Ndidayendetsa 6 Yonse Yapadziko Lonse Ya Marathon Majors M'zaka zitatu

Zamkati

• London Marathon
• Mpikisano wa New York City
• Mpikisano wa Chicago
• Boston Marathon
• Mpikisano wa Berlin
• Tokyo Marathon
• Tsopano Chiyani?
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Sindinkaganiza kuti ndithamanga mpikisano wothamanga. Nditawoloka mzere womaliza wa Disney Princess Half Marathon mu Marichi 2010, ndimakumbukira bwino kuganiza kuti, 'zinali zosangalatsa, koma pali. sizingatheke Ndikhoza kuchita kawiri Mtunda uwo. "(Nchiyani chimakupangitsa iwe kukhala wothamanga?)

Patadutsa zaka ziwiri, ndinali kugwira ntchito ngati Mkonzi Wolemba mu magazini yathanzi ndi thanzi ku New York City - ndipo ndinali ndi mwayi wopita ku New York City marathon ndi Asics, omwe anali othandizira nsapato zampikisano. Ndinaganiza ngati ndipita kukathamanga marathon, ndiyomwe ndiyenera kuchita ndipo inali nthawi yoti ndichite. Koma nditaphunzitsidwa kwa miyezi itatu ndikupeza mwayi woti tiyambire, nkhani inamveka m'maholo kuofesi yanga Lachisanu usiku: "Mpikisano wa marathon wathetsedwa!" Mzindawu utawonongedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho Sandy, mpikisano waku New York City mu 2012 unatha. Ngakhale kuti zinali zomveka, zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri.

Mnzanga wina wampikisano wothamanga waku London adandimvera chisoni chifukwa chakuchotsa ndikupempha kuti ndibwere kumbali yake ya dziwe "kuyendetsa London m'malo mwake." Popeza ndidakhala ndikuphunzira komweko kwa chaka chimodzi, ndidaganiza kuti mpikisano wothamanga ndi chifukwa chomveka ngati aliyense wobwereranso mumzinda womwe ndimaukonda kwambiri. M'mwezi wopumira womwe ndidakhala nawo ndisanayambe maphunziro a mpikisano wa Epulo, ndidazindikira chinthu chofunikira: I monga maphunziro a marathons. Ndimakonda kwambiri kumapeto kwa sabata (osati kokha chifukwa zimatsimikizira pizza ndi vinyo Lachisanu!), Ndimakonda dongosolo la maphunziro, sindimadandaula kumva zowawa pang'ono.

Bwerani April, ndinapita ku London. Mpikisanowu unali patangotha ​​sabata imodzi pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa mabomba kwa Boston marathon, ndipo sindidzaiwala nthawi yachete imeneyo mfuti yoyamba isanayambe ku Greenwich. Kapena kumverera kwamphamvu, kopumira komwe ndikudutsa mzere womaliza ndi dzanja langa pamtima wanga monga momwe adalangizidwira ndi okonza mpikisano - pokumbukira omwe adazunzidwa ku Boston. Ndimakumbukiranso kuganiza kuti, "Izi zinali zachilendo. Ndikhoza kuchitanso izi."

Apa ndi pamene ndinaphunzira za kachinthu kakang'ono kotchedwa Abbott World Marathon Majors, mndandanda wopangidwa ndi 6 mwa mpikisano wotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse: New York, London, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, ndi Tokyo. Kwa osankhika, cholinga chothamangira mipikisano iyi ndi yamtengo wapatali wandalama; kwa anthu wamba onga ine, ndizopindulitsa kwambiri, mendulo yozizira, komanso-ufulu wakudzitamandira! Anthu ochepera 1,000 adalandira dzina la Six Star Finisher mpaka pano.

Ndinkafuna kuchita zonse zisanu ndi chimodzi. Koma sindimadziwa kuti ndithamangira mwachangu (pamodzi ndiye kuti, ndimathamanga kwambiri othamanga maola anayi kuposa chiwanda chothamanga!). Mwezi wathawu, ndidayang'ana Major womaliza pamndandanda wanga ku Tokyo-mwina zomwe zidasintha kwambiri moyo wawo wonse. Koma kudzera mu maphunziro othamanga pa marathon aliwonse, ndatenga maphunziro owerengeka okhudzana ndi kulimbitsa thupi, thanzi, komanso moyo.

London Marathon

Epulo 2013

Kuphunzitsa nthawi yachisanu kumayamwa kwenikweni. Koma m'pofunika! (Onani: Zifukwa 5 Zoti Kuthamangira Kuli Zabwino Ndi Zabwino Kwa Inu.) Palibe njira ina iliyonse yomwe ndikadachita ngakhale kotala la kuchuluka kwa kuthamanga komwe ndidachita ndikadapanda mpikisanowu. Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti kuthamanga ndi masewera aumwini, koma kupeza anthu omwe amandithandizira kupyola kuzizira (kwenikweni komanso mophiphiritsira) chinali chinsinsi chomaliza maphunziro onsewa. Pothamanga kwambiri, ndimakhala ndi anzanga awiri omwe timakwera nawo timagulu tating'onoting'ono - m'modzi amatha kuthamanga ma mile angapo oyamba ndi ine ndipo winayo amatha ndi ine. Kudziwa kuti munthu wina akudalira kuti mudzakumane nawo nthawi ndi malo omwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kubisala pansi pa zokutira, ngakhale pali madigiri 10 panja!

Koma kukhala ndi njira yothandizira sikofunikira kwa othamanga okha, ndichofunikira pakutsatira zolinga zilizonse zolimbitsa thupi (kafukufuku akutsimikizira izi!). Ndipo malingaliro amenewo amapitilira njira kapena masewera olimbitsa thupi: Kukhala ndi anthu omwe mungawadalire ndikofunikira kuti muchite bwino pantchito ndi moyo. Nthawi zina timapeza lingaliro lolakwika ili m'mitu mwathu popempha thandizo kapena kudalira munthu wina "ofooka" - koma kwenikweni, ndi chizindikiro cha mphamvu. Kuti mupambane pa mpikisano wa marathon kapena pa cholinga china chilichonse, kudziwa nthawi yoti muyimbire kumbuyo kungatanthauze kusiyana pakati pa kulephera komwe kukuyandikira ndikukwaniritsa maloto anu ovuta kwambiri.

Mpikisano wa New York City

Novembala 2013, 2014, 2015

Popeza mpikisano wa 2012 unathetsedwa, ndinali ndi mwayi wothamanga chaka chotsatira. Nditangopanga chisangalalo ku London, ndidaganiza zopitako ndipo ndidayambiranso kuphunzira posakhalitsa. (Ndipo, inde, ndinkakonda kwambiri kotero kuti ndinathamangiranso zaka ziwiri zotsatira!) New York ndi mpikisano wamapiri, wosasunthika, womwe ndi wovuta. Mpikisano uwu umakufikitsani pamilatho isanu, kuphatikiza, pali kukwera "phiri" lotchuka ku Central Park mita pang'ono kuchokera kumapeto. (Wonani Zifukwa 5 Zokonda Kupatuka.) Komabe, kudziŵa kuti kulipo nkothandiza, chifukwa mungakonzekere—mwakuthupi ndi mwamaganizo.

Simudzakhala ndi mwayi wokonzekera zovuta zovuta pamapikisano, kuntchito, kapena m'mayanjano anu, koma mukadziwa kuti akubwera, mutha kuchita zonse zomwe mungathe kuti mutsimikizire kuti ali sizowopsa mukafunika kuti muthane nawo - kaya kukwera kowoneka ngati kosatheka pamapeto omaliza paulendo wanu wamakilomita 26.2 kapena kuyimirira pamaso pa kasitomala wofunikira kuti mupereke chiwonetsero chosintha pamasewera.

Mpikisano wa Chicago

Okutobala 2014

Atsikana anga awiri amafuna kuchita nawo mpikisano wotchukawu, choncho tonse atatu tinalowa mu lottery nditangomaliza kumene NYC. Ndidamaliza kukonza ubale wanga ndi pafupifupi mphindi 30 zathunthu ku Chicago (!), Ndipo ndimayamikira kufulumira kwanga komwe ndapeza chifukwa cha zolimbitsa thupi zapanthawi yophunzitsira (zopangidwa ndi wotsogolera Jenny Hadfield), komanso kudzidalira pang'ono. (Mutha kuwonanso izi Njira 6 Zothamanga Kwambiri.) Chicago ndi njira yodziwika bwino, koma palibe njira yomwe mtunda unali chifukwa chokha chimene ndinameta nthawi yochuluka!

Ndinali ndi mphunzitsi wa yoga kuti andithandize kukhomerera choyimitsira mutu koyamba milungu ingapo mpikisanowu usanachitike. Nditamaliza maphunziro, ndinamuthokoza chifukwa chondithandizira ndipo anangoti, "Mukudziwa, mutha kuchita zoposa zomwe mukuganiza." Anali mawu osavuta, koma adakhalabe ndi ine. Kaya amatanthauza izi kapena ayi, mawuwa anali opitilira muyeso wamutuwo. Monga momwe mungazengereze kudzigwetsa mozondoka mu yoga, simungafulumire kukhulupirira kuti mutha kuthamanga mamailosi 26 motsatizana ndi mphindi zisanu ndi zinayi kapena kukwaniritsa zolinga zowoneka ngati zamisala zomwe mukufuna kudzipangira. Koma musanayambe kuphunzitsa, muyenera kutero khulupirirani mutha kutero Amayi amakonda kudzigulitsa afupikitsa ndikukhala onyada kwambiri ("O, sizabwino kwenikweni," "Sindikusangalatsa," etc.). Inu muyenera kukhulupirira kuti inu angathe aphwanye mpikisano wa maola anayi. Inu angathe pamapeto pake msomali pachimake, khwangwala angayimire chilichonse. Inu angathe pezani ntchito imeneyo. Kugwira ntchito molimbika ndikuyendetsa kutali, koma kudzidalira ndikofunikira.

Boston Marathon

Epulo 2015

Kampani ya CLIF Bar itanditumizira imelo milungu isanu ndi inayi marathon iyi isanakwane ndi mwayi wothamanga nawo, ndinganene bwanji kuti ayi? Monga mpikisano wakale kwambiri komanso wotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndichimodzi mwazovuta kwambiri kuti muyenerere. Unalinso umodzi mwamipikisano yanga yovuta kwambiri. Kunagwa mvula, kunagwa, ndipo kunagwanso mvula patsiku lothamanga. Ndikukumbukira nditakhala pa basi kupita kumalo oyambira makilomita 26.2 kunja kwa mzinda, ndikuyang'ana mvula ikugunda pawindo ndi dzenje la mantha likukula m'mimba mwanga. Ndinkayembekezera kale mpikisano uwu chifukwa ndidaphunzitsira theka la nthawi yomwe mukuyenera "kukonzekeretsa marathon. Koma sindinasungunuke ndi mvula! Ayi, sizoyenera. Komanso sikumapeto kwa dziko lapansi kapena mpikisano.

Chomwe chinandikhudza pa mpikisanowu chinali chakuti simungathe, mwatsoka, kukonzekera chirichonse. Monga momwe mumachitira mipira yokhotakhota kuntchito, mutha kutsimikizira kuti mupeza cholepheretsa chimodzi "chodabwitsa" chomwe mungachigonjetse pamakilomita 26.2. Ngati si nyengo, itha kukhala kusokonekera kwa chovala, kulakwitsa, kuvulala, kapena china chake. Dziwani kuti mipira yama curve iyi ndi gawo limodzi la ntchitoyi. Mfungulo ndiyo kukhala wodekha, kuunika mkhalidwewo, ndi kuchita zonse zomwe mungathe kuti musataye nthaŵi.

Mpikisano wa Berlin

Seputembara 2015

Mpikisano uwu udakonzedweratu chisanachitike Boston. Mmodzi mwa amnzanga othamanga omwe ndimathamanga nawo ku Chicago amafuna kuti amupatsenso mwayi wina, chifukwa chake tidasankha mu Novembala pomwe lottery idatsegulidwa. Post-Boston ndikubwezeretsa pambuyo povulala, ndinakumananso ndi ma Ultraboost (chifukwa cha Adidas) kuti aphunzitse Major # 5. Mukakhala kuti simuli mu USA yabwino, simupeza zolemba. Mukupeza zolembera ma kilomita. Popeza wotchi yanga ya Apple inali isanalipiridwe (musaiwale otembenuza anu mukamapita kunja kukathamanga!) Ndipo sindimadziwa kuti anali pamtunda wa makilomita angati (42.195 FYI!), Ndimathamanga "wakhungu. " Ndinayamba kuchita mantha koma posakhalitsa ndinazindikira kuti ndingathebe kuthamanga popanda luso lamakono.

Takhala odalira kwambiri mawotchi athu a GPS, oyang'anira kugunda kwa mtima, mahedifoni-zonse izi. Ndipo ngakhale zili zabwino kwambiri, sizofunikiranso. Inde, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti ndizotheka kuthamanga ndi kabudula, thanki, ndi zozembera zabwino. M'malo mwake, zidandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti ndikhozanso kukhala popanda foni yanga kuyatsa kuntchito kapena pawailesi yakanema kumapeto kwa sabata, ngakhale sindinkaganiza kuti "wopenga" izi zisanachitike. Ndidatha kupeza gulu loyenda maola anayi ndikuwadziphatika ndi chibaluni chawo chachikulu chomata ngati guluu. Ngakhale ndidachita izi chifukwa cha "kusimidwa," ndidapeza kuti ndimakondadi kukhala nawo pagulu- ndipo ngakhale kutulutsidwa pang'ono zidandipangitsa kuti ndizimvera kwambiri chidwi cha mpikisanowu.

Tokyo Marathon

February 2016

Ndikangotsala ndi mpikisano umodzi wokha kuti ndisiye mndandanda wanga, ndimadziwa zenizeni kuti, ndizovuta kwambiri. (Ndikutanthauza, kukwera ku Japan sizophweka mofanana ndi kudumpha sitima kupita ku Boston!) Ndikuthawa maola 14, kusiyana kwa maola 14, komanso cholepheretsa chilankhulo, sindinadziwe kuti ndikhala liti kufika kumeneko. Koma anzanga atatu apamtima atasonyeza chidwi chobwera kudzawonerera (ndipo, kukaona Japan!), Ndinali ndi mwayi wanga. Tithokozenso Asics ndi Airbnb, tidakokeranso ulendowu pansi miyezi iwiri. Lankhulani za kuchoka kumalo anga otonthoza! Ndinali ndisanakhalepo ku Asia ndipo sindimadziwa zomwe ndingayembekezere. Sikuti inali nthawi yodabwitsa kwambiri ya chikhalidwe-ndinayenera kuthamanga mpikisano kudera lachilendo. Ngakhale ndimayenda ndekha kupita ku corrall yanga yoyambira, mawu pa zokuzira mawu anali mu Chijapani (momwe mawu anga amaphatikizira "konichiwa," "hai," ndi "sayonara.") Ndimamva ngati ochepa pakati pa othamanga ndi owonerera.

Koma m'malo moti ndisamve bwino pamene ndikuthamangitsidwa mwamphamvu kuchokera ku "comfort zone" yanga, ndinakumbatira ndipo ndinasangalala nazo zonse. Kupatula apo, kuthamanga marathon nthawi zambiri - kaya ndi kwanuko kapena padziko lonse lapansi - sikuli "malo otonthoza" a aliyense, sichoncho? Koma ndapeza kuti kudzikakamiza kunja kwa omasuka ndi momwe inu pamapeto pake mumapeza zabwino kwambiri, zokumana nazo zosaneneka m'moyo, monga kuphunzira kunja ku Paris ndili ku koleji, kusamukira ku NYC kukayamba ntchito yanga, kapena kuthamanga theka langa loyamba- marathon ku Disney. Ngakhale kuti mpikisano wothamangawu unali woopsa kwambiri komanso wachikhalidwe kwa ine, mwina ndichimodzi mwazomwe ndakumana nazo kwambiri m'moyo wanga mpaka pano kapena ayi! Ndikumva ngati ulendo wanga wopita ku Japan wasintha kuti ndikhale munthu wabwinobwino ndipo ndichifukwa ndidadzilola kuti ndisakhale omasuka ndikungolowetsa zonse. Kuchokera kwa anthu okoma mtima omwe tidakumana nawo kumakachisi osangalatsa omwe tidawachezera mipando yachimbudzi yotentha ( koma mwamphamvu! Chifukwa chiyani tilibe?), zomwe zidandichitikira zidakulitsa malingaliro anga adziko lapansi ndikundipangitsa kufuna kuziwona zambiri-kaya ndikuziyendetsa kapena ayi. (Onani ma Marthon 10 Opambana Kwambiri Kuthamangira Padziko Lonse Lapansi!)

Tsopano Chiyani?

Pafupifupi mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kuchokera kumapeto ku Tokyo, ndidamva chisoni chodziwika bwino pakhosi panga ndipo ndidakumana nacho kangapo ndisanachipondereze, podziwa kuti chingapangitse kuti ndizimva mantha akuti 'sindikupuma' kutengeka kochuluka kumalumikizana ndi kuchita zolimbitsa thupi kwambiri. Koma nditangodutsa mzere womaliza-kumaliza gawo langa lachisanu ndi chimodzi la World Marathon Major-ntchito zamadzi zinayamba. Chani. A. kumva. Ndingachite izi mobwerezabwereza kuti ndionenso mwachilengedwe mwachilengedwe. Chotsatira: Ndikumva pali china chake chotchedwa Club Continents Club ...

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