Ichi Ndi Chowopsya Chowona Cha Zomwe Zili Ngati Kuyendetsa Ultramarathon

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[Mkonzi: Pa Julayi 10, Farar-Griefer aphatikizana ndi othamanga ochokera kumayiko oposa 25 kuti apikisane nawo. Aka kakhala kachisanu ndi chitatu akuthamanga.]

"Makilomita zana? Sindikonda kuyendetsa mtunda wautali chonchi!" Ndi momwe ndimachitira ndi anthu omwe samamvetsetsa masewera openga a ultrarunning-koma ndiye chifukwa chenicheni chomwe ndimakonda kuthamanga mtunda wotere, komanso kupitilira apo. Ndimadana ndi lingaliro loyendetsa kutali, koma kuthamanga Makilomita 100? Thupi langa limatuluka malovu ndimaganizo chabe.

Izi sizimapangitsa kukhala kosavuta ngakhale-kutali nazo. Tengani zomwe ndakumana nazo komaliza ndikuthamanga Badwater Ultramarathon wamakilomita 135 - mpikisano womwe National Geographic idalengeza kuti ndi yovuta kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Othamanga ali ndi maola 48 kuti athamange ku Death Valley, kudutsa mapiri atatu, komanso pamtunda wa madigiri 200.

Ogwira ntchito anga adayesa zonse kuti thupi langa likodze. Anali mtunda wa ma 90, pakati pa Julayi, madigiri 125-mtundu wa kutentha womwe umasungunula nsapato pamiyala. Ndili ndi mtunda wa makilomita 45 kuti ndipite ku Badwater Ultramarathon, ndinali kutsika mofulumira kuchokera kulemera kwanga koyambira maola 30 m'mbuyomo. Ndinali ndi mavuto pamipikisano yonse, koma monga ndi chochitika chilichonse chodabwitsa, ndinali wotsimikiza kuti ichi chidangokhala chopinga china, ndikuti pamapeto pake thupi langa limagonja ndikubwerera. Ndinadziwanso kuti sikunali kutuluka kuchokera ku multiple sclerosis (MS) yanga, koma koposa kuti thupi langa silinapangitse mtundu wanga kukhala wosavuta.(Onani ma ultramarathons amisala omwe muyenera kuwona kuti mukhulupirire.)

Maola angapo m'mbuyomo, pafupi ndi malo ojambulira 72 ku Panamint Springs, ndidazindikira koyamba magazi mkodzo wanga. Ndinali wotsimikiza kuti ndichifukwa chakuti thupi langa silinapezeke bwino chifukwa chothamangira Western States ma kilomita 100 masiku 15 okha-maola otopetsa a 29 othamanga kuyambira m'mawa wina kupita lotsatira. Ine ndi gulu langa tinaganiza zoyika mtengo wanga wamatabwa (chofunikira pomwe wothamanga amachoka pa mpikisano pang'ono) mumchenga mtunda wamakilomita angapo Panamint Springs kuti akafike kuchipatala nthawi isanathe. Tidapita pagalimoto ndikufotokozera momwe zinthu ziliri kuchipatala-kuti thupi langa silinakonze zakumwa kwa maola ambiri, ndipo nditamaliza kuyang'ana, mkodzo wanga unali wachinyamata wokhala ndi magazi ofiira. Ndinakakamizidwa kukhala ndikudikirira mpaka nditakodza, kuti gulu la amuna lisankhe ngati ndipitiliza kuthamanga kapena ayi. Pambuyo maola asanu, minofu yanga idatsimikiza kuti ndatha, ndikuti posachedwa tibwerera kwathu kukasangalala ndi Hidden Hills. Koma thupi langa linayankha, ndipo ndinawonetsa gulu lachipatala mkodzo wanga wopanda magazi, ndikupanga kukhala woyenera kupitiliza. (Onani chithunzithunzi cha wothamanga mmodzi ndi mpikisano wina wovuta kwambiri, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.)

Chotsatira kuti mugwire? Pezani mtengo wanga. Izi zikutanthauza kubwerera mmbuyo mosiyana ndi kumaliza. Sindikudziwa chomwe chikadapangitsa kuti malingaliro anga awonjezeke. Ogwira ntchito otopa (omwe anali ndi azimayi atatu, akatswiri othamanga, omwe amasinthana kuthamangira ndi ine, kundidyetsa, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti sindikufa panjira) adadumphira m'galimoto yathu kufunafuna mtengo wanga. Patatha ola limodzi, kukhumudwa kwanga kunayamba kukulira. Ndidauza gulu langa, "Tingoiwala-ndatha." Ndipo ndikuti mtengo wanga udawoneka mwadzidzidzi ngati ukundiyitanitsa kuti ndibwererenso, osandilola kuti ndisiye. Minofu iliyonse inali yotopa, zala ndi mapazi anga anali ndi magazi komanso matuza. Kukwapula kwapakati pa miyendo yanga ndi m'khwapa kwanga kunali kokulirapo ndi kuphulika kulikonse kwa mphepo yotentha yosalekeza-koma ndinabwereranso mu mpikisano. Maimidwe otsatira: Panamint Springs, mile 72.

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Cholemba chogawana ndi Shannon Farar-Griefer (@ultrashannon) pa Jun 19, 2017 pa 11: 05 pm PDT

Mkati mwa kukwera pamwamba pa Atate Crowley wa makilomita asanu ndi atatu (wachiŵiri mwa makwerero aakulu atatu a mpikisanowo), ndinakayikira kuganiza bwino kaamba ka kukhala m’mpikisano wopirira ndi wopweteka wotero. Iyi sinali nthawi yanga yoyamba kuyendetsa Badwater, kotero ndidadziwa zomwe ndiyenera kuyembekezera, ndipo ndizo "zosayembekezereka." Nditafika pamwamba, ndinadziwa kuti ndiyamba kuthamanga pang'ono mpaka 90, cheke 4, Darwin. Mapazi anga atachoka pang'onopang'ono ndikusunthira kutsogolo ndidayamba kumva kuti ndili moyo, koma ndimadziwa kuti china chake sichalinso bwino. Thupi langa silimafuna kudya, kumwa, kapena kukodza. Kutali, ndinawona oyendetsa galimoto yanga atayima ndikudikirira kuti ndifike ku Darwin. Amadziwa kuti tili ndi nkhani zazikulu zoti tichite. Mu masewerawa, processing zamadzimadzi ndi kwambiri zofunika. Ngati simusamala pakudya mafuta okwanira ndi madzi, ndipo thupi lanu silimasula madzi, ndiye kuti impso zanu zili pachiwopsezo. (Ndipo ICYDK, mumafunikira zochulukirapo kuposa madzi okha kuti mukhale ndi hydrated pamasewera opirira.) Tidayesa chilichonse, ndipo kuyesa kwathu komaliza kunali kuyika dzanja langa m'madzi otentha, monga gag ya sekondale yomwe tidasewera ndi anzathu kuti tiwapange kukodza-koma izi sizinagwire ntchito ndipo sizinali zoseketsa. Thupi langa linali litatha ndipo gulu langa lidaganiza zondichotsa pa mpikisano. Linali Lachiwiri madzulo, ndipo ndinali nditagona kwa maola opitilira 36 molunjika. Tinapita pagalimoto kupita ku hotelo ndi malo ena ofufuzira, ma mile 122, ndikusangalala othamanga omwe amabwera. Ambiri amawoneka akumenyedwa, monga ine, koma ndimangokhala pamenepo, ndikudzimenya kwambiri ndikuganiza, "Ndalakwa chiyani?"

Tsiku lotsatira, ndinakwera ndege kupita ku Vermont pa mpikisano wa makilomita 100 wa Vermont, umene unachitika patatha masiku atatu. Nthawi yoyambira 4:00 a.m. inali vuto linanso, popeza kuti ndinali nthawi ya West Coast. Mapazi anga anali ndi chotupa, ndipo ndimasowa tulo poyesera kwa Badwater mtunda wamakilomita 92. Koma maola 28 ndi mphindi 33 pambuyo pake, ndidamaliza.

Mwezi wotsatira, ndinayesa kuthamanga Leadville 100-mile ultramarathon. Chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho usiku womwe usanachitike mpikisano wa jitters - sindinagone mokwanira. Mpikisano umayambira pamalo okwera kuposa 10,000, koma sindinamvepo mwamphamvu mtunda wa ma 100 mamailosi. Ndinali pafupi kufika pamalo okwera kwambiri pa mpikisano-Hope's Pass pamtunda wa ma 12,600, kutatsala pang'ono kufika pa 50-mile posintha-pomwe ndidakakamira kudikirira gulu langa pamalo osamalira. Nditakhala pafupifupi ola limodzi, ndimayenera kubwereranso kusukulu, kapena ndikanaphonya nthawi yochepetsera. Kotero ine ndinapitirira ndekha, chokwera ndi chodutsa Hope's Pass.

Mwadzidzidzi, thambo linasanduka lakuda, ndipo mvula yoopsa ndi mphepo zinali kundimenya kumaso ngati malezala ozizira, akuthwa. Posakhalitsa ndinadzitchinjiriza pansi pa mwala wawung'ono kuti ndibisalire mphepo yamkuntho. Ndinkangokhala ndi kabudula wanga wamasana yekha ndi chovala chamanja chachifupi. Ndinali kuzizidwa. Wothamanga wina wothamanga anandipatsa jekete lake. Ndinapitiriza. Kenako patali, ndidamva, "Shannon, kodi ndiwe"? Anali wothamanga wanga, Cheryl, yemwe anandipeza ndi nyali yanga ya kumutu ndi zida zamvula, koma kunali kochedwa kwambiri. Ndinamva kulimbana ndi kuzizira, ndipo thupi langa linayamba kutentha kwambiri. Onse awiri ine ndi Cheryl tinaiwala kukhazikitsa mawotchi athu nthawi yakumapiri ndipo timaganiza kuti tatsala ndi ola limodzi kuti tipeze, chifukwa chake tidatenga mwayi wobwezera thupi langa. Titafika ku station yotsatira yothandizira ndinali kukonzekera kukhala ndi chokoleti yotentha ndi msuzi wotentha, ndikusintha zovala zanga zonyowa, koma tinazindikira kuti taphonya malo odulira. Ndinakokedwa pampikisanowo.

Ndikamagawana nkhani zanga, anthu ambiri amafunsa, bwanji kuti udzizunze? Koma ndi nkhani ngati izi zimene anthu ndikufuna kudziwa za. Zingakhale zosangalatsa bwanji ndikanati, "Eya ndinali ndi mpikisano waukulu, palibe chomwe chinalakwika!" Si momwe zimagwirira ntchito pamasewera aliwonse opirira. Nthawi zonse pamakhala zovuta komanso zopinga zomwe zimadza m'derali.

Chifukwa chiyani ndimachita izi? Chifukwa chiyani ndimabwerera kuti ndikafune zambiri? Palibe ndalama zenizeni pamasewera othamanga kwambiri. Ine sindine wothamanga kwambiri konse. Ndilibe luso kapena mphatso monga ambiri pamasewera anga. Ndine mayi chabe amene amakonda kuthamanga—ndipo kupitirira, kuli bwinoko. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndimabwerera zina: Kuthamanga ndiko kukonda kwanga. Pazaka 56 zakubadwa, ndimawona kuti kuthamanga, kuphunzira zolimbitsa thupi, komanso kuyang'ana pazakudya zabwino ndizomwe zikundipangitsa kukhala wabwino kwambiri m'moyo wanga. Osanena, ndikuganiza kuti zimandithandiza kulimbana ndi MS. Ultrarunning wakhala gawo la moyo wanga kwazaka zopitilira 23, ndipo tsopano ndi gawo la omwe ndili. Ngakhale ena atha kumva kuti akuthamanga mamailosi 100 kudutsa m'mapiri olimba, ndipo ma 135 ma kilomita kudutsa ku Death Valley mu Julayi, atha kukhala owopsa komanso owopsa mthupi, ndiyenera kutsutsa. Thupi langa laphunzitsidwa, kupangidwa, ndikumangidwira masewera opengawa.

Osanditcha wamisala. Monga odzipereka.

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