Kumanani ndi Wofunafuna Zosangalatsa Yemwe Amagwira Ntchito Maola 50 ndipo Amakhalabe ndi Nthawi Yopita kumapiri a Ski

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Ali ndi zaka 42, Christy Mahon amadzitcha "mkazi wina wamba." Amagwira ntchito maola 50+ monga director director ku Aspen Center for Environmental Study, amabwerera kunyumba atatopa, ndipo amayesetsa kupeza nthawi yopezera panja-nthawi zambiri kuthamanga, kutsetsereka, kapena kukwera mapiri. Koma ndi theka chabe la nkhani yake.

Mahon ndiyenso mkazi woyamba kukwera ndi kutsetsereka mapiri onse 54 a Colorado a 14,000-foot, zomwe adadutsa pamndandanda wake wapamwamba kwambiri mu 2010. Mapiri 100 (ndipo tsopano akusamukira ku 200 apamwamba, china chake china sizinachitikepo).

Kupatula paulendo wake wakuseri ku Centennial State, Mahon amakwera mapiri ku Nepal ndi mapiri ophulika ku Equador, Mexico, ndi Pacific Northwest. Ndipo wamaliza ma ultramarathon asanu, iliyonse ndi ma gnarly 100 miles. Kuphatikizanso maulendo angapo a marathoni ndi mpikisano wamakilomita 50 onse ali ndi kumwetulira kwakukulu pankhope yake. Iye ndi mwamuna wake nthawi zambiri amasanja zochitika zawo zakutchire mu Instagrams, @aspenchristy ndi @tedmahon.

Inde, badass "wamba" iyi ndi yodabwitsa kwambiri, ngakhale amafulumira kunena kuti "sindine wothamanga."

Pomwe Mahon ndi kazembe wa chovala chakunja cha Stio, akuti Maonekedwe mwapadera, "Sindilipidwa kuti ndichite izi. Ndimachita izi chifukwa zimandivuta ndipo ndi njira yachangu yomwe ndadzera kuti ndiphunzire za ine ndekha komanso zomwe zimandipangitsa ine kuyika zomwe ndimachita bwino komanso zofooka zanga, ndikubwera. maso ndi maso ndi onse kutuluka mbali inayo munthu wamphamvu ...

Kuyamba kwa Mahon pazochitika zakunja kudabwera pambuyo pa koleji pomwe amagwira ntchito m'chilimwe ku Olympic National Park ngati mlonda. Mnzake yemwe ankakhala naye ankathamanga mtunda wa makilomita 7 kupita kuntchito, ndipo Mahon anapeza kuti nayenso amatha kuthamanga mtunda umenewo asanalowe. zinali zotheka mwaumunthu, osanenapo ntchito isanachitike.Atazunguliridwa ndi othamanga odabwitsawa, Mahon adachitapo kanthu zomwe zidamufikitsa ku mipikisano ya 5K, kenako mpaka 10K, marathon, ma ultra a mailosi 50, ndipo potsiriza mpikisano wamakilomita 100 kudutsa chipululu ndi kuseri, ngati Hardrock 100, Leadville. , Steamboat, ndi zina. (Onani mitundu iyi 10 Yabwino Kwambiri Kwa Anthu Kungoyambira Kuthamanga KAPENA awa 10 Openga Amagetsi Omwe Amayenera Kupweteka.)

Kuthamanga mtunda wautali chonchi ndi “fanizo labwino kwambiri la kuchita sitepe imodzi panthawi imodzi ndi kusuntha nthawi zonse,” akutero Mahon. "Ndiye kaya ndi pantchito kapena pachibwenzi-china kunja kwa kuthamanga-mumaphunzira kupitiliza kupita patsogolo mukafuna kusiya. Kuphatikiza apo, ndinadabwa kuwona kuti ndinali wamphamvu kwambiri kuposa momwe ndimaganizira."

Ngakhale lero, pomwe akuyang'ana pa cholinga chake chachikulu chotsatira kugwa-PR ku Philadelphia Marathon, kuphulika kwa mapiri ku Chile, kapena kuyendetsa mafunde aku Spain - mawu ake akadali chimodzimodzi: Ndili ndi ichi. "Ndimanena nthawi iliyonse ndimadzikayikira, kaya ndikuthamanga kapena kuthamanga," adatero. "Ndili ndi izi, ndikhoza kuchita izi."

Pakali pano akuyang'ana mndandanda wake wa zomwe zidzatsatira-chimake, malo anji, cholinga chanji. “Nthaŵi zonse ndimakhala ndi ndandanda. Zimandithandiza kuona bwinobwino zimene ndikufuna, amene ndikufuna kuphunzitsa kuti ndikhale, ndiponso kumene ndikufuna kukacheza,” akutero.

Mahon akuwonjezera kuti sakhulupirira mwayi, koma kugwira ntchito molimbika. "Kukula kunaphunzitsidwa mwa ine kuti umakhala ndi mwayi wogwira ntchito molimbika. Ndimamva kuti ndiyenera kugwira ntchito molimbika pazonse zomwe ndili nazo, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti azimayi ambiri amamva chimodzimodzi. Kusamutsira grit i ine kuti ndichite zinthu zomwe sindimakhulupirira kuti ndizotheka. "

Mwachitsanzo: Kutsiriza mapiri ambiri amisala a ku Colorado omwe adakwera ndi kudumphira pansi amafunika kudzuka nthawi ya 11 koloko. kufika kumsasa woyambira 2 koloko m'mawa ndikukwera malo ovuta kupita kumsonkhano m'mawa kwambiri.

Zimene Mahon anachita zinachuluka pamene anasamukira ku Aspen-tauni imene akuifotokoza kuti kunkakhala anthu wamba, osati othamanga olipidwa, amene amakhala moyo wotuluka ndi kukachita zinthu zodabwitsa. (Chifukwa chake mutha kunena kuti ali komwe ali.) "Ndiye chifukwa chake kuzunguliridwa ndi anthu olimbikitsidwa kumapangitsa kusiyana konse," akutero Mahon. "Ngati mutakhala ndi cholinga chothamanga theka la marathon koma mnzanuyo ndi mbatata, simungapeze phindu lonse lazolimbikitsa zenizeni."

Ndi gulu lakafukufuku wakunja komwe Mahon adapempha upangiri wa momwe angafikire nsonga zazitali kwambiri m'bomalo. . kupyola mu chipale chofewa) ndikugwiritsa ntchito zisankho za ayezi. "Simumadumphira paphiri lovuta kwambiri, mumayamba ndi zosavuta," akutero. "Ndipo inde, nthawi zambiri mumalephera. Koma ndiye mungopita kukayesanso."

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