Ndabelane ngoQeqesho lwam lweMarathon kwiMedia yeNtlalo kwaye ndifumene inkxaso engaphezulu kunokuba bendilindele

Umxholo

• Okulungileyo nokubi kokuThatha uXanduva kwimidiya yoluntu
• Kwiintsuku eziphambi komgca wokuqala
• Ukubuyisa Into Eyam
• Uphengululo lwe

Wonke umntu usebenzisa imidiya yoluntu ngeenjongo ezahlukeneyo. Kweminye, yindlela emnandi yokwabelana ngeefoto zekati kunye nabahlobo kunye nosapho. Kwabanye, yindlela abaphila ngayo. Kum, liqonga lokunceda ukukhulisa ishishini lam njengentatheli esebenza ngokuzimeleyo kunye nepodcaster, kunye nokuzibandakanya nabaphulaphuli bam.Xa ndibhalisela iChicago Marathon ehlotyeni, kwakungekho mathandabuzo engqondweni yam: Oku kuya kuba kuhle kwisondlo.

Ndijonge rhoqo ku-Instagram, kwaye uya kundibona ndisenza zonke iintlobo zezinto-ukusuka ndibophe izihlangu zam ngaphambi kokubaleka kusasa ukuya kwiindwendwe zodliwano-ndlebe kumdlalo wam we-Hurdle. Ndimane ndingena ngesiqhelo sothando-to-intiyo-ibali "lithetha nekhamera" malunga nokuphazamiseka komsebenzi, kwaye ndithumele iifoto zezona nzame zam zokubaleka.

Ukutya kwam kwezentlalo akuzange kukhule ngobusuku, kodwa kwakha ngokukhawuleza (ish). Emuva ngoDisemba 2016 kunye nabalandeli abangaphantsi kwe-4K, ndikhumbula ngokucacileyo ndiziva njengaye nawuphi na umntu osebenzisa iqonga. Ngoku ndinabalandeli abamalunga ne-14.5K endihlala ndinxibelelana nabo, bonke beze ngendlela yam nge-100 yeepesenti ngokwendalo. Andikho kwinqanaba likaJen Widerstrom (288.5K) okanye i-Iskra Lawrence (i-4.5 yezigidi). Kodwa-ewe, yinto ethile. Ndihlala ndizingela amathuba okwabelana nohambo lwam nabalandeli bam ngeendlela ezizizo kwaye uqeqesho lwam eChicago Marathon ndaziva ngathi ndilungile.

Iya kuba lixesha lam lesibhozo ndibaleka i-26.2, kwaye ngeli xesha ndiziva ndihlukile kunangaphambili - ngokubhekisele kuyo yonke imeko yentlalo. Ngeli xesha, kwavakala ngathi ndinabaphulaphuli ababandakanyekileyo kolu hambo. Ndiqaphele kwangethuba ukuba, ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye into, ukungagungqi malunga nomdyarho wam wosuku lomdyarho-kubandakanya okuhle nokubi-kundinike ithuba lokunceda abanye. Ukuxhobisa umntu, kwindawo ethile yokubopha kwaye abonakale. (Idibeneyo: UShalane Flanagan weNutritionist wabelana ngeNgcebiso ngokutya kwakhe okunempilo)

Yaziva ngathi luxanduva, phantse. Ngeentsuku xa ndifumana imiyalezo engama-20 eyahlukeneyo ndicela iingcebiso zokubaleka, ndiyazikhumbuza ukuba ngendakhe ndambulala umntu oqondayo into endijongene nayo xa ndandisandula ukuqala kwezemidlalo. Ngaphambi kokuba ndibuyele e-2008, ndikhumbula ndiziva ndililolo ngokwenene. Ndandisebenza nzima ukuze ndinciphise umzimba yaye ndandingazazi ezinye iimbaleki endandizazi. Ngaphezu koko, ndandirhangqwe yimifanekiso yento endandicinga ukuba "imbaleki ijongeka ngathi" -bonke bebefanelekile kwaye bekhawuleza kunam. (Idibeneyo: Lo mfazi uchithe iminyaka ekholelwa ukuba akazange "ajonge" njengembaleki, emva koko watyumza i-Ironman)

Kukuloo nto engqondweni apho ndandifuna ukwabelana ngeyona ndlela yokwenyani kwaye ndinethemba lokujonga kuqeqesho lwam lomdyarho. Ngaba yayikudinisa ngamanye amaxesha? Ngokuqinisekile. Kodwa ngeentsuku endandingafuni kuzithumela, abo bantu banye bandigcina ndiqhubeka kwaye bandenza ndaziva ngathi kubalulekile ukuthembeka kwiipesenti eziyi-100 malunga noko ngokwenene kwenzeka ngexesha lomjikelo woqeqesho. Kwaye ngenxa yoko, ndinombulelo.

Okulungileyo nokubi kokuThatha uXanduva kwimidiya yoluntu

IG ibizwa ngokuba yi "reel reel" ngesizathu. Kulula ngokwenene ukwabelana ngeempumelelo, akunjalo? Kum, njengoko umjikelo woqeqesho wanyuka, ii-W zam zeza zikwimo yeemayile ezikhawulezayo. Kwakunomdla ekwabelaneni ngeentsuku zam zomsebenzi okhawulezayo- xa ndaziva ndisiya ndisomelela – kwaye ndikhawuleza- ngaphandle kokuziva ngathi ndizokuwa emva koko. Ezi zinto ziphunyeziweyo bezisoloko zihlangatyezwa yimibhiyozo evela kubalandeli bam, ilandelwa yinto evakala ngathi liqela lemiyalezo yokuba, nabo, banokusithatha njani isantya. Kwakhona, ngamanye amaxesha kunzima - kodwa ndandonwabile kunceda ngayo nayiphi na indlela endinokuyenza.

Kodwa emva koko, njengoko bekulindelekile, zazikhona iintsuku ezoyikeka kakhulu. Ukungaphumeleli kunzima ngokwaneleyo, akunjalo? Ukusilela esidlangalaleni kuyoyikisa. Ukungafihlisi kwiintsuku ezaziziva zibi kwakunzima. Kodwa ukuvula ngokungakhathali kwakubaluleke kakhulu kum-bendisazi ukuba ndifuna ukuba luhlobo lomntu ovelayo kwimidiya yoluntu kwaye ndinyaniseke kubantu endingabaziyo malunga nobomi bam obungahambanga ngokwesicwangciso. (Inxulumene: Uqeqesha njani iHalf Marathon yaBasaqalayo, kunye nesiCwangciso seeveki ezili-12)

Kwakukho ukubaleka okufumileyo ekupheleni kwehlobo okwandenza ndaziva ndingumnkumba kwaye ndathandabuza ukuba ndandinesidima nje kuphela kulo mdlalo. Kodwa bekukho neentsasa endandiza kuphuma ngazo ndibaleka kwaye kwimizuzu emihlanu, ndandibuyela kwindawo yam yokuhlala. Okubaluleke kakhulu yayiyi-20-miler apho amavili awela khona ngokupheleleyo. Ngeemayile ezili-18, ndahlala ndaza ndangqengqa kwisitulo somntu wasemzini kwi-Upper West Side, ndiziva ndililolo kwaye ngathi ndisilele. Ukugqiba kwam uGarmin wafunda i-2-0 enkulu, ndayohlala phantsi ebhentshini, ecaleni kwam. Emva kokuba ndigqibile, ndabeka uhlobo oluthile "lomntu, owanyayo ngokwenene," ibali le-IG, emva koko ndaqhubeka nokulala (ukusuka kwimidiya yoluntu) kwiiyure ezingama-24 ezizayo.

Xa ndibuyela kwisondlo sam, nango bekhona. Inkqubo yam yenkxaso eyothusayo indikhuthaza ngemiyalezo kunye neempendulo. Ndikhawuleze ndabona ukuba olu luntu lufuna ukundibona kokulungileyo nokungabinangxaki kwam. Babengakhathali nokuba ndandiphumelela ngokupheleleyo ebomini yonke imihla. Endaweni yokuba baqonde ukuba ndikulungele ukubekwa phambili kwizinto ezimbi, nazo.

Ukuba inye into endiyifundileyo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, kukuba kuzo zonke iintlobo zokusilela- kukho isifundo. Ke, kwiveki elandelayo yokubaleka kwam okokugqibela, ndazithembisa ukuba andizukuphinda ndileqe kakubi. Ndandifuna ukuzibekela impumelelo kangangoko ndinako. Ndabeka yonke into ngobusuku bangaphambili ndalala kwangethuba. Yiza kusasa, ndenze ulungiselelo oluqhelekileyo-nangaphambi kokuba ndiphume emnyango njengoko ilanga laliphuma, ndicenga abalandeli bam ukuba bandibize ngesigwebo okanye ezibini malunga nokuba yintoni ebagcina behamba xa izinto ziziva zinzima.

Ukubaleka bekusondele kakhulu ngokugqibeleleyo. Imozulu yayintle. Yaye malunga nomzuzu ngamnye okanye emibini, ndandifumana umyalezo—ubukhulu becala uvela kubantu endingabaziyo—namazwi akhuthazayo. Ndaziva ndixhaswa. Wamkelwe. Kwaye xa uGarmin wam ebetha i-22, ndaziva ndikulungele u-Okthobha 13.

Kwiintsuku eziphambi komgca wokuqala

Njengomntu ongazange abhiyozele ubomi obudala obudala obufana nokuzibandakanya okanye umtshato okanye usana, ukubaleka umdyarho weembaleki kumalunga nokusondela kwam. Kwiintsuku ezikhokelela kugqatso, abantu bafike kum endandingekaze ndive ngonaphakade ukuba bandinqwenelele amathamsanqa. Abahlobo bandihlola ukuze babone ukuba ndinjani, besazi ukuba lubaluleke kangakanani usuku kum. (Eyeleleneyo: Yintoni Ukubhalisela uMdyarho weBoston owandifundisayo malunga nokuSeta iiNjongo)

Ngokwemvelo, ndaziva ndilindele inqanaba elithile. Ndandisoyika kakhulu xa ndabelana ngeenjongo zam ze-3: 40: 00 nabantu abaninzi ekuhlaleni. Eli xesha lalithetha irekhodi lemizuzu eli-9 kum. Bendingafuni ukusilela esidlangalaleni. Yaye ndicinga ukuba kwixesha elidluleyo olu loyiko luye lwandikhuthaza ukuba ndizibekele usukelo olusengqiqweni, oluncinane. Noko ke, ngeli xesha ndaziva ngenye indlela. Ndazi, ndandisazi ukuba ndikwindawo endingazange ndaya kuyo ngaphambili. Ndenze umsebenzi okhawulezayo kunemijikelo yoqeqesho yangaphambili. Bendibaleka isantya ebekhe ndaziva ndingafikeleleki lula. Xa ndifumana imibuzo malunga nexesha lam lokujolisa, amaxesha amaninzi iingqikelelo zazikhawuleza kunokuba bendifuna. Uthobekile? Kancinci. Ukuba kukho nantoni na, abahlobo bam kunye noluntu olukhulu lundikhuthaze ukuba ndikholelwe ukuba ndinako ukuya kwinqanaba elilandelayo.

Ndayazi ukuza ngeCawe, ngekhe ibe ngabahlobo bam kunye nosapho olulandelayo emva kohambo oluya kwinjongo yesi-3: 40: 00. Inokuba ngabalandeli bam ubukhulu becala ngamanye amanenekazi. Xa ndikhwela inqwelomoya eya eChicago, ndabona ukuba ndifumene ii-4,205 zokuthandwa kunye ne-223 ye-comments kwiifoto ezintathu endizithumele ngaphambi kokuba ndifake iiteki zam zomgca wokuqala.

4,205. Ukuthandwa.

Ndalala ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ndinexhala. Ndivuke kusasa ngeCawa ndilungile.

Ukubuyisa Into Eyam

Kunzima ukuchaza ukuba kwenzeka ntoni xa ndingena kwindawo yam yokuphumla ngaloo Cawa. Kwakhona, njenge-miler yam engama-22, ndaphosa inqaku kubalandeli bam ukuba bandithumelele iminqweno yabo xa ilixesha. Ukusukela oko saqala ukukhaba, bendihamba ngeenyawo ezaziziva zikhululekile kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo. Ndaziva ndikhawuleza. Ndiye ndahlala ndijonga i-RPE (umlinganiselo wokuzibhokoxa), kwaye ndaziva ngathi ndibaleka kugqatso lwesithandathu kwi-10–endiziva ndilungile ukubaleka ugqatso lomgama omde njengogqatso lomgama omde.

Yiza mile 17, ndaziva ndonwabile. Yiza ngemayile ye-19-okanye-njalo, ndiye ndabona ukuba bendisemkhondweni hayi nje ukubetha injongo yam, kodwa ukuze ndibaleke ixesha lomdyarho elifanelekileyo leBoston Marathon. Ngelo xesha, ndayeka ukuzibuza ukuba ndiza kubetha "udonga" oludumileyo, kwaye ndaqala ukuzixelela ukuba kwakungeyona inketho. Ngawo onke amathumbu am, bendikholelwa ekubeni ndinamandla okuya kuyo. Yiza i-23 ye-23 phantsi kwe-5K eseleyo, bendihlala ndizikhumbuza ukuba "ndibuyele ukuzola." (Idibeneyo: Ndiyichitha iNjongo yam enkulu yokuSebenza njengoMama oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala)

Kwezi milile zimbalwa zidlulileyo, ndiye ndafikelela ekuqondeni: Olu gqatso belunjaloyam. Le yinto eyenzekileyo xa bendizimisele ukufaka lo msebenzi kwaye ndizibonise. Kwakungakhathali ukuba ngubani owayelandela (okanye ngubani owayengekho). Nge-13 ka-Okthobha, ndafumana iBoston Marathon ekufanelekelayo okona kulungileyo (3:28:08) kuba ndizivumele ukuba ndizive, ndibekho ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ndilandele into eyayikhe yangathi ayinakwenzeka.

Ngokwendalo ingcinga yam yokuqala ndakuyeka ukulila emva kokuwela umgca wokugqibela? "Andikwazi kulinda ukuthumela le Instagram". Kodwa masibe yinyani, ngalo mzuzu ndaphinda ndavula iapp, bendisele ndinenqwaba yemiyalezo emitsha engama-200, uninzi lwayo endivuyiselayo ngento endingakhange ndibelane ngayo esidlangalaleni okwangoku- bebendilandela kwiiapps zabo ukuze babone Ndenze njani.

Ndandiyenzile. Okwam, ewe. Kodwa ngokwenene, kubo bonke,naye.

Uphengululo lwe