Kuledzera kwanga kwa Fitness Tracker Kwatsala pang'ono Kuwononga Ulendo Wamoyo

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"Zachidziwikire, Cristina, siyani kuyang'ana pa kompyuta yanu! Mukuyenera kuwonongeka," m'modzi mwa alongo anga asanu ndi amodzi pa njinga ku NYC amakhoza kufuula tikamayenda maulendo ataliatali kuwoloka Bridge la George Washington kupita poyera, mosalala misewu ya New Jersey. Iwo anali olondola. Ndinali wopanda chitetezo, koma sindinathe kuchotsa maso anga pazosintha zomwe zimasinthiratu (kuthamanga, kuthamanga, ma RPM, magiredi, nthawi) pa Garmin yanga, yomwe idakwera pama handbars a njinga yanga ya Specialised Amira. Pakati pa 2011 ndi 2015, ndinali pafupi kuwongolera mayendedwe anga, kudya mapiri chakudya cham'mawa, ndipo, pamene ndinali kudzimva kuti ndine wovuta kwambiri, ndimadzikakamiza kuti ndipitirize kutsika kosautsa. Kapena m'malo mwake, gwiritsitsani.

"Oo mulungu wanga, ndimatsala pang'ono kugunda mamailosi 40 pa ola kutsika kuja," nditha kulengeza ndi mtima wanga kugunda, ndikungopeza yankho lachinyengo kuchokera kwa mbuye, Angie, kuti amenya 52. (Kodi ndidanena 'Ndinenso wopambana?)

Poganizira kuti ndinayamba kuphunzira njinga yamoto ndili ndi zaka 25 (Chiyani? Ndine New Yorker!) Molunjika pafupifupi ma triathlons khumi (Ndimakonda masewera olimbitsa thupi) kenako ndikukwera ma 545 kuchokera ku San Francisco kupita ku LA ( ndiwonetseni mumphindi ziwiri), ndizosadabwitsa kuti sindinayambe ndagwirizanitsa masewerawa ndi ntchito yopuma. Kujambula nthawi zonse kumakhala ndi cholinga: Pitani mwachangu, pitani molimbika, zitsimikizireni nokha. Nthawi iliyonse. (Yogwirizana: Ma GIF 15 Ma Fitness Tracker Addict Amatha Kugwirizana)

Ndipo ndi momwe ndidapangira njinga yamapiri ya Specialised Pitch Sport 650b pakati pa paki ya safari paulendo wamasiku 13 wa Cycle Tanzania wa Intrepid Travel pa Julayi womaliza. Ngakhale kuti panali patadutsa zaka ziwiri kuchokera pomwe ndidasunga maphunziro anthawi zonse panjinga-ndidapachika mawilo anga, kwenikweni, pakhoma langa lanyumba yaku Brooklyn mokomera mapiko kuti ndiyende zambiri kuntchito-ndinaganiza kuti sizingakhale. zovuta kuti ndibwererenso mu chishalo. Ndikutanthauza, "zili ngati kukwera njinga," chabwino?

Vuto ndilakuti, sindinazindikire kuti kupalasa njinga zamsewu ndi kukwera njinga zamapiri sizomwe zimatha kusintha luso. Zachidziwikire, pali kufanana, koma kukhala wamkulu pa chimodzi sikungokupangitseni kukhala wabwino kwa winayo. Kuonjezera pamavuto ndikuti, pamodzi ndi anthu ena 11 olimba mtima ochokera ku Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, UK, ndi US-ine, makamaka, ndidasainirana njinga kudzera m'mapiri opanda malo okhala ndi nyama zakutchire komwe alendo amapitako kawirikawiri . AKA a zoo zopanda zithumba.

Kuchokera pa mtunda wa makilomita oyambirira ku Arusha National Park, komwe tinatsatira mlonda wa 4x4 kuti atetezeke, ndinadziwa kuti ndinali m'mavuto. Ndikuyang'ana pansi pa Garmin wanga (zachidziwikire kuti ndabweretsa), ndinadabwa kuti ndimangopita ma 5 mpaka 6 maora pa ola (chosiyana kwambiri ndi 15 mpaka 16 mph kubwerera kwathu) pamiyala yamiyala yomwe idatipatsa kumbuyo "kutikita minofu ku Africa," monga momwe anthu amderalo amatchulira kukwera kovuta.

Maso anga anali kuyang'ana kutentha (madigiri 86) ndikukwera, komwe kumakwera mwachangu. Mapapu anga adadzaza ndi fumbi (osati vuto m'misewu yolinganizidwa) ndipo thupi langa lidalimbikitsidwa, ndikumagwira moyo wokondedwa nthawi iliyonse thanthwe lotayirira limatuluka pagudumu langa, lomwe nthawi zambiri limakhala. (Chidziwitso: Ndikupalasa njinga zamapiri, ndichofunikira kuti ndikhale wosasunthika komanso wosinthasintha, kuyenda ndi njinga m'malo mokhala wolimba komanso othamanga panjinga yapamsewu.) Nthawi ina, ndidayamba kupumira pang'onopang'ono, zomwe zidakulitsa zinthu, ndikuwonjezera ngalande yanga masomphenya pakompyuta.

Ichi ndichifukwa chake sindinawone tonde wofiira yemwe akubwera.

Mwachiwonekere, inali ikulipira kwa ife, koma sindinazindikire. Ngakhale Leigh, wa ku New Zealand, sanatenge njinga kumbuyo kwanga. Ndidamuphonya pang'ono ndikudutsa mseu, ndikuuzidwa pambuyo pake. Leigh ndi aliyense amene adawona ngozi yomwe yatsala pang'ono kuwonongeka anali ndi hoot, koma ndinali wotanganidwa kwambiri kuti ndimvetsetse bwino zomwe zidachitikazi. Mtsogoleri wathu woyendera maulendo obadwira, Justaz, adatilangiza kuti tiyang'ane ndikukhala tcheru, ndikusangalala ndi malingaliro amisala, kuphatikiza njati zomwe zili m'madambo akutali aku Africa kumanja. Zomwe ndikanakwanitsa zinali kungoyang'ana chabe.

Pamene tinapeza gulu la giraffes, likudya pamtengo wautali m’mbali mwa msewu ndi phiri la Kilimanjaro kumbuyo (silokongola kwambiri kuposa pamenepo!), Ndinali nditatsika kale panjinga yanga ndipo ndinali m’mbali mwa msewu. galimoto yothandizira, kupuma kwanga kuchokera kukwera phazi 1,000 mu ma 3 mamailosi. Ndinawawona gulu likubwera kudzatenga zithunzi pamene basi yathu imadutsa. Sindinayese ngakhale kutulutsa kamera yanga. Ndinali wokwiya ndekha ndikudandaula. Ngakhale kuti sindinali ndekha m’basiyo (pafupifupi anthu ena anayi anali atagwirizana nane), ndinakwiya kuti ndinali nditalembetsa ku chinthu chimene thupi langa silikanatha kuchita—kapena, mogwirizana ndi miyezo yanga. Manambala omwe anali pa Garmin wanga anali atakhala m'mutu mwanga kuposa mawonekedwe a surreal (ndi nyama zamtchire).

Tsiku lotsatira ndinapitirizabe ndi kudzimenya ndekha chifukwa chovutikira kukhala ndi gulu loyenerera pa malo ovuta. Nditatulutsidwa mu zida zaposachedwa kuchokera ku Specialised, ndidayang'ana gawolo ndikulumbira kuti ndikudziwa zomwe ndimachita, koma palibe zomwe zanenedwa. Mantha anga a kugwera pamiyala yosongoka, monga momwe ena anachitira kale, akuvutika ndi mabala okhetsa mwazi, anathetsa nkhaŵa iliyonse ya kuphwanyidwa ndi chilombo. Sindingathe kumasuka ndikudzipatsa chilolezo chokwera paliponse momwe ndingasamalire bwino ndikusangalala ndi ulendowu moyo wanga wonse. (Zokhudzana: Momwe Pomaliza Kuphunzira Kukwera Njinga Kunandithandizira Kuthetsa Mantha)

Pa tsiku lachitatu, mwayi wanga unali utatembenuka. Nditakhala gawo loyamba la ulendo watsiku panjira yafumbi yachinyengo, ndidakwera njinga yanga mphindi yomwe tidafika panjira yathu yoyamba ya phula. Ena mwa ife tidayamba, pomwe ambiri tidapachikidwa kuti tiwonjezere zipatso. Pomaliza, ndinali m'gulu langa ndikuwuluka. Garmin wanga adawerenga manambala onse omwe ndimawadziwa ndipo adapitilira zomwe ndikuyembekezera. Sindingathe kumwetulira, ndikupita 17 mpaka 20 mph. Pasanapite nthawi, ndinali nditasiyana ndi kagulu kanga kakang'ono. Palibe amene adandigwira mtunda wotsatira wamakilomita 15 mpaka 20 kupita ku Longido pamsewu waukulu womwe umalumikiza Tanzania ndi Kenya.

Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndinalibe mboni pomwe nthiwatiwa yokongola, yoyenda bwino idathamanga msewu, ikudumpha ngati ballerina, patsogolo panga. Ndinakuwa ndipo sindinakhulupirire zimene ndinaona. Ndipo ndipamene zidandigunda: Ndikupalasa njinga ku Africa !! Ndine m'modzi mwa anthu oyambilira padziko lapansi kudutsa paki ya safari (ngakhale msewu wawukuluwu sunali papaki). Ndinafunika kusiya kuyang'ana pa Garmin wanga ndikuyang'ana mmwamba, dammit.

Ndipo kotero, ndidasankha kupita mzati (ChiSwahili kutanthauza "pang'onopang'ono"), ndikuchepetsa mayendedwe anga kufika 10 mpaka 12 mailosi pa ola ndikuyamwitsa malo anga ndikudikirira kuti wina andigwire. Posakhalitsa, Leigh atakulunga, adandipatsa nkhani yabwino kwambiri. Anawonanso nthiwatiwa ikudutsa, nayenso. Ndinasangalala kwambiri kumva kuti ndinatha kuuza munthu wina mphindi yosaiwalikayi. Otsalawo adalumikizana nafe ndipo tonse tidakwera mtawuni, kusinthana ma cookie, Clif Shots, ndi nkhani zazomwe tinkachita panjira (anali atapeza selfies ndi ankhondo a Maasai!).

Paulendo wotsalawo, ndinayesetsa kuti wonditsutsa wamkati akhale chete ndi chibwano changa. Sindinazindikire pomwe Garmin wanga adasiya kujambula nthawi ina, osatsimikiza kuti liti. Ndipo sindinatsitseko mtunda wautali ndikafika kunyumba kukawona zomwe ndakwanitsa. Sindinafunikire kutero. Ulendo wamasabata awiriwo munjira zosagonjetsedwa sunali wokhudza kuphwanya mamailosi kapena kupeza nthawi yabwino. Zinali pafupi kukhala nthawi yabwino ndi anthu abwino pamalo apadera kudzera m'njira imodzi yabwino kwambiri yoyendera kuti mufufuze. Kutenga nyama zakuthengo zabwino kwambiri ku Africa komanso madera olandirira ambiri kuchokera pampando wakumbuyo wanjinga kudzakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri pamawilo awiri.

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