Ndinati Sindidzathamanganso Marathon—Ndi Chifukwa Chake Ndinachitira

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Anthu ambiri amazengereza kudzitcha othamanga. Iwo sali othamanga mokwanira, iwo adzati; samathamanga mokwanira. Ndinkavomera. Ndinkaganiza kuti othamanga anabadwira motere, ndipo monga munthu amene sanathamangirepo pokhapokha nditayenera kutero, zinkawoneka kuti akuthamanga kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi (kapena-kupuma! -kusangalatsa) sikunali mu DNA yanga. (Lowani nawo 30-Day Running Challenge yanu kuti muthamange mwachangu, kuwonjezera kupirira kwanu, ndi zina zambiri.)

Koma ndimaganiza kuti ndili ndi waya kuti ndipeze zovuta, ndipo ndimagwira bwino ntchito ndikapanikizika. Momwe ndimakondera umembala wanga wa ClassPass, ndidatenthedwa ndikudumpha kuchokera ku studio kupita ku studio popanda cholinga chenicheni m'malingaliro. Chifukwa chake pakati pa Epulo chaka chatha, ndidasainira 10K. Sindinayambe ndathamanga makilomita oposa atatu m'moyo wanga wonse (ndipo iwo anali mtunda wa makilomita ochepa panthawiyo), kotero kuyesa kuwirikiza mtunda wanga pofika kumapeto kwa sabata yoyamba ya June kunali kwakukulu kwambiri. Ndipo ndidachita! Linalibe tsiku lokongola la mpikisano linali lotentha mopusa, mapazi anga anali kuwawa, ndimafuna kuyenda, ndipo ndimaganiza kuti mwina nditha kudziponya kumapeto. Koma ndinanyadira kuti ndakhazikitsa cholinga ichi ndikutsatira.

Sindinaime pamenepo. Ndinayang'ana pa half marathon mu October. Pa mpikisanowu, mnzake yemwe ndimathamanga naye adandiuza kuti akuganiza kuti ndithanso kuthamanga marathon. Ndinaseka, ndikuti, zowona-koma chifukwa ine akhoza sizikutanthauza ine ndikufuna ku.

Sindinkafuna chifukwa sindinadzione ngati wothamanga. Ndipo ngati sindimamva ngati wothamanga, nditha kudzikakamiza kuti ndithamange kwakanthawi kapena freakin 'kutali? Zachidziwikire, ndidathamanga, koma othamanga omwe ndimadziwa adasankha kuchita nthawi yawo yaulere chifukwa amasangalala nawo. Kuthamanga sikusangalatsa kwa ine. Chabwino, sizikutanthauza kuti sindimasangalala ndikathamanga. Koma si chifukwa chake ndimachita. Ndimathamanga chifukwa ndi imodzi mwa njira zochepa zomwe ndingapezere mtendere ndekha mumzinda wa anthu oposa 8 miliyoni. Nthawi yomweyo, zandithandiza kupeza gulu la anzanga omwe amandilimbikitsa pomwe sindingathe kudzilimbikitsa. Ndimathamanga chifukwa zimathandizidwa kuthana ndi kukhumudwa kwanthawi yayitali; chifukwa ndi malo ogwiritsira ntchito nkhawa zomwe zimakhazikika mkati mwa sabata yantchito. Ndimathamanga chifukwa nthawi zonse ndimatha kuyenda mwachangu, mwamphamvu, motalikirapo. Ndipo ndimakonda momwe ndimamvera nthawi iliyonse ndikaganiza za liwiro kapena nthawi yomwe sindinachitepo ndikuphwanya.

Pambuyo pa mpikisanowo, ndinapitirizabe kuthamanga. Ndipo nthawi ina pakati pa kutsiriza theka lachiwiri la marathon mu November ndikufinya komaliza kwa 2015 pa Chaka Chatsopano, ndinazindikira kuti sindinangoyamba kuyembekezera kuthamanga kwanga, ndinali kulakalaka.

Mu Januware, ndimakhala ndikudwala mopanda cholinga chofunikira kukwaniritsa. Kenako anandipatsa mwayi wopita ku Boston Marathon. Boston Marathon ndiye mpikisano wokhawo womwe ndidakonda nawo makamaka ndisanayambe kuthamanga. Ndinapita ku koleji ku Boston. Kwa zaka zitatu, ndidakondwerera Marathon Lolemba nditakhala pa kabati yomwe idakwezedwa pa Beacon Street, ndikusilira othamanga ndi azilongo anga achiwerewere. Kalelo, sindinaganizepo kuti ndidzakhala mbali ina ya mpanda. Nditalembetsa, sindinkadziwa ngati ndingathe kumaliza. Koma mpikisano wa Boston Marathon ndi mbali ya mbiri yanga, ndipo izi zingandipatse mwayi wokhala nawo m'mbiri ya mpikisanowu. Ndidayenera kuti ndiwombere.

Ndinachita chidwi ndi maphunziro anga—ndinali wongoyamba kumene kupeza mwayi wotha kuthamanga mpikisano wodziwika bwino kwambiri m’dzikoli, ndipo sindinkafuna kuuthetsa. Izi zikutanthauza kufinya m'mathamangitsidwe a pambuyo pa ntchito mpaka 8:30 p.m. (chifukwa ngakhale masewera othamanga sangandipangitse kukhala wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi m'mawa), kusiya kumwa Lachisanu usiku ngati sindinkafuna kudwala matenda am'mimba nthawi yayitali Loweruka, ndikupereka maola anayi a brunch Loweruka lija lija (lomwe lidavuta). Panali maulendo aafupi pamene miyendo yanga inkamveka ngati mtovu, maulendo ataliatali kumene ndinkapanikiza mtunda uliwonse. Mapazi anga amawoneka amwano, ndipo ndimakhala m'malo omwe munthu sayenera kukhumudwa. (Onani: Zomwe Kuthamanga Kwa Marathon Kumachitiradi Thupi Lanu.) Panali nthawi zina pamene ndimafuna kusiya mtunda umodzi kuti ndithamange, ndipo nthawi zina ndimafuna kudumpha kwathunthu.

Koma ngakhale zonsezi, ndinali kusangalala ndi ndondomekoyi. Sindikanagwiritsa ntchito mawu a "F", koma mailosi aliwonse omwe ndimawonjezera paulendo wanga wautali ndipo sekondi iliyonse yomwe ndimameta kuthamanga kwanga kumatanthauza kuti ndikudula ma PRs atsopano pa reg, zomwe zinali zabwino kwambiri. Ndani sakonda kudzimva kuti wakwaniritsidwa? Chifukwa chake ndikakhala ndi tchuthi, ndinakana kutuluka. Sindinkafuna kudzitsitsa ndekha-osati panthawiyi, osati patsiku la mpikisano. (Nazi Zinthu 17 Zoyenera Kuyembekezera Mukathamanga Marathon Yanu Yoyamba.)

Sindikudziwa idandidulira liti; kunalibe "aha!" mphindi. Koma ndine wothamanga. Ndinakhala wothamanga kalekale, kubwerera pomwe ndidalumikiza nsapato zanga ndikuganiza zothamanga-ngakhale sindinazindikire panthawiyo. Ngati muthamanga, ndinu wothamanga. Zosavuta monga choncho. Sizondisangalatsabe, koma ndizochulukirapo. Ndiopatsa mphamvu, yotopetsa, yovuta, yomvetsa chisoni, yotopetsa-nthawi zina yonse pamtunda umodzi.

Sindinaganizepo kuti ndingathamange mamailosi 26.2. Sindinkaganiza kuti ndingathe. Koma nditasiya kuda nkhawa ndi zomwe zidandipanga wothamanga ndikungoyang'ana kwenikweni kuthamanga, Ndinadzidabwitsa ndekha ndi zomwe ndimakwanitsa. Ndikuthamanga marathon chifukwa sindinkaganiza kuti ndingathe, ndipo ndinkafuna kutsimikizira kuti ndine wolakwa. Ndidamaliza kuwonetsa anthu ena omwe sayenera kuchita mantha kuyamba. Hei, zitha kukhala zosangalatsa.

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