-nokuba kukukhangeleka ngathi akunakwenzeka ngexesha lokugqibela lokuhamba uhambo lwakho lweemayile ezingama-26.2 okanye ume phambi komthengi obalulekileyo ukuba ahambise intetho-etshintsha umdlalo.

Marathon yaseChicago

Okthobha 2014

Abahlobo bam ababini babefuna ukwenza olu gqatso ludumileyo, ngoko sobathathu sangenela ilotho kamsinya nje emva kokuba ndigqibe iNYC. Ndigqibe ekubeni ndiphucule i-PR yam malunga nemizuzu engama-30 epheleleyo eChicago (!), kwaye ndifumana isantya sam esitsha kuqeqesho lwethutyana kwisicwangciso sam soqeqesho (esiyilwe ngumqeqeshi obalekayo uJenny Hadfield), kunye nokuzithemba okuncinci. (Ungajonga kwakhona ezi 6 IiNdlela zokuQhuba ngokukhawuleza.) I-Chicago yikhosi eyaziwayo ethe tyaba, kodwa akukho ndlela umhlaba wawukuphela kwesizathu sokuba ndichebe ixesha elininzi!

Ndandinotitshala weyoga owandinceda ukuba ndibethelele isikhonkwane entloko okokuqala kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kolu gqatso. Emva kweklasi, ndambulela ngoncedo lwakhe kwaye wavele wathi, "Uyazi, ungenza ngaphezulu kokucinga." Yayiyinto elula, kodwa inamathele kum. Nokuba wayethetha ngale ndlela okanye hayi, elo binzana lalimalunga nokugqitha kwentloko. Kanye njengokuba ungathandabuza ukuzijikela phantsi kwi-yoga, usenokungakhawulezi ukukholelwa ukuba uyakwazi ukubaleka iimayile ezingama-26 ezilandelelanayo zemizuzu elithoba okanye ufezekise nayiphi na injongo ebonakala ngathi iyaphambana ofuna ukuzibekela yona. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba uqale uqeqesho, kufuneka uyenze kholwa ungayenza Abasetyhini bathanda ukuzithengisa ngokufutshane kwaye babe yindlela yokuzithoba kakhulu ("Owu, ayonto ipholileyo," "Andisiyonto inomdla," njl. Kufuneka ukholelwe ukuba wena unako tyumza umdyarho weyure ezine. Wena unako ekugqibeleni isikhonkwane ukuba headstand, unomyayi pose-nantoni na. Wena unako fumana loo msebenzi. Umsebenzi onzima kunye nokuqhuba kuhamba ngendlela ende, kodwa ukuzithemba kubalulekile.

IBoston Marathon

Epreli 2015

Xa inkampani ye-CLIF Bar yandithumela i-imeyile kwiiveki ezilithoba phambi kwalo mdyarho ngesithembiso sokubaleka nabo, ndingatsho njani ukuba hayi? Njengowona mdyarho wehlabathi undala kwaye mhlawumbi ungowona udumileyo, ikwayenye yezona zinto zinzima ukulufanelekela. Kwakungomnye weentlanga ezinzima kakhulu. Yana, yagalela, yaza yana ngakumbi ngemini yomdyarho. Ndikhumbula ndihleli ebhasini ukuya kwindawo yokuqala iikhilomitha ezingama-26.2 ngaphandle kwesixeko, ndibukele imvula ibetha ifestile ngomhadi woloyiko olukhula esiswini sam. Bendisele ndinolindelo oluphantsi kolu gqatso kuba ndiziqeqeshe kangangesiqingatha sexesha “okufanele” uziqeqeshele umdyarho. Kodwa andinyibiliki ndibaleka ngenxa yemvula! Hayi, ayifanelekanga. Kodwa ayisosiphelo sehlabathi-okanye i-marathon.

Into endibethileyo kulo mdyarho kukuba awukwazi, ngelishwa, ukuzilungiselela yonke into. Kanye njengokuba ujongana neebhola zegophe emsebenzini, ungaqinisekisa kakhulu ukuba uya kufumana umqobo "omangalisayo" omnye onokuwoyisa ngexesha le-26.2 yeemayile. Ukuba ayiyiyo imozulu, inokuba kukungasebenzi kakuhle kwempazamo, impazamo yokunyusa, ukwenzakala, okanye enye into. Yazi ukuba iibhola ezijikajika zonke ziyinxalenye yenkqubo. Isitshixo kukuhlala uzolile, uvavanye imeko, kwaye wenze konke okusemandleni akho ukuba uhlale kumkhondo ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa lixesha elininzi.

IBerlin Marathon

NgoSeptemba 2015

Olu gqatso belucwangcisiwe ngaphambi kweBoston. Omnye wabahlobo bam ababalekayo endandibaleka nabo eChicago wayefuna ukuphawula le ngokulandelayo, ngoko ke sagqiba kwelokuba ngoNovemba xa ilotho yavulwa. I-Post-Boston kunye nokufumana kwakhona emva kokulimala, ndaphinda ndaphakamisa ii-Ultraboost zam kwakhona (enkosi kumxhasi oxhasa ubuhlanga iAdidas) ukuqeqesha iiNkulu # 5. Xa ungekho kwi-USA elungileyo, awufumani iimpawu zokumakisha. Ufumana amanqaku eekhilomitha. Kuba iwotshi yam yeApple ibingakhange ihlawuliswe (ungalibali abaguquli bakho xa usiya phesheya ugqatso!) Kwaye bendingazi ukuba zingaphi iikhilomitha ezikwi-marathon (42.195 FYI!), Bendisebenza "ngokungaboni. " Ndaqalisa ukuxhalaba kodwa kungekudala ndaqonda ukuba ndisenako ukubaleka ngaphandle kweteknoloji.

Siye sathembela kakhulu kwiiwotshi zethu zeGPS, iimonitha zokubetha kwentliziyo, ii-headphones-bonke obu buchwephesha. Kwaye nangona ilungile, ayimfuneko kwaphela. Ewe, ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba kuyenzeka ukubaleka ngeebhulukhwe ezimfutshane nje, itanki, kunye nokuchwechwa okuhle. Ngapha koko, indenze ndaqonda ukuba ndingaphila ngaphandle kokuba ifowuni yam ivulwe emsebenzini okanye kumajelo asekuhlaleni ngeempelaveki, nangona ndingazange ndiyithathele ingqalelo loo mbono “uphambene” ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke oku. Ndigqibile ukufumana iqela lesantya seeyure ezine kwaye ndancamathela kubo kunye nebhaluni yabo enkulu yokuqhobosha njengeglu. Nangona ndiyenzile le nto "ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba," ndiye ndafumanisa ukuba ndiyathanda kakhulu ukuba seqeleni nokuba ndingakhange ndikhuphe izixhobo ezithile kuye kwandenza ndanomdla kwiimvakalelo zomdyarho.

ITokyo Marathon

NgoFebruwari 2016

Kushiyeke umdyarho omnye kuphela ukuphawula uluhlu lwam, bendinyanisile malunga nenyani yokuba, ngokufanelekileyo, kunokuba yeyona inzima. (Ndithetha ukuthi, ukuya eJapan akuyondlwan’ iyanetha njengokutsiba kuloliwe oya eBoston!) Ngenqwelomoya yeeyure ezili-14, umahluko wexesha leeyure ezili-14, kunye nomqobo omkhulu wolwimi, ndandingaqinisekanga ukuba ndiza kuthini na. fika apho. Kodwa xa abathathu kubahlobo bam abasenyongweni babonisa umdla wokuza babukele (kwaye, ewe, bahlole iJapan!), Ndaba nethuba lam. Enkosi kwakhona kwiAsics nakwiAirbnb, siluthathe uhambo kunye phantsi kweenyanga ezimbini. Thetha malunga nokuphuma kwindawo yam yokuthuthuzela! Andizange ndiye e-Asiya kwaye ngokwenene ndandingazi ukuba ndilindele ntoni. Ayisiyiyo kuphela inkcubeko enkulu-yexesha-kwafuneka ndibaleke ugqatso kwindawo engaphandle kakhulu. Nditsho ndihamba ndedwa ndisiya kwi-corrall yam yokuqala, amazwi kwizandisi-lizwi ebeseJapan (ubungakanani begama lam libandakanya "konichiwa," "hai," kunye "sayonara.") Ndaziva ngathi ndimbalwa phakathi kweembaleki ababukeli.

Kodwa endaweni yokuziva ndingonwabanga xa ndigxothwa ngenkani kwindawo yam "endithuthuzelayo," ndiyamkele kwaye ndalonwabela lonke amava. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ukubaleka umdyarho jikelele-nokuba kummelwane wakho okanye kwihlabathi liphela-ayikho "kwindawo yokuthuthuzela" kabani, ngaba kunjalo? Kodwa ndiye ndafumanisa ukuba ukuzinyanzela ngaphandle kokunethezeka yindlela ofumana ngayo awona mava amnandi ebomini, njengokufunda phesheya eParis ngelixa ndisekholejini, ndifudukela kwi-NYC ukuqala ikhono lam, okanye ukuqhuba isiqingatha sam sokuqala- i-marathon eDisney. Ngelixa olu gqatso lomdyarho lwaluyeyona nto yoyikisa kakhulu kwaye yahluke ngokwenkcubeko kum, ikwayeyona nto inefuthe elibi endiye ndanalo ebomini bam ukuza kuthi ga ngoku okanye ngenye indlela! Ndivakalelwa kukuba uhambo lwam lokuya eJapan lunditshintshile ndangumntu kwaye kungenxa yokuba ndizivumele ukuba ndingakhululeki kwaye ndimane ndiyifaka yonke into. Ukusuka kubantu abanobubele esidibene nabo kwiitempile ezimangalisayo esasityelele kwizitulo zangasese ezishushu ( kodwa nzulu! Kutheni singenazo ezo?), amava andise umbono wam wehlabathi kwaye andenza ndifune ukubona ngaphezulu kwayo-nokuba kuyenziwa okanye kungenjalo. (Jonga ezi 10 zeeMarthons eziBalaseleyo zokuSebenza iHlabathi!)

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Malunga ne-mile enye ukusuka kumgca wokugqibela eTokyo, ndaziva ukuba isigaqa esiqhelekileyo semvakalelo emqaleni wam kwaye ndinamava amaninzi ngaphambi kokuwucinezela, ndisazi ukuba kungakhokelela koloyiko 'Andikwazi ukuphefumla' uvakalelo oluninzi ludibanisa nokuzama kakhulu komzimba. Kodwa ndakuba ndiwele umgca wokugqibela-umgca wokugqibela weLwesithandathu iMarathon yoMhlaba eMkhulu-imisebenzi yamanzi yaqala. Intoni. A. ukuziva. Ndingaphinda ndiyenze kwakhona ukuze ndibe namava okuphakama kwendalo kwakhona. Okulandelayo: Ndiva ukuba kukho into ebizwa ngokuba yiKlabhu yamaZwe asixhenxe ...

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