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Uyazi ukuba imbaleki iya kufungisa njani i-marathons kwimizuzu nje yokuwela umgca wokugqibela ... kuphela ukuba ifumane ukubhalisa kwakhona xa iva malunga nomdyarho opholileyo, uthi, eParis? (Yinyani yenzululwazi: Ubuchopho bakho buyalibala ngobuhlungu boMdyarho Wakho Wokuqala.) USandra Cotuna ngomnye wabo babaleki, kuphela kuye kwalukuhlwa ngabom ukuba asebenze kuwo onke amazwekazi eMhlabeni.

UCotuna, 37, sisilumko esincinci somhlalutyi we-actuarial ohlala eBrooklyn, NY, kwaye wazalelwa eRomania. "Ndikhule phantsi kobuKomanisi, ubunkokheli bobuKomanisi obukhohlakeleyo," utshilo. Yonke into yayixatyiswa: amanzi, amandla, iTV. Izinto ezibalulekileyo ebomini, nangona kunjalo, zazininzi. Kwangaxeshanye, ndandingqongwe yintsapho emangalisayo nenothando ngokwenene eyayikhulisa ulonwabo nothando, ububele novelwano, nomdla wokwazi ihlabathi.

Ukufikisa kwakhe yayiyinto eyonwabisayo-wayenayo imfundo kwaye wayehamba-hamba kwihlabathi njengomdlali we-chess okhuphisanayo-kwaye zonke ezo zipho zamvumela ukuba afudukele e-United States kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini kwaye aqhubeke nobomi obungcono. Abazali bakhe babethelela imfuneko yesisa, kwaye wazama ukufumana iindlela zokubuyisela kowona mnqweno wakhe mkhulu: imfundo.

"Ndithathe isigqibo sokubeka imfundo phambili. Ndifuna ukwakha izikolo okanye ukwenza into enkulu ebantwaneni, kuba ndiyazi ukuba kukho ingxaki yehlabathi jikelele kwezemfundo," utshilo uCotuna. "Ndiphande ngenzuzo eyahlukeneyo kwaye ndafumana i-buildOn," umbutho wakha izikolo kumazwe asaphuhlayo kwaye uqhuba iinkqubo zasemva kwesikolo apha eUnited States.

Emva kokufikelela kulwakhiwoOn, wazimisela ukuqala ukukhulisa imali. Kwakulula ngayo: "Xa ndijonga emva ebuntwaneni bam, bendihlala ndidlalela ngaphandle ndidlala. Ndiqale ukubaleka imigama emide, ndaye [ndaqeqeshela] umdyarho wam wokuqala kunyaka ophelileyo, umdyarho weSixeko saseNew York. ," uthi. Ndithathe isigqibo sokudibanisa ukuthanda kwam ukubaleka kunye nothando lwam lokubuyisa, utshilo. "Kwaye ndivele nalo mbono wokuba ndingabaleka ndiyokwakha izikolo. Kutheni ndingajiki ndijikeleze ilizwe ndiqokelele imali, ndakhe izikolo?

Ubuntu bakhe belanga kusenokwenzeka ukuba wadlala indima ekukhawulezeni kwakhe ekwaziseni iminikelo emikhulu, njengenkampani yakhe, i-AIG. Inkampani yeinshurensi yezizwe ngezizwe kabini-uthelekise izipho zoogxa bakhe zokwakhaOn, kwaye kwisithuba sonyaka wayesele eqokelele imali eyaneleyo yokuvula isikolo eNepal.

Uyaphi ukusuka apho? Ukuba ufana neCotuna, ufuna ngakumbi-ngakumbi-ngakumbi. "Kunyaka wokuqala, ndiphakamise kakhulu kunokuba bendilindele, kwaye kwandinika ukuzithemba okukhulu ukuzama ngakumbi kwaye ndityhale ngakumbi kwaye ndicinge ngezimvo ezininzi." Bekukho eminye imidyarho, mhlawumbi ihalf-marathon, mhlawumbi i-triathlon-okanye kuthekani malunga nokubaleka imbaleki enye epheleleyo kwilizwekazi ngalinye?

Kwaye ke icebo laqatywa kwaye ubuhlanga babucwangciselwe iminyaka emininzi ngaphandle. UCotuna wabaleka umdyarho wase-Iceland ngoSeptemba, eChicago ngo-Okthobha, nakwiSixeko saseNew York (kwakhona) ngoNovemba; emva koko, kukho umdyarho eTorres del Paine National Park eChile ngoSeptemba 2016, omnye kuDonga oluKhulu lwaseTshayina ngoMeyi ka-2017, umdyarho we-Antarctica ngo-2018, umdyarho weVictoria Falls (udlula eZimbabwe naseZambia) ngo-2019, kunye Umdyarho weNdlela eNkulu yase-Ostreliya e-Australia ngo-2020. (Owu, kwaye ayibali le ayenzayo nje ukuba ayonwabise.) Luhambo lokuqhekeza umva oluthetha ukuba, ngokuyintloko, ukwimo yoqeqesho olungapheliyo. “Akukho lula, ingakumbi xa ndinomsebenzi osisigxina. Ingandidinisa amanqaku, kwaye nam ndiyayenzakala.” Ngeli xesha sithethileyo, ebengazange abaleke kwiiveki ezintathu emva kokuwa kakubi, ukuwa ngobuso obamshiye edidekile. Urekhoda amaxesha amnandi kwaye angonwabi kangako kwi-Instagram, Twitter, kunye nebhlog yakhe.

"Ndinemifanekiso emininzi yokuthatha i-ice baths. Ndiyifumana iluncedo kakhulu," utshilo ngesiqhelo sakhe sasemva komdyarho. "Kunzima ukufumana imiqondiso umzimba wakho okuxelela yona, kodwa ndiya ndibangcono kuyo. Ndizama ukuba ngononophelo kwaye ndimamele umzimba wam kwaye ungawunyanzeli xa usithi, 'Musa!'" ( Ngaba ungazibona ezi Zimpawu zokuXoxa ukuba uQeqesha kakhulu?)

Kulula ukuthandwa sisimo sengqondo sikaCotuna kunye nemizamo yakhe, kwaye uyenza kube lula ukuba ungathanda ukunikela kwinjongo yakhe. "Yiya kwibhlog yam, kwaye ulandele uhambo lwam. Ukusuka apho, kukho amaqhosha eminikelo kuyo yonke indawo," uhleka. Ukwasebenza kwimigca yezemidlalo kunye nomyili (kunye nomhlobo) uSusana Monaco, yonke imali eya kuthi izuze izibonelelo zokwakha, kunye nokubhala incwadi yabantwana malunga nechess. Ewe, incwadi yencwadi iya kuyakha nayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uya kufumana ixesha lokulala kule minyaka imbalwa izayo.

Okwangoku, wonwabe ngendlela engakholelekiyo ngempumelelo yakhe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, nakwiintlanga ezininzi ezizayo. "Ndivuya kakhulu ngazo zonke, ukunyaniseka, kodwa ndichulumancile yile yaseAntarctica. Kwaye udonga olukhulu lwase China ngonyaka ka-2017!" Zama ukuqhubeka (kwaye ufunde ngakumbi malunga nendlela onokunceda ngayo) apha. (Iphefumlelwe? Jonga iiMarathoni ezili-10 eziGqwesileyo zokuHamba iHlabathi.)

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