26.2 Zinthu Zomwe Simunadziwe Zokhudza NYC Marathon

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Welp, ndidachita! NYC Marathon inali Lamlungu, ndipo ndine womaliza kumaliza ntchito. Matenda a marathon anga pang'onopang'ono koma mosalekeza atha chifukwa cha kupumula, kupanikizika, malo osambira oundana, komanso ulesi. Ndipo pamene ndinkaganiza kuti ndinali wokonzekera tsiku lalikulu, ndithudi ndinaphunzira zinthu zingapo zokhudza mpikisanowo.

1. Ndi mokweza. Pali anthu akufuula, kufuula, ndikufuula njira yonse. Ndipo palinso magulu omwe akusewera, anthu akuimba, komanso anthu ambiri akukuwa. Musaiwale kupita kumayendedwe osinkhasinkha amenewo kwa ine, zinali zosatheka. Pazovuta zonse za thupi langa (mwachitsanzo, kupindika kosalekeza), panali zolimbikitsa pamutu panga komanso m'makutu mwanga.

2. Kuthamanga pa mzere woyamba si njira yabwino yoyambira. Ndinapatsidwa ntchito yokwera boti yomaliza kuchokera ku Manhattan kupita ku Staten Island. Chifukwa, chifukwa ndidaganiza zodikirira pamzere wosambira wa mphindi 45 pamalo okwerera mabwato, ndidatsala pang'ono kuphonya basi yopita kumzere woyamba. Choncho ndinathamanga kuti ndikafike kumeneko. Ndipo pomwe basi idafika pachiyambi ndipo tidachenjezedwa kuti titha kuphonya pafupi ndi corral. Nthawi Zosangalatsa musanathamange ma 26.2 miles.

3. Chitetezo chili ndi moyo. Mzere woyambira unali m'malire ndi apolisi olimbana ndi zigawenga a NYPD. Onani Instagram yanga pa chithunzi.

4. Maonekedwe ochokera ku Verrazano-Narrows Bridge ndi AH-mazing. Palibe malingaliro ena omwe ali abwino kwambiri. Kupatula mzere womaliza kumene.

5. Pali chinthu chovula kwa mailosi awiri oyamba. Ndinkachita kugwada nthawi zina chifukwa cha ma jekete, ma vest, ndi malaya onse omwe adatayidwa pansi mtunda umodzi ndi awiri. Lankhulani za malo oopsa.

6. Mutha kukhala okwera-asanu dzanja lililonse ku NYC. Ndinatero. Kenako ndinatulutsa kutafuna mphamvu mkamwa mwanga ndi manja opanda kanthu. Zowonjezera.

7. First Avenue imakupangitsani kumva ngati kuti muli pachionetsero chachikulu padziko lapansi. Ndipo ndiwe nyenyezi. Koma kumangomva kumene kumatha, simungathe kudikira kuti mufike ku Central Park - kenako mudzazindikira kuti muli ndi bwalo lina loti muthawireko.

8. Bronx ndiye koyipitsitsa. Nthabwala pambali, ndimaganiza zosiya nthawi zambiri pakati pa mailosi 20 mpaka 26.2. Ndinayenera kuyimilira ndikudzitambasula pa Bridge ya Avenue ya Willis, aka Bridge of Annoyance and Pain, chifukwa miyendo yanga inali kukumana ndi namondwe.

9. Pafupifupi gawo lonse la Brooklyn limakhazikika. Zimenezo zinali zodabwitsa zodabwitsa.

10. Ndizovuta kuwona anthu omwe mumawadziwa akukusangalalirani. Ndinkadziwa anthu angapo omwe adayimilira phunziroli, ndipo pomwe ndimawawona ambiri, zinali chifukwa choti adandilalatira (kapena nthawi ina, mnzake wokhulupirika kwambiri Sara adandithamangira kukachita nawo chidwi mwanjira imeneyo ... sindikukulangizani izi, koma zinali zothandiza kwambiri). Komabe ndizosokonekera, ndibwino kuti musadalire kuti mudzawawona.

11. Palibe dzina pa malaya ako? Palibe vuto. Ndinayiwala kuyika dzina langa pa malaya anga, koma izi sizinalepheretse anthu kundisangalatsa kuti: "HEY, PINK VEST! YAAAAAAAAA."

12. Iwalani za kumvetsera nyimbo njira yonse. Kodi ndidayankhula kuti ndikokweza? Ngakhale ndimachepetsa voliyumu yanga ponsepo, nthawi zina sindimatha kumva nyimbo zanga m'makutu mwangamu chifukwa cha kubangula kwa khamulo.

13. Mawu awiri: malo osungira nthochi. Aliyense amene amaganiza zopereka nthochi kuti apikisane ndi othamanga anali lingaliro labwino momveka bwino sanaganizire zomwe zingakhudze khungu la nthochi. (Um, Moni!) Ndinatsala pang'ono kutsetsereka kangapo kwinaku ndikufuula "nthochi!" pochenjeza othamanga ena.

14. Mutha kukwiya ndi khamulo. Ndimachita manyazi ndi izi, koma sindinama - ndinakwiyira ena mwa mafani anga. Nthawi ina wina adandikuwa pafupi ndi mtunda wa makilomita 24, "Ukhoza kumaliza!" ndipo ndidaganiza, "Kodi ndikuwoneka ngati mwina sindingakhale wamwano bwanji!" Panthawi ina, wina anakuwa, "WAPEZA IZI!" pomwe ndimavutikadi, ndipo ndimakhala ngati, "HEY, mumayesa kuthamanga ma 26.2 miles ndikuwona ngati muli nawo!"

15. Kufunika kakuwonjezera mphamvu ndi kusungitsa madzi pompopompo sikuyenera kutsindika kwambiri. Ndine wokondwa kunena kuti ndinachita bwino pa tsiku la mpikisano. Ndidayamba kumwa ma Gatorade ndikumwa madzi pambuyo pa mtunda wamakilomita asanu oyamba. Kenako ndidadya chew zamagetsi mozungulira theka-pobwereza komanso pafupifupi ma mile 21. Ndidayendetsa njira yonse ndikusakanikirana ndi makapu ochepa a Gatorade kumapeto kwa mpikisano. Ndipo nditamaliza, sindinali wanjala kwenikweni.

16. Amayi Achilengedwe amatha kuyimba. Vuto lokhalo lokhala master hydrator ndi fueler: ndimayenera kutulutsa mtunda wa mile 22. Monga wothamanga wina aliyense wanzeru, ndidatembenuka kuti ndipeze bafa yomaliza yomwe ndidawona popeza sindinadziwe kuti yotsatira idali liti. Ngati mukuwona kuti izi zitha kukhala nkhawa mtsogolo mu mpikisano ndipo mukawona bafa, musachite manyazi kusiya. Mutha kudzipulumutsa mphindi 10 zomwe ndidawononga poyesa kupeza imodzi pomwe zinthu zinali zovuta.

17. Nthawi zina umadzamva ngati nyerere ikutha pafamu ya nyerere. NYC Marathon, monga china chilichonse ku NYC, imapatsa anthu ambiri malo ochepa. Thukuta limangopangitsa kukhala bwino.

18. Anthu ena akuyenda mtunda wa makilomita 13. Sikuti aliyense alipo kuti amenye nthawi. Izi zimapangitsa kuti famu ya nyerere ikhale yovuta. (Mwina atha kupanga njira yoyenda?)

19. Owonerera amatha kukhala anzeru kwambiri poyendetsa puns. Chizindikiro chodziwika bwino chinali kusiyanasiyana kwakuti "Mukukankha kwambiri ASSphalt!"

20. Mukuganiza kuti mwamaliza. Koma simuli. Ndipafupifupi mamailosi ena awiri kuti mutuluke ku Central Park mukangomaliza kumaliza. Kapenanso zimamveka motalika motero. Palibe njira yeniyeni yofotokozera zakusowa chiyembekezo komwe muli nako poyesera kuyenda (kapena kukwawa) kuchokera kumapeto kumaliza kuti mutuluke mu mpikisano ndikakumana ndi anzanu kapena abale omwe avomera kukutengani kwanu. Ndinangosangalala kuti ndavala nsapato zanga zoyenda.

21. Chihema cha mankhwala ndi Makka. Ndidayendetsedwa kupita ku tenti yamankhwala nditamaliza chifukwa ndimavutika kuyenda. Osati mavuto akuluwa, koma mzinda wokhotakhota unali kukhazikika mu ng'ombe zanga ndi khosi langa. Nditapeza tenti ya zamankhwala adandipatsa cocoa wotentha, msuzi wa veggie, komanso kutikita minofu, ndipo inali paradiso.

22. Palibe ma cab-paliponse. Monga zochitika zina zonse ku New York City pomwe mungagwiritse ntchito taxi, mukakhala kuti simutha kuyenda pambuyo pa mpikisano, sipadzakhala. Khalani okonzekera m'maganizo panjanji yapansi panthaka (ndi masitepe omwe akukhudzidwa).

23. Chifukwa ndi New York, mudzayenda kwambiri pamwamba pa 26.2 mailosi. Ndidathamanga-kuyenda ma 33 mamailosi tsiku lonse. Ndikuganiza kuti Fitbit yanga inali yokonzeka kuyimba ndi chisangalalo pazinthu zonse.

24. Mutha kuyeza kudzidalira kwanu pakuwona momwe muliri mwachangu (kapena osati-pang'ono-pang'ono) kuposa ma celebs. Ndimathamanga kuposa Pamela Anderson, koma pokier kuposa BIll Rancic. (Koma ndi mphindi zochepa chabe!)

25. Ndipo mudzakhala ngati nyenyezi pa mpikisano wa sabata ndi sabata lotsatira. Kwambiri, kuyiwala kuchita chibwenzi, kukhala ndi mwana, kapena kudutsa bala: Mukachita NYC Marathon, mudzamva chikondi chonse padziko lapansi ndikulandilani zabwino zonse ngakhale mutathamanga bwanji.

26. Anthu aku New York ndiabwino basi. Ngakhale kuti phokosolo linali lalikulu kwambiri ndipo ndinkachita misala komanso kukwiya mopanda nzeru nthawi zina, panali anthu ambirimbiri amene anandikankhira m’maboma asanuwo. Kufuula kwapadera kwa mnyamata yemwe ananditengera thumba lakuchira pomaliza pamene sindinkatha kuyenda kuti nditenge ndipo kenako ananditsegulira botolo langa lamadzi. Ndiwe ngwazi yanga.

26.2. Awiri mwa magawo khumi a mile ndi mtunda wokhumudwitsa kwambiri m'moyo wonse. Ndimavotera iwo ngati chizindikiro cha 26-mile. Zowona, ndi nthabwala yotere. Ndinaganiza molakwika kuchokera patali, ndipo chisoni chachisoni chomwe chidanditsika m'maso mwanga nditazindikira kuti ndatsala ndi ma mailosi ena 0.2!

Kwa masiku otsatira, ndimawoneka chonchi. Koma tsopano ndayambiranso ntchito. Kwenikweni. Ndinapita mkalasi la XTend Barre usiku watha, kulimbitsa thupi kwanga koyamba kuyambira Lamlungu. Ngati simunayesepo, sizili ngati kalasi wamba. Ndikuphulika kwathunthu komwe kumakhudza kuwotcha kwambiri kwa minofu. Miyendo yanga inali kunjenjemera, ndikudandaulira, "Chifukwa chiyani? Kale? Koma ndinadzikakamiza ndikumva bwino (m'njira zopweteka-zabwino). Ndipo pomwe mpikisano ungakhale utatha, ndikupangabe ndalama ndi Team USA Endurance. Ndi marathon pansi pa malamba athu ndi masiku osakwana 100 mpaka Sochi, ndi nthawi yabwino kuti mupereke. Dinani apa kuti muchite zimenezo.

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