Sindinamalize Mpikisano Wanga Woyamba — ndipo Ndine Wosangalala Kwambiri

Zamkati

• Tiyeni tibwerere m'mbuyo.
• Ndiye kuti, kufikira nditathamanga mpikisano waku Japan.
• Mpikisano wothamanga kwambiri.
• Nthawi yothamanga.
• Kenako mfuti iomba.
• Onaninso za

Zithunzi: Tiffany Leigh

Sindinaganizepo kuti nditha kuthamanga mpikisano wanga woyamba ku Japan. Koma tsoka lidalowererapo ndikuthamangira patsogolo: Ndazunguliridwa ndi nyanja ya nsapato zobiriwira zobiriwira, nkhope zowoneka bwino, ndi Sakurajima: phiri laphalaphala lomwe limayandama pamwamba pathu poyambira. Chomwe chiri ndichakuti, mtundu uwu * pafupifupi * sunachitike. (Ahem: Zolakwa 26 * Osati * Kupanga Musanathamange Marathon Yanu Yoyamba)

Tiyeni tibwerere m'mbuyo.

Popeza ndinali wachichepere, kuthamanga kudutsa pamtunda chinali chinthu changa. Ndidadya chakudya chokwera posagunda mayendedwe okoma ndi mayendedwe, komanso kuthamangitsidwa kuti ndisatenge chilengedwe changa. Ku koleji, ndimakhala ndikuyenda pafupifupi 11 mpaka 12 mamailosi tsiku lililonse. Posakhalitsa, zinaonekeratu kuti ndikudzikakamiza kwambiri. Madzulo aliwonse, chipinda changa cha dorm chinkadzadza ndi fungo la mankhwala opangira mafuta a ku China, chifukwa cha kuchulukitsitsa kosalekeza kwa mafuta odzola ndi masisita omwe ndimayesa kuchepetsa ululu wanga.

Zizindikiro zochenjeza zinali paliponse - koma mouma khosi ndinasankha kuzinyalanyaza. Ndipo ndisanadziwe, ndinali nditamangiriridwa ndi zingwe zomenyera kwambiri zomwe zimayenera kumangirira ndi kulumikizana ndi ndodo. Kuchira kunatenga miyezi, ndipo munthawi imeneyi, ndinamva ngati kuti thupi langa landipereka. Posakhalitsa, ndinayamba kulimbikitsa masewerawa ndipo ndinapeza njira zina zochepetsera thupi: masewera olimbitsa thupi, masewera olimbitsa thupi, yoga, ndi Pilates. Ndinachokapo kuthamanga, koma sindikuganiza kuti ndinakhalapo mwamtendere ndi ine ndekha kapena ndinakhululukira thupi langa chifukwa cha "kulephera" komwe ndimadziona ndekha.

Ndiye kuti, kufikira nditathamanga mpikisano waku Japan.

Kagoshima marathon yakhala ikuchitika chaka chilichonse kuyambira 2016. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, imafika pa tsiku lomwelo monga chochitika china chachikulu: mpikisano wa Tokyo. Mosiyana ndi mayendedwe amizinda ikuluikulu a mpikisano wa Tokyo (mmodzi mwa asanu a Abbott World Marathon Majors), chigawo chokongolachi (aka dera) chili pachilumba chaching'ono cha Kyushu (pafupifupi kukula kwa Connecticut).

Mukafika, nthawi yomweyo muchita chidwi ndi kukongola kwake: Ili ndi chilumba cha Yakushima (chomwe chimadziwika kuti Bali ku Japan), minda yokongola ngati Sengan-en wotchuka, ndi mapiri ophulika (Sakurajima tatchulawa). Amatengedwa ufumu wa akasupe otentha mu prefecture.

Koma chifukwa chiyani Japan? Nchiyani chimapangitsa malo abwino mpikisano wanga woyamba? Inde, ndi über-tchizi kuti ndivomereze izi, koma ndiyenera kuzipereka Msewu wa Sesame ndi gawo lapadera lotchedwa "Mbalame Yaikulu Ku Japan." Kuwala kwakutali kwa dzuwa kunandisangalatsa kwambiri mdzikolo. Nditapatsidwa mwayi wothamangitsa Kagoshima, mwana mwa ine adatsimikiza kuti "inde" - ngakhale kuti ndinalibe nthawi yokwanira yophunzitsa mokwanira.

Mwamwayi, pofika ma marathons, Kagoshima, makamaka, ndimayendedwe osangalatsa osasintha pang'ono. Ndi njira yosalala poyerekeza ndi mitundu ina yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi. (Um, ngati mpikisano uwu womwe uli wofanana ndi kuthamanga marathoni anayi mmwamba ndi pansi pa Mt.Everest.) Ndiwotsikanso kwambiri ndi anthu 10,000 okha (poyerekeza ndi 330K omwe adathamanga ku Tokyo) ndipo, chifukwa chake, aliyense ndi woleza mtima komanso wochezeka.

Ndipo kodi ndidanenapo kuti mukuthamanga pafupi ndi phiri la Sakurajima lomwe lili pamtunda wamakilomita awiri okha? Tsopano ndi epic wokongola kwambiri.

Sindinamve kukula kwa zomwe ndidadzipereka mpaka nditatenga bib yanga mumzinda wa Kagoshima. Khalidwe lakale loti "zonse-kapena-zopanda pake" kuchokera pantchito yanga yambuyomu lidayambiranso-pa marathon iyi, ndidadziuza kuti sindiloledwa kulephera. Malingaliro amtunduwu, mwatsoka, ndizo zomwe zidabweretsa kuvulala m'mbuyomu. Koma nthawi ino, ndinali ndi masiku ochepa oti ndikonzekere kusanachitike kuthamanga, ndipo zidandithandiza kwambiri kupumula.

Mpikisano wothamanga kwambiri.

Pokonzekera, ndinakwera sitima ola limodzi kumwera kupita ku Ibusuki, mzinda womwe uli m'mbali mwa nyanja pafupi ndi Kagoshima Bay ndi phiri (losagwira) phiri la Kaimondake. Ndinapita kumeneko kukakwera mapiri ndikukataya mtima.

Anthu amderali adandilimbikitsanso kuti ndipite ku Ibusuki Sunamushi Onsen (Natural Sand Bath) kuti ndikapereke mankhwala ofunikira kwambiri. Chochitika chamwambo ndi mwambo, "kusamba kwa mchenga" kumatsimikiziridwa kuti kumachepetsa mphumu ndikuwongolera kufalikira kwa magazi pakati pazikhalidwe zina, malinga ndi kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi Nobuyuki Tanaka, pulofesa wotuluka ku yunivesite ya Kagoshima. Zonsezi zingapindulitse kuthamanga kwanga, kotero ndidazisiya. Mafosholo a antchitowo amatenthetsa mchenga wakuda wa lava thupi lanu lonse. Ndiye inu "nthunzi" kwa mphindi 10 kumasula poizoni, kusiya maganizo oipa, ndi kumasuka. "Akasupe otentha amatonthoza mtima, mtima, ndi moyo pantchito imeneyi," akutero Tanaka. Ndithudi, pambuyo pake ndinakhala womasuka. (PS Njira ina ku Japan imakulolani kuti mulowerere mowa.)

Dzulo lisanachitike marathon, ndinabwereranso mumzinda wa Kagoshima kupita ku Sengan-en, munda wopambana wopambana ku Japan womwe umadziwika kuti umalimbikitsa madera opumulirako ndikupanga Reiki yanu (mphamvu ya moyo ndi mphamvu). Malowa anali othandiza kutonthoza mitsempha yanga yamkati chisanachitike mpikisano; Ndikupita ku Kansuisha ndi Shusendai Pavilions, ndinatha kudziuza kuti zili bwino ngati sindingathe kapena sindingathe kumaliza mpikisanowu.

M'malo modzimenya, ndidazindikira kufunikira kofunikira kumvera zofuna za thupi langa, kukhululuka ndikuvomereza zakale, ndikusiya mkwiyo wonsewo. Ndinazindikira kuti chinali chigonjetso chokwanira kuti ndimachita nawo mpikisano.

Nthawi yothamanga.

Patsiku la mpikisano, milungu yanyengo inatichitira chifundo. Tidauzidwa kuti ikugwa mvula yamphamvu. Koma m'malo mwake, nditatsegula khungu langa, ndidawona thambo. Kuchokera pamenepo, kunali kuyenda bwino mpaka pamzere woyambira. Malo omwe ndimakhala (Shiroyama Hotel) anali ndi chakudya cham'mawa chisanachitike komanso ankayang'anira mayendedwe onse opita ndikubwerera kumalo othamanga. Phew!

Basi yathu yoyenda yolowera pakatikati pa mzindawu ndipo tidalandiridwa ngati ma celebs omwe ali ndi chidwi chodzaza ndi makatuni azithunzi zamoyo, maloboti a anime, ndi zina zambiri. Kukhala smack-dab mkati mwa chisokonezo cha anime ichi chinali chododometsa chovomerezeka kuti nditseke misempha yanga. Tinalowera kumene tinkayambirako ndipo patatsala mphindi zochepa kuti mpikisano uyambe, panachitika zinthu zoopsa. Mwadzidzidzi, pakona ya diso langa, ndidawona mtambo wa bowa ukutuluka. Anachokera ku Sakurajima. Anali mvula yamaphulusa (!!). Ndikulingalira zinali njira zophulika za kuphulika kwa mapiri: "Omwe athamanga ... pazizindikiro zanu ... khalani okonzeka ..."

Kenako mfuti iomba.

Sindidzaiwala mphindi zoyambirira za mpikisano. Poyamba, mukuyenda ngati ma molasses chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa othamanga omwe ali pamodzi. Ndiyeno mwadzidzidzi, zonse zikulowera ku liwiro la mphezi. Ndinayang'ana kunyanja ya anthu omwe anali patsogolo panga ndipo zinali zosatheka. Pa mailosi angapo otsatira, ndinali ndi zochitika zochepa chabe ndipo ndinadzifunsa ndekha kuti: "Wow, kodi ndikuchitadi izi??" (Nazi malingaliro ena omwe mungakhale nawo mukamatha kuthamanga marathon.)

Kuthamanga kwanga kunali kolimba mpaka chizindikiro cha 17K pomwe ululu udayamba kugunda ndipo mawondo anga ayamba kugundana-zimamveka ngati kuti wina akutenga jackhammer kumalumikizidwe anga. "Ine wakale" akanalima mouma khosi ndi mokwiya, kuganiza "kuvulaza kuthetsedwa!" Mwanjira ina, ndikukonzekera mwanzeru ndi kusinkhasinkha, ndidasankha kuti "ndisalange" thupi langa nthawi ino, koma m'malo mwake ndimvere. Pamapeto pake, ndinakwanitsa makilomita pafupifupi 14, kupitirira theka. Sindinamalize. Koma opitilira theka? Ndinkadzinyadira ndekha. Chofunika koposa, sindinadzimenyetse pambuyo pake. Poyang'anira zofunikira zanga ndi kulemekeza thupi langa, ndinachoka ndi chisangalalo chenicheni mu mtima mwanga (ndipo sindinavulalenso thupi langa). Chifukwa chochitika choyamba ichi chinali chosangalatsa kwambiri, ndimadziwa kuti pakhoza kukhala mtundu wina mtsogolo.

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