Izinto ezi-5 ezimangalisayo endizifundileyo kuThotho lwam loQeqesho olubalekayo

Umxholo

• 1. Lungiselela ama-elementi ngayo nayiphi na indlela onokuyenza.
• 2. Yiba nezixhobo ezifanelekileyo zilungile kwaye zilungelelaniswe.
• 3. Isondlo kubalulekile.
• 4. Kubuchwephesha-ke thatha ixesha lakho kwaye wonwabele umbono.
• 5. Tyhila ukuya ekugqibeleni kwaye ungayeki ukubuyisela.
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Ukubaleka kwendlela kunye nokubaleka komzila akudalelwanga ukulingana: Kwenye, ukuhamba kweendlela kufuna ukuba ucinge ngokukhawuleza kwiinyawo zakho, ngenxa yamatye, amatye, imilambo nodaka. Ke, ngokungafaniyo nokubaleka kwendlela, kukho hayi ukucanda uBeyoncé. Ufuna nesinyithi sentsimbi yokuthambeka, indawo engalinganiyo, kunye nokuhlengahlengisa ukuphakama ukuba usiya ezintabeni ukubetha iindlela. (Oku kukungcamla nje oko abagijimi abaqalayo kufuneka bayazi ngaphambi kokuba baphume.)

Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, ndazifunda kabuhlungu ezi zinto. Ndibaleke iAdidas Terrex Back Country Half Marathon yelizwe eAspen, CO, ndicinga, "sisiqingatha semarathon?! Akukho ngxaki, ndiyifumene le! Iphele indithathe phantse iiyure ezine ukugqiba-kwaye ithetha kakhulu, xa kuthathelwa ingqalelo ixesha lam lokugqiba kumdyarho wesiqingatha somdyarho wendlela ziiyure ezimbini kuphela. Ndidinwe kabini kukuphakama, ukuphakama, kunye neendlela ezimxinwa ezinamatye, zisenza ukuba oku kube nzima kakhulu kunokuba ndisebenzisa iimarathoni ezipheleleyo.

Ndilushiyile ugqatso lokuqala kunye ne-ego yam ekhangelwe, kodwa zininzi izifundo endizifundileyo. Kweli hlobo, ndathatha ezi zifundo zintlanu ndaza ndabuyela eColorado ukuze ndihlangabezane nocelomngeni ngokuthe ngqo okwesibini, ndilungele ukukhululwa.

1. Lungiselela ama-elementi ngayo nayiphi na indlela onokuyenza.

Ndihlala kwaye ndiqeqesha kwinqanaba lolwandle kwisiXeko saseNew York, kodwa iMarathon yelizwe eliBuyayo ibanjelwe eAspen. Iqala ngeenyawo ezingama-8,000 kwaye inyuka iye kwii-10,414 iinyawo.

Ndiyazi ukuba ndikulungele ngalo mzuzu ukwehla kwam kwinqwelomoya-ukuphefumla nje kwakunzima ngakumbi. Ngelo xesha ixhala lokubaleka kwe-14.1 yeekhilomitha zendlela zandibetha. Masixhase: Ewe, iimayile eziyi-14.1. Yile nto bayibiza ngokuba "sisiqingatha semarathon" kwindlela ese-Aspen, ngokweendlela zeAlpine ezibonisa imephu yekhosi. Ngenxa yento endiyiqeqeshayo kwindlela yabahambi ngeenyawo ezingama-33 zokuphakama, kuye kwafuneka ndenze ubuqhetseba ngoqeqesho lwam ndisazi ukuba ukuphakama kuya kuba ngumcimbi. Oku kwakuthetha ukuhamba ngeempelaveki ukuya kwi-Hudson River (ngaphezulu nje kweyure emantla esiXeko saseNew York ngololiwe) kunye nokubaleka okufutshane xa ndandindwendwele iColorado ngeempelaveki. Naliphi na ithuba endandilifumana lokubaleka ndiphume endleleni ndize ndihambe emhlabeni, engceni, okanye etyeni, ndandidla ngokulithatha. Ukubaleka kubushushu obushushu behlobo kuncede ukulungiselela umzimba wam ukuba ujongane neemeko ezingaphantsi kokulungileyo (BTW, uqeqesho lobushushu lunokukunceda ekulungiseleleni ukuphakama.)

2. Yiba nezixhobo ezifanelekileyo zilungile kwaye zilungelelaniswe.

Umhla wangaphambi komdyarho-ndinemithambo-luvo yam-ndaya kwimpelaveki yam yokubaleka eLimelight Ihotele ekumbindi wedolophu yaseAspen, kanye kufutshane nepiki yobhaliso yosuku lomdyarho. (Ukhenketho lokubaleka lweembaleki ezibaleka kwizixeko ezahlukileyo: Hlala kufutshane kwindawo yokuthatha / yokubhalisa indawo.) Njengalo naluphi na ugqatso, kubalulekile ukuba uququzelelwe kusuku olungaphambi komdyarho kwaye uqiniseke ukuba unezixhobo ezifanelekileyo, isondlo, i-hydration kunye nazo zonke ii-accoutrements zokubaleka. Umzila obalekayo uhlala unezikhululo zoncedo ezimbalwa kunemidyarho yendlela, kwaye kuba uphume entlango, uya kufuna ukuba nazo zonke izixhobo ezifanelekileyo kunye ne-inshurensi eyongezelelweyo.

Kum, oko kwakuthetha ukubamba umzila wam endiwuthandayo wokubaleka: ipakethe ye-hydration esuka eCotopaxi, i-Adidas Terrex izihlangu zendlela, ibhatyi yomoya yeAdidas, kunye nezibuko zelanga ezivela eWestward Leaning. (Nazi ezinye izinto ezifanelekileyo zokubaleka ixesha elide kunye noqeqesho lwe-marathon.) Kuhlala kubalulekile ukuba nezihlangu zokubaleka-kodwa ngakumbi xa kusenziwa umkhondo wokubaleka. Unokucinga ukuba ungagqibela ngokwenza izihlangu osele unazo, kodwa kubalulekile ukuba unxibe isihlangu esifanelekileyo sokubambelela ukukunceda ukhuseleke ngokukhuselekileyo phezu kwamatye, amatye, iinduli, ingca, kwaye phantse lonke uhlobo lomhlaba onokucinga ngawo. Ndiyasithanda esi sibini seAdidas ngenxa yokuba sinomtsalane omkhulu, intambo eninzi esithendeni, kwaye ayinasiphelo (inetekhnoloji ye-BOA, ekunokwenzeka ukuba uyibonile kwi-snowboard / ski boots okanye izihlangu ezihamba ngebhayisikile), ukuphelisa nawuphina umngcipheko wokukhululwa kwabo kwiintonga, izihlahla, okanye eminye imiqobo endleleni yam. (Zama enye yezi zihlangu zomzila ophezulu.)

3. Isondlo kubalulekile.

Ukutya okunesondlo kubaluleke kakhulu kulo naluphi na ugqatso, kodwa xa ubaleka i-14 yeemayile kwindlela kunye nokuphakama kuthatha ixesha elingaphezulu, oko kuthetha ukuba umzimba wakho ufuna izakhamzimba ezingaphezulu ukuze uye kude. Izinto endizithandayo: Iipilisi zeNuun zepakethi yam yokuhambisa amanzi, iiLarbar, ibhotolo ye-Clif egcwele ibhotolo, kunye ne-Stinger waffle. Ndatyiwa ngeemayile ezili-9, 11, kunye no-12-ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndigqibe umgca wokugqibela. (Nantsi isikhokelo sakho sokubasa ngaphambili, ngexesha, nasemva kwesiqingatha semarathon, ngqo kwindawo yokutya.)

4. Kubuchwephesha-ke thatha ixesha lakho kwaye wonwabele umbono.

Ugqatso lunyuke ngaphezu kwe-2,400 leenyawo luqala kwimayile ezimbini, emva koko lwaya kutsho kwi-10,414 yeenyawo kwindlela ye-Sunny Side ngaphambi kokuhla ngeemayile ezisithoba ukuya kwi-Hunter Creek Valley. Kungahenda ukuthatha iimbono ezimangalisayo endleleni, kodwa ngelixa uhamba, kufuneka ugcine amehlo akho emgceni kangangoko unako ukuphepha ukulimala. Ndayigcina yam incamathele emhlabeni phantse zonke ii-14.4 zeemayile. Ukunyuka okunyanzelekileyo kunokubangela amandla akho, ke zama ukuhlala ugcinwe ekukhuphukeni kwaye uhambe ukuba ufuna njalo. Ndatyhala iiflethi, ndehla, kunye naziphi na iidiphu apha endleleni. Oko kuthethiweyo, kwanezihla zinokuba nzima ngenxa yokuhla kweenduli, ii-chutes ezimxinwa, kunye nomhlaba onamatye-ke qhubeka ukhawuleza ezinyaweni zakho. Ndikwathanda ukutyala iinyawo zam banzi macala omabini endlela kwaye ndiphephe umbindi wee-chutes emxinwa. (Nazi ezinye iingcebiso zokhuseleko lomzila kubaqalayo.)

Kum, ukuhamba kwindlela eyahlukileyo kwahlukile kunalo naluphi na ugqatso lwendlela. Ndiyathanda ukuhamba ngokuziva kwaye ndigcine isantya sam umzuzu omnye ngemayile (okanye njalo) sicotha kunokuba bendiya kwenza endleleni. Cinga: Alikho ixesha, limalunga nomgudu. Esinye isizathu awuyi kufuna ukukhawulezisa inkqubo: Indawo ekungqongileyo inokubulala. Kubalulekile ukonwabela umoya omtsha, umhlaba ophantsi kweenyawo zakho, nakuphi na ukubonwa kunye nezandi zendalo ezizolisayo (njengeentaka okanye isandi samanzi abalekayo). Khumbula kwaye unombulelo ukuba unethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukubaleka ujikelezwe bubuhle obunjalo. (Jonga kwakhona: Ungawenza njani amanqaku eziBonelelo eziMangalisayo zeNdlela yokuSebenza)

5. Tyhila ukuya ekugqibeleni kwaye ungayeki ukubuyisela.

Ugqatso ukuya ekugqibeleni luqale kwimayile ye-13: Smuggler Mountain Road. Emva kweeyure ezintathu ezidityanisiweyo, bendirhalela ukugqiba. Umzimba wam waba buhlungu kwaye nemeko yam yengqondo yaqalisa ukukhukuliseka ukuya kwindawo engalunganga-kodwa ukukhanya ekupheleni kwetonela kwaqala ukukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo njengoko ndandijikeleza ikona yeRio Grande Trail, ndibeka umgca wokugqibela (kunye nentente yebhiya!) . Ndaziva ndiphumelele njengoko ndandisiya kwirekhodi yam: Isiqingatha seBackcountry sandithatha malunga ne-3:41:09, i-10 imizuzu ye-PR kwikhosi eyayiyimayile enye ubude kunomzamo wam wokuqala!

Ukubuyiselwa emva komdyarho kukhulu, ke musa ukutsiba eli nyathelo. (Jonga: Ngokuchanekileyo Into ekufuneka uyenzile-kwaye ungayenzi-emva kokubaleka ihafu yesiqingatha seMarathon) Ndihlala ndihambisa amanzi ngesiselo se-electrolyte, ukuzolula, ukuqengqeleka amagwebu, ukuthatha ibhafu yeqhwa, emva koko nditsibe ibhafu eshushu ukuze ndiphumle izihlunu. Qinisekisa ukuba ubuyisela iikhalori ezininzi ezisempilweni emzimbeni wakho ukuze ukwazi ukuchacha ngokufanelekileyo.

Ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into, ndizama ukukhumbula ukuncuma, ukuphefumla ngokunzulu, ukonwabela ukubona kunye nezandi emzileni, umoya omtsha, kwaye ndiyayibulela into yokuba ndiyimbaleki. Iindlela ezonwabileyo!

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