Le Mbaleki iLungele i-Olimpiki emva kokugqiba uMbaleki wayo wokuqala *Ever*

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UMolly Seidel, i-barista eseBoston kunye nomgcini wabantwana, ubaleke umdyarho wakhe wokuqala e-Atlanta ngoMgqibelo kwiimvavanyo zeOlimpiki zowama-2020. Ngoku ungomnye weembaleki ezintathu eziza kumela iqela labasetyhini laseMelika kwi-Olimpiki yaseTokyo ngo-2020.

Iimbaleki eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala igqibe ugqatso lweemayile ezingama-26.2 kwimizuzu engama-2 engama-27 nemizuzwana engama-31, ibaleka ngesantya esi-5: 38 semizuzu. Ixesha lakhe lokugqiba limbeke kwindawo yesibini emva kuka-Aliphine Tuliamuk, ngemizuzwana nje esixhenxe. Enye imbaleki uSally Kipyego ungene kwindawo yesithathu. Ngokudibeneyo, bobathathu abafazi baya kumela i-US kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki yowama-2020.

Kudliwanondlebe ne INew York Times, USeidel uvumile ukuba ebengenathemba liphezulu lokuya kugqatso.

"Bendingazi ukuba izakuba njani le nto," uxelele I-NYT. "Andizange ndifune ukugqithisa kwaye ndibeke uxinzelelo oluninzi, ndisazi ukuba intsimi yayiza kukhuphisana njani. Kodwa ukuthetha nomqeqeshi wam, andizange ndifune ukuyifowunela nje ngokuba yayiyiyokuqala. " (Idibeneyo: Kutheni le mbaleki ye-Elite ilungile ngokungaze iyenze kwii-Olimpiki)

Nangona uMgqibelo ebeyimbaleki yakhe yokuqala, uSeidel ebeyimbaleki ekhuphisanayo kubomi bakhe bonke. Akaphumelelanga kuphela uBuntshatsheli beFoot Locker Cross Country, kodwa ukwaneziwonga ezintathu zeNCAA, efumana ubuntshatsheli kumdyarho we-3,000-, 5,0000-, kunye ne-10,000 yeemitha.

Emva kokuphumelela kwi-Notre Dame ngo-2016, uSeidel wanikezelwa ngezivumelwano ezininzi zenkxaso mali ukuze aqhubeke. Ekugqibeleni, nangona kunjalo, walilahla lonke ithuba lokugxila ekoyiseni ingxaki yokutya, kunye nokuzabalaza koxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo lokunyanzelwa (OCD), utshilo uSeidel. Ihlabathi leMbaleki. (Eyeleleneyo: Ukubaleka Kwandinceda Njani Ukoyisa ingxaki yam yokutya)

"Impilo yakho yexesha elide ibaluleke ngakumbi," uxelele upapasho. "Kubantu abalungileyo embindini wayo, yeyona nto imbi kakhulu. Kuya kuthatha ixesha elininzi. Ndiza kujongana nale [miba yempilo yengqondo] ubomi bam bonke. Kuya kufuneka yiphathe ngobunzima obufunekayo."

USeidel ukhe waneengxaki zokwenzakala, naye. Ngenxa yesifo sokutya, waba ne-osteopenia, utshilo uSeidel Ihlabathi lembaleki. Le meko, eyandulela i-osteoporosis, ikhula njengesiphumo sokuxinana kwethambo elisezantsi kakhulu kunowomntu ophakathi, ikwenza ukuba ube semngciphekweni wokophuka kunye nolunye ukonzakala kwethambo. (Eyeleleneyo: Indlela endifunde ngayo ukuxabisa uMzimba wam emva kokwenzakala okuBaleka okunganani)

Ngo-2018, umsebenzi kaSeidel obalekayo wabekwa ecaleni kwakhona: Uye wonzakala esinqeni ebefuna utyando, kwaye le nkqubo imshiye “eneentlungu ezingapheliyo,” ngokutsho. Ihlabathi lembaleki.

Okwangoku, uSeidel wenqabile ukuncama amaphupha akhe okubaleka, ebuyela kwihlabathi kukhuphiswano lokubaleka emva kokubuya kuzo zonke iingxaki zakhe. Emva kwemidlalo embalwa eyomeleleyo yesiqingatha somdyarho kwindlela eya e-Atlanta, uSeidel ekugqibeleni wakulungela uVavanyo lweOlimpiki kwiRock 'n' Roll Half Marathon eSan Antonio, eTexas, ngoDisemba ka-2019. IiOlimpiki zaseTokyo)

Kwenzeka ntoni eTokyo yiTBD. Okwangoku, uSeidel ubambe uloyiso lwangoMgqibelo kufutshane nentliziyo yakhe.

"Andikwazi ukubeka ngamazwi ulonwabo, umbulelo, kunye nothuko olukhulu endiva ngalo ngoku," ubhale watsho ku-Instagram elandela ugqatso. "Ndiyabulela kuye wonke umntu ophaya echwayitile izolo. Bekuyinto engakholelekiyo ukubaleka umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-26.2 kwaye ndingabetheki kwindawo ethuleyo kulo lonke ikhosi. Lo mdyarho andinakuze ndiwulibale lo gama ndisaphila."

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