UShalane Flanagan uthi Iphupha Lakhe Lokuphumelela uMdyarho weBoston litshintshile ekubeni liSinde nje

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Intshatsheli yamaxesha amathathu e-Olimpiki kunye neNew York City Marathon uShalane Flanagan wayeyintandokazi enkulu eya kwiBoston Marathon izolo. Umthonyama waseMassachusettes uhlala enethemba lokuphumelela ugqatso, ejonga ukuba yintoni eyamkhuthazayo ukuba abe yimbaleki kwindawo yokuqala. Kodwa, ngelishwa, iimeko zemozulu ezimasikizi zamothusa imbaleki (kunye nehlabathi liphela), yambeka kwindawo yesixhenxe ngokugqiba. "Andiqondi ukuba ndakhe ndaziqeqesha nakwimeko enje ngaphambili," utshilo uShalane, iimbaleki exhaswa yiHOTSHOT. Ubume. "Yenye yezo zinto ongenakukwazi ukuzilungiselela." (Eyeleleneyo: UDesiree Linden ngumfazi wokuqala waseMelika ukuphumelela uMdyarho weBoston ukusukela ngo-1985)

Kwimbali yayo yeminyaka eli-122, iBoston Marathon ayikaze irhoxiswe, nokuba kunethotho lemvula okanye ubushushu obungathethekiyo. Izolo khange kwahluke. Iimbaleki kunye nababukeli baxhathise i-35 mph imimoya, imvula egalelayo, kunye nomoya obandayo ongaphantsi kwe-ikhenkce-hayi kanye le nto iimbaleki beziyilindele kugqatso oluphakathi ku-Epreli. "Bendisazi ukuba izakuba mbi kengoko bendikade ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ndigcine ubushushu bam obuphambili ixesha elide ukuze ndikhusele iimpawu ezinokubakho," utshilo uFlanagan. Kodwa nangona kunjalo, yayiyi-conundrum ezama ukucinga into emandiyinxibe ukuze ndifudumale, ndisazi ukuba iimpahla zam zaziza kuba manzi ngokwenene, ezinokundenza ndizive ndibanda kakhulu. (Idibeneyo: Iingcebiso zokubaleka kweMozulu ebandayo ezivela kwii-Elite Marathoners)

Ke, uFlanagan weza nesicwangciso somdlalo wokunxiba into awayecinga ukuba iya kwenza ngcono ukusebenza kwakhe kunikwe iimeko ezingaphantsi kwezilungileyo. “Ndithathe isigqibo sokunxiba iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zokubaleka, iibhatyi ezimbini, imikhono exhobileyo, izifudumezi zezandla, iiglavu, emva koko iigloves zelatex ndizibeke phezu kweeglavu zam ukuze zome kangangoko,” utshilo. "Nam bendinxibe umnqwazi kunye nokufudumeza iindlebe ukukhusela imvula ukuze ndibone. Andizange ndakhe ndema emgceni wokuqala ndinxibe iimpahla ezininzi kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ndinqwenela ukuba ndinxibe ngaphezulu." (Eyeleleneyo: I-13 yeMarathon ebalulekileyo yonke imbaleki kufuneka ibenaye)

Ngaphandle kokulungiselela kangangoko anako, uFlanagan uthi umzimba wakhe uye wasokola ukuzeyisa kwimozulu yasentwasahlobo engaqhelekanga. "Imilenze yam, ngokukodwa, yayibanda kakhulu yaze yabanda kangangokuba yaba luhlobo nje lokubhabha," utshilo. "Ngokunyanisekileyo ndaziva ngathi andinayo nebhulukhwe. Oko kukhokelela ekubeni izihlunu zemilenze yam ziqine kakhulu, zisenza ukuba kube nzima ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza. "

Yaba kukusabela komzimba wakhe ekubalekeni kwezi meko okwamkhokelela ekubeni athabathe ikhefu lokuhlambela lemizuzwana eli-13 kumgama we-20k.Ngelixa bekubonakala ngathi yinto enkulu kwabanye, uShalane ubonakala ngathi akayithathi into ngexesha lokugqiba kwakhe. Uthi: “Yayisisigqibo esiqiqiweyo. "Ndicinga ukuba kwakubanda kakhulu, ulwelo lwam lwandibangela ukuba ndikhawuleze ndiphume, kwaye kuba sasibaleka kancinci, ndandisazi ukuba ndingathatha ikhefu ndibuyele ngaphandle kokuthintela ugqatso lwam konke konke. Ukuba ikhona into, ibiyi imozulu ethe yagqibela ngokuba bububi kum. "

Ngaphandle kwayo yonke into esebenze ngokuchasene naye, uFlanagan uthi woneliseke kakhulu ziziphumo zogqatso. Uthi: “Ndonwabe ngokwenene. "Ayisiyiyo le nto bendiyiphupha. Kuqeqesho lwam, bendikwimo efanayo, ukuba ayingcono, kunokuba bendiphumelele iNew York City Marathon kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo kwaye bendikwindawo apho ndikwaziyo ukubona iBoston iphumelela. Kodwa Ngexesha lomdyarho, iphupha lam litshintshile ukusuka ekuphumeleleni ukuya ekusindeni kwaye ndenza nje ukuya esiphelweni, into endiyenzileyo-kwaye ndiyazingca ngayo. Yitsho loo nto, akukho nto unokuphoxeka ngayo." (Funda ngakumbi kwiingcebiso zikaShalane zokuhamba umgama.)

Ngenxa yokuba eli ibilinge lakhe lesithandathu lokuphumelela uMdyarho weBoston, uFlanagan uthi ucinga ukuba lo ingaba lugqatso lwakhe lokugqibela njengembaleki ebalaseleyo. "Ayisiyonto intle ucinga ukuba lolu gqatso lundikhuthaze ukuba ndibe yintshatsheli kwindawo yokuqala," utshilo. "Ndiziva ndinganelisekanga kancinci ngenxa yokuba iimeko azizange zindivumele ukuba ndibonise izakhono zam kunye nesakhono sam, ngoko ke kubuhlungu ukucinga ukuba yayiyiloo nto."

Oko kwathethi, kukho ithemba lokuba uya kubuya aze anike ugqatso ithuba lokugqibela. "Ndihleli ndilungile ekulandeleni intliziyo yam kwaye yintoni endiyithandayo kunye nento endiyithandayo, ke kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo ndiza kuvavanya ukuba ingaba ndinomnqweno na okanye ndifuna ukuqhuba uqeqesho kwakhona," utshilo. . "Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, ukuba andizukuba kumgca wokuqala, ndizakuba lapha ndiqeqesha kwaye ndincedisa abadlali beqela lam. Ke ngandlela thile, ndizobe ndiselapha."

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