Dibana ne-Amputee yokuqala yokuGqibezela uMceli mngeni we-Marathon yeHlabathi

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Ukuba awuzange uve ngoSarah Reinertsen, waqala wenza imbali ngo-2005 emva kokuba waba ngowokuqala umntu obhinqileyo omncinci ukuba agqibe esinye seziganeko ezinzima kwezonyamezelo kwihlabathi: i-Ironman World Championship. Ukwangumntu owayesakuba yiParalympian egqibe ezinye ezintathu ze-Ironmans, isiqingatha esingabalekiyo se-Ironmans, kunye ne-marathons, kunye nomdlalo weTV ophumelele iimbasa we-CBS, Ugqatso Olumangalisayo.

Uphinde wabuyela kuyo kwakhona, ngeli xesha waba ngowokuqala onqunyulwe imilenze (indoda okanye ibhinqa) ukugqiba uKhuphiswano lweHlabathi lweMarathon ebaleka isiqingatha semigama esixhenxe kumazwekazi asixhenxe kwisithuba seentsuku ezisixhenxe. Amaxesha amaninzi bendileqa emva kwamakhwenkwe, kodwa ukubeka umgangatho apho amakhwenkwe kufuneka andileqe khona kuyamangalisa, utshilo uSarah. Ubume. (Idibeneyo: Ndingu-Amputee kunye noMqeqeshi-kodwa khange anyathele unyawo kwiGym Ndide ndaneminyaka engama-36)

USara ubhalisele uMceli mngeni we-Marathon yeHlabathi kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, efuna ukuxhasa u-Össur, ongenzi nzuzo owenza umgca weemveliso ezintsha ezinceda abantu abakhubazekileyo bafikelele kumandla abo apheleleyo.

Sendigqibile Ugqatso Olumangalisayo, USarah akazange akhathazeke malunga nokuba umzimba wakhe ungawuphatha njani umgama wokuhamba, ukungalali, kunye nokungahambi kakuhle kokutya okuza nokhuphiswano kwi-World Marathon Challenge. USarah uthi: “Ukwenzela oko, ngokuqinisekileyo ndaziva ngathi ndinenzuzo. "Kwaye ndichithe iminyaka emibini ndisebenza ukuza kuthi ga ngoku."

Ngenxa yemvelaphi yakhe njengomdlali ophumeleleyo kathathu, uSarah uchithe ixesha elininzi ehamba ngeebhayisikile phakathi evekini ngenxa yempembelelo ye-cardio esezantsi kwaye wayeka ukuqhuba ngeempelaveki. "Ndandiphinda kabini ukubaleka kwam ngeempelaveki-ndingabaleki umgama-kodwa ndiqinisekisa ukuba ndineeyure ezimbalwa kusasa nangokuhlwa." Uye waguqukela kwi-yoga ngaphezulu kwayo yonke enye into izihlandlo ezimbalwa ngeveki ukuze ancede umzimba wakhe uphile, wolule, kwaye uphumle.

Uthi, yayiyeyona nto inzima endakha ndayenza, utshilo. "Ndandifuna ukuyeka e-Lisbon kwaye ndacinga ngokunikezela, kodwa ukwazi ukuba ndandibalekela isizathu kwandikhuthaza ukuba ndiqhubeke." (P.S. Ngexesha elizayo xa ufuna ukuncama, khumbula eli xhegokazi elineminyaka engama-75 elenza intsimbi)

Into yokuba ebandezeleka ngenjongo yenza izinto zaba lula kakhulu. "Uphakamisa ukukhanya kwaye udale ithuba lomnye umntu," utshilo uSarah. "Lo mngeni awufani neNew York Marathon, apho abantu bevuyisana nawe. Kukho abanye abantu abangama-50 abakunye nawe kwaye uhlala wedwa ebusuku ngamanye amaxesha, ke kufuneka ube nenjongo yokuqhubeka. "

Ngenxa yokufezekisa kwakhe, kunzima ukucinga ukuba uSara wakha wanobunzima ekusebenzeni. Kodwa inyani yile, waxelelwa ukuba ngekhe akwazi ukubaleka umgama omde emva kokuba enqunyulwe unyawo.

USarah uye wanqunyulwa imilenze engaphezulu kwedolo eneminyaka nje esi-7 ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwezicubu okwakhokelela ekunqunyulweni komlenze wakhe wasekhohlo. Emva kotyando kunye neeveki zonyango lomzimba, uSarah, owayethanda imidlalo, wabuyela esikolweni kwaye wazifumana ekwimeko engalunganga kuba oontanga bakhe kunye nootitshala babengazi ukuba bambandakanye njani, ngenxa yokukhubazeka kwakhe okutsha. “Ndijoyine iligi yebhola ekhatywayo yedolophu kwaye umqeqeshi akazange andivumele ukuba ndidlale kuba wayengazi ukuba enze ntoni ngam,” utshilo uSarah.

Abazali bakhe bala ukumvumela ukuba akholelwe ukuba ukukhubazeka kwakhe kuzakumbamba. "Abazali bam babeziimbaleki kunye neembaleki ezikhutheleyo ngoko ke xa besenza i-5 kunye ne-10Ks, baqala ukundibhalisa ukuba ndenze inguqulelo yabantwana, nangona ndandidla ngokugqiba ukufa," utshilo uSarah.

"Ndihlala ndikuthanda ukubaleka-kodwa xa bendikule mijaho, nokuba ndibaleka okanye ndibukele utata wam ecaleni, andizange ndibone mntu unjengam, ke ngamanye amaxesha ndaziva ndidimazeka ukusoloko ndingoyena mntu uphumileyo."

Oko kwatshintsha xa uSarah wadibana noPaddy Rossbach, umntu owayenqunyulwe imilenze njengaye owaphulukana nomlenze wakhe eseyintombazana encinci kwingozi eyatshintsha ubomi bakhe. USara wayeneminyaka eyi-11 ngelo xesha kumdyarho wendlela we-10K notata wakhe xa wabona uPaddy ebaleka ngomlenze wokufakelwa, ekhawuleza kwaye egudile, njengaye wonke umntu. "Ube ngumzekelo kum ngalo mzuzu," utshilo uSarah. Ukumbukela kuko okundikhuthazeyo ukuba ndibe sempilweni kwaye ndingajongi ukukhubazeka kwam njengesithintelo kwakhona.

"Ndifuna ukukhuthaza nabani na onemiceli mngeni ebomini babo, nokuba bayabonakala njengam, okanye hayi. Ndichithe ubomi bam ndijolise ekuziqhelaniseni nobuchule kunokubakhubazeka, kwaye yinto endikhonze kakuhle kuzo zonke iinkalo zam. ubomi. "

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