Ngaba Le Yeyona Nto Iyingozi Yakha Yenziwa kuMdyarho?

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I-Hyvon Ngetich inike intsingiselo entsha ngokupheleleyo ekugqibeni ugqatso nokuba kufuneka ukhase uwele entanjeni. Imbaleki eneminyaka engama-29 ubudala yaseKenya yawela ngokoqobo ezandleni nasemadolweni emva kokuba umzimba wayo ukhuphe i-mile 26 ye-2015 Austin Marathon kule mpelaveki iphelileyo. (Olona loyiko lubi lwembaleki! Jonga amava aPhezulu ama-10 oMlo weeMbaleki.)

UNgetich ebekhokela uninzi logqatso kwaye exelwe kwangaphambili ukuba uza kuphumelela udidi lwababhinqileyo, kodwa kushiyeke nje isibini seshumi semayile, waqala ukuhexa, egxadazela, wade wawa phantsi. Ukuba phantsi engakwazi ukuphakama ngokucacileyo ibingelophawu lokoyiswa kweNgetich, nangona kunjalo. Wakhasa iimitha ezingama-400 zokugqibela, esopha igazi ngamadolo kunye neengqiniba-kodwa walugqiba ugqatso. Ubekwe kwindawo yesithathu, kuloo nto, eza kuphela kwimizuzwana emithathu emva kokugqiba indawo yesibini uHannah Steffan.

Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba uwele umgca wokugqibela, uNgetich wakhawuleza wabalekiselwa kwintente yezonyango, apho abasebenzi baxela ukuba unengxaki yeswekile esezantsi yegazi. (Kunqande ukwenzeka okufanayo ngokugcina ezinye iindlela ezili-12 eziNencasa kwiiGels zaMandla.)

Sicinga ukuba nabani na onokuthi aqinisekise ngomzimba nengqondo yakhe ukubaleka iimayile ezingama-26.2 kuyamangalisa, ke ukuzimisela kukaNgetich kokuwugqiba ugqatso nokuba kungancomeka ntoni. Kodwa ngaba yayisisigqibo esona sinempilo?

“Hayi, ibingesosigqibo sobulumko kwaphela,” utshilo uDokotela oLungileyo uLewis Maharam, MD, isithethi seKholeji yaseMelika yezeMidlalo yezoNyango kunye nomlawuli wezonyango odlulileyo kwiimbaleki ezininzi kwihlabathi liphela. "Iqela lezonyango belingazi ukuba yintoni engalunganga kuye xa athe wawa. Isenokuba kukubethwa sishushu, iswekile esezantsi yegazi, i-hyponatremia, ukomisa kakhulu emzimbeni, ingxaki yentliziyo-ezinye zazo onokufa kuzo." Ngapha koko, le nto wayenengxaki nayo (iswekile esezantsi yegazi) inokukhokelela ekonakaleni okungapheliyo kwengqondo nakwikhoma.

UNgetich uthe emva koko akakhumbuli iimayile ezimbini zokugqibela zogqatso, nto leyo ethetha ukuba wayengenawo amandla engqondo okwala ukhathalelo lwezonyango-into ekufanele ukuba iqela lezonyango laliyazi kwaye latsibela ukuya kuhlola ukuba ekwimo yokugqiba ugqatso, utshilo uMaharam. (Iinyani ezili-10 ezingalindelekanga malunga nokubaleka iMarathon)

"Ngokubaleka, kufuneka uqhubeke," utshilo uNgetich kudliwanondlebe lwasemva komdyarho. Le mbono yokugqiba ugqatso akukhathaleki nokuba yintoni umlawuli womdyarho wase-Austin uJohn Conley neembaleki kwihlabathi liphela ezimncomileyo. Kwaye ngelixa uMaharam eyamkela kwaye eyiqonda le nto yokucinga, ukwalumkisa ukuba umgca "nokuba ungathini" kufuneka utsalwe emngciphekweni kwimpilo yakho.

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