Momwe Ndinadzipatulira ku Half Marathon - ndikulumikizananso ndi Ine ndekha panjira

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• Kupanga Zifukwa Sikophweka
• Mphindi Wanga wa A-Ha
• China Chotsirizira Chinafikira
• Takonzeka Tsiku Lampikisano ... ndi Pambuyo pake
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Mtsikana akulemba nawo theka la marathon. Mtsikana amapanga njira yophunzitsira. Mtsikana amakhazikitsa cholinga. Mtsikana samaphunzitsa ...

ICYMI, ndine mtsikana ameneyo. Kapena ineanali Msungwanayo pamitundu itatu yapitayi yomwe ndidamulembetsa (ndikulipira!), koma ndidalephera kudzipereka, ndikudzitsimikizira ndekha zifukwa zopanda malire kuti ndisiye njira - kugona, kugwira ntchito, kuvulala komwe kungachitike, kapu imodzi yokha ya vinyo.

Ndinali wodzipereka kwathunthu-phobe pankhani yothamanga.

Kupanga Zifukwa Sikophweka

Nthawi zonse ndakhala munthu wothamangitsidwa kwambiri, koma nditasamukira ku New York City kuchokera ku Georgia zaka ziwiri zapitazo kuyendetsako kudasokonekera chifukwa cha nkhawa zomwe zimadza chifukwa cha kusintha komwe anthu ambiri a ku New York amakumana nawo: kukhumudwa kwanyengo, kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa konkire ku chilengedwe (chochepa), ndikudzuka mwamwano komwe kuli $ 15 (kamodzi $ 5) kapu ya vinyo. Kusintha konseku kunakhala kwakukulu - kwakuti posakhalitsa chidwi changa chokwaniritsa ntchito zomwe ndimayembekezera kuti sichidzatha. Mwachidule: Ndinali ndi nkhawa, ndinalibe chidwi, komanso ndimadzimva pang'ono ngati ine.

Pomwe ndimazindikira zomwe zimachitika, ndimavutika kupeza njira yobweretsera zofuna zanga, pamapeto pake ndimaganiza kuti ngati ndingakwanitse kuchita zonse zomwe ndingakwaniritse - theka marathons, kusintha kwa zakudya, yoga - nditha kukhala ndikutha kudzisokoneza ku mantha atsopanowa, ndikubwezeretsanso mojo wanga.

Bwerezerani chinachake mobwerezabwereza ndikutsimikiza, mudzayamba kukhulupirira - makamaka ngati momwe zinalili kwa ine pamene ndinadzitsimikizira ndekha kuti zolinga zambiri zomwe ndimakhala nazo komanso kupanikizika kwambiri komwe ndimadziika ndekha, ndidzakhala wochuluka kwambiri. kuthana ndi nkhawa zanga ndikudziwitsanso zomwe ndikufuna. Ndipo kotero, ndidalembetsa nawo theka la marathon…ndi ina…ndi ina. Ndisanasamukire ku NYC, ndinkakonda kuthamanga. Koma monga chidwi changa, chidwi changa chokwera mabwalowa chidatha pomwe nkhawa yanga idakulirakulira. Chifukwa chake, ndinali ndi chidaliro kuti kuphunzitsidwa kukanandipangitsa kukhala wotanganidwa komanso, malingaliro anga osada nkhawa pang'ono. (Zokhudzana: Chifukwa Chake Half Marathons Ndi Utali Wabwino Kwambiri)

Komabe, ndinali katswiri wopeza zifukwa nthawi iliyonse ndikasainira theka ili ndipo inafika nthawi yoti ndiyambe maphunziro. Onani, ndinali ndikuchitabe ndi yoga yotentha komanso magawo ku Barry's Bootcamp, chifukwa chake, kudumpha maphunziro, ndipo, pamapeto pake, mpikisano uliwonse udakhala wolungamitsidwa m'mutu mwanga. Mpikisano wina womwe ndimayenera kuthamanga ndi mnzanga ndiyeno adasamukira ku Colorado, ndiye ndichitiranji ndekha? Winanso ndinkayenera kuthamanga m’nyengo ya masika, koma kunkazizira kwambiri kuti ndizitha kuphunzitsa m’nyengo yozizira. Ndipo mpikisano wina womwe ndimayenera kuthamanga m'dzinja, koma ndinasintha ntchito ndikulola kuti igwere pa radar yanga. Panalibe chowiringula chomwe sindinathe kugwiritsa ntchito. Gawo loipitsitsa? Ndinalembetsadi mpikisano uliwonse ndi zolinga zabwino kwambiri: Ndinkafunitsitsadi, kuti ndimalize kumaliza, ndikumva ngati ndakwaniritsa china chake. Mwachidule, ndidaganiza ndikuwongolera mpaka nditasankha ayi Kudzipereka kumamveka kovomerezeka komanso kotetezeka. (Zokhudzana: Momwe Mungadziperekere ku Makhalidwe Anu Olimbitsa Thupi)

Mphindi Wanga wa A-Ha

Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo, sizodabwitsa kuti ntchitozi zidangondikulirakulira ndipo posakhalitsa zidakhala zovuta zomwe ndimatha kuzitaya mosavuta. Kupewa kutengeka kwanu sikumagwiranso ntchito pakapita nthawi (ie toxic positivity). Ndikukankhira nokha pamndandanda wautali woti muchite mukakhala kale pang'ono, chabwino, osakhazikika? Inde, izo ndithudi zidzabwerera.

Koma kuyang'ana kumbuyo ndi 20/20, ndipo, panthawiyi, ndinali ndisanazindikire izi - ndiye kuti, mpaka usiku wina ku November ndikugwira ntchito. MaonekedweMphoto za sneaker. Ndinkakonza zoyankhulana ndi akatswiri ndi maakaunti ochokera kwa oyesa zinthu omwe amayamika awiriawiri ena powathandiza kuti afikire PR kapena mphamvu zatsopano kudzera mumipikisano yam'mbuyomu, ndipo ndimangodzimva ngati wachinyengo. Ndinali kulemba za kuphwanya zolinga pamene ine sindikanatha kudzipereka ndekha.

Ndipo kuzindikiradi kuti mbola ija, koma kunalinso kumasula. Pamene ndinakhala pamenepo, ndikuchita manyazi ndi kukhumudwa, potsirizira pake (mwachionekere kwa nthaŵi yoyamba chichokereni ku kusamuka) ndinachedwetsa ndi kuwona chowonadi: Sindinali kungopeŵa kuphunzitsidwa, koma ndinali kupeŵanso nkhaŵa zanga. Poyesera kudzidodometsa ndi mndandanda wokulirapo wa mafuko ndi maudindo, ndinali nditalepheranso kuwongolera mbali za moyo wanga.

Mofanana ndi tsiku loyipa lomwe limawoneka kuti silichita ngakhale utakhala usiku wochuluka bwanji, ndimalephera kuchita chinthu chotchedwa "kuthamanga" ngakhale ndili ndi mbiri yabwino. (Ndikutanthauza, chifukwa chiyani ndikadalembetsa nthawi zonse izi? N'chifukwa chiyani ndinabweretsa zovala zothamanga kuntchito tsiku lililonse?) Kotero, ndinakhala pansi ndikuyesera kukumbukira chifukwa chake ndinkafuna kuphunzitsa ndikuthamanga theka la marathon mu mpikisanowu. malo oyamba.  (Zokhudzana: Momwe Mungapezere Nthawi Yophunzitsa Marathon Pamene Mukuganiza Kuti N'zosatheka)

China Chotsirizira Chinafikira

Nditasaina china theka la marathon mu Seputembala ndi malingaliro atsopanowa pamakhalidwe anga, ndimayembekezera kuti ukhala mpikisano womwe ndikadawoloka mzere womaliza ndikuyambiranso chidaliro changa. Tsopano ndazindikira kuti kungowonjezera cholinga china pazomwe ndikwaniritse sikungathetse kukhumba kwanga ndikuchotsa nkhawa zanga. M'malo mwake, chinali kugwirira ntchito cholingacho chomwe mwachiyembekezo chingandithandizire kubwerera m'mbuyo.

Sindinathe kulamulira nyengo yamdima ya mzindawu kapena kusowa kwa chilengedwe komwe kunayambitsa nkhawa yanga poyamba, ndipo sindinathe kulamulira kusintha kosayembekezereka kwa mapulani, kaya zikutanthauza kuchedwa kuntchito kapena kutaya mnzanga wothamanga kupita ku mzinda watsopano. Koma ndimatha kudalira ndandanda yophunzitsira komanso kuti zitha kundithandiza kuti ndisamakhale ndi nkhawa pang'ono komanso ngati ine.

Izi zitachitika, ndinalola kuti chilimbikitso changa chatsopano chiyatse moto: ndinali wokonzeka *kwenikweni* kuphunzitsa ndipo tsopano ndikufunika dongosolo londithandizira kulimbikira. Chifukwa chake, ndidatembenukira kwa bwenzi langa lapamtima Tori, mpikisano wampikisano wanayi, kuti andithandizire kupanga ndandanda. Kundidziwa bwino kuposa ambiri, Tori adazindikira kuti nthawi zambiri sindimatha kuthamanga mawa (ndili ayi munthu wam'mawa), kuti ndingakonde kupulumutsa kumapeto kwa sabata kumapeto kwa Loweruka m'malo Lamlungu, ndikufunikiranso kukakamizidwa kuti ndikwaniritse bwino. Chotsatira? Ndondomeko yophunzitsira theka la mpikisano wothamanga yomwe idaganizira zonsezi, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yopanda chowiringula. (Zokhudzana: Zomwe Ndaphunzira Pothandiza Bwenzi Langa Kuyenda Marathon)

Chifukwa chake, ndidakumba ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito kudzera pakupanga kwa Tori. Ndipo posakhalitsa, mothandizidwa ndi smartwatch yanga komanso, ndinazindikira kuti, bola ngati ndikhalabe ndi mphamvu, sindikanangothamanga kutalika komwe ndinasankha komanso kuthamanga mofulumira kuposa momwe ndimaganizira. Mwa kudula mtunda wanga ndi liwiro la chilichonse pa chipangizo changa, ndinakhala ndi chizolowezi chopikisana ndi ine ndekha. Pamene ndimadzikakamiza kuti ndimenye mayendedwe anga dzulo, pang'onopang'ono ndidayamba kulimbikitsidwa ndikuyamba kupeza mayendedwe anga osati kungothamanga koma m'moyo.

Mwadzidzidzi, maphunziro omwe ndinkapewa zivute zitani adakhala chisangalalo tsiku lililonse ndikupereka mwayi woti ndikhale wonyada kuposa womaliza - ndikamachoka sekondi iliyonse kapena mtunda wa kilomita imodzi ndikadatha. Ndinali nazozosangalatsa. Ndinali pamoto. Ndipo posakhalitsa ndimathamanga 8:20 maili - PR yatsopano. Ndisanadziŵe, ndinali kukana usiku kwambiri ndi kugona mofulumira chifukwa ndinali kudikirira kuti ndipeze nthawi yanga Loweruka m’mawa. Koma chodabwitsa kwambiri chinali chakuti nkhawa zambiri zidayamba kuzimiririka pang'onopang'ono pomwe zidasinthidwa ndi ma endorphin, chikhulupiriro mwa ine, motero, kuyambiranso kuyendetsa. (Onaninso: Chifukwa Chake Muyenera Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mzimu Wanu Wopikisana)

Takonzeka Tsiku Lampikisano ... ndi Pambuyo pake

Tsiku la mpikisano litafika mu Disembala, pafupifupi milungu isanu ndi umodzi nditayamba maphunziro a Tori, ndidadzuka pabedi.

Ndidathamangira ku Central Park, ndikudutsa malo osungira madzi komanso malo opumira omwe ndikanagwiritsa ntchito ngati zifukwa zoyimitsa. Koma zinthu zinali zosiyana tsopano: Ndinadzikumbutsa kuti ndinali ndi (ndipo ndili) ndi ulamuliro wanga zisankho, kuti ndikafuna H2O, ndimatha kupumula kwathunthu, koma sizingandiletse kutsatira mpaka kumapeto. Mtunda uwu wa 13.1 unali wofunika kwambiri pakusintha, ndipo pomalizira pake ndinadzipereka kuti ndichite zimenezo. Zinthu zazing'ono zomwe zimandibweza m'mbuyo zinangokhala izi: zazing'ono. Ndimaliza mpikisano wothamanga pafupifupi mphindi 30 mwachangu kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera, ndikutenga maola 2, miniti 1, ndi masekondi 32 kapena mtunda wa 9.13.

Kuyambira theka la marathon, ndasintha momwe ndimawonera kudzipereka. Ndimadzipereka pazinthu chifukwa ndimazifunadi, osati chifukwa zingandisokoneze kapena kuthawa mavuto anga. Ndine wotanganidwa ndi zovuta m'moyo wanga chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti ndingathe - ndipo, chifukwa cha gawo lina la kayendetsedwe kanga - kuzigonjetsa. Za kuthamanga? Ndimachita izi ndisanagwire ntchito, ndikaweruka kuntchito, ndikangomva ngati nditero. Kusiyana tsopano, komabe, ndikuti ndimathamanga nthawi zonse kuti ndidzimva kukhala wamphamvu, wamphamvu, komanso wolamulira, ziribe kanthu momwe moyo wa mumzinda ungakhale wovuta kwa ine.

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