Kumanani ndi Mayi Woyamba Kumaliza Ma Ironman Asanu ndi Mmodzi M'makontinenti Sikisi Pachaka Chimodzi

Zamkati

• Kupeza Cholinga Chake
• Maphunziro ku Afghanistan
• Kuswa Mbiri Yapadziko Lonse
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Jackie Faye wakhala akuyesetsa kutsimikizira kuti amayi amatha kuchita chilichonse monganso amuna (duh). Koma monga mtolankhani wankhondo, Faye adakumana ndi zovuta nthawi zambiri akugwira ntchito m'malo olamulidwa ndi amuna.

"Ntchitoyo sinakhalepo vuto," akutero Faye Maonekedwe. "Ndimakonda ntchito yanga, koma ndine m'modzi mwa azimayi ochepa omwe asankha ntchitoyi chifukwa ndiotengera amuna okhaokha."

Kuzindikira izi kunapangitsa Faye kuti afufuze zake. "Ndidapeza kuti magawo ambiri omwe amangoyang'aniridwa ndi amuna, kuphatikiza ukadaulo, bizinesi, mabanki, ndi asitikali sakuchita nawo gawo lolemba akazi," akutero. "Mwa zina, ndichifukwa choti amayi samawoneka kuti ndi oyenera pantchitoyi, komanso chifukwa kulibe azimayi okwanira kunja uko omwe amakhulupirira kuti angathe kuchita bwino m'mafakitolewa chifukwa chakusowa kwa akazi." Mwanjira ina, ndikuvuta-ndipo ndi komwe kudatsogolera Faye kukhazikitsa bizinesi yofunikira.

Kupeza Cholinga Chake

Polimbikitsa azimayi ambiri kuti azigwira ntchito m'magawo olamulidwa ndi abambo, Faye adaganiza zopanga zopanda phindu She Can Tri mogwirizana ndi Service Women's Action Network (SWAN). Pogwiritsa ntchito masemina a atsikana aku sekondale ndikuwonetsa azimayi omwe achita ntchito zodalirana ndi abambo, bungweli likuyembekeza kutsimikizira kuti azimayi atha kuchita bwino pantchito zolamulidwa ndi amuna.

Atapanga zopanda phindu, Faye adalimbikitsidwa kuposa kale. "Ndinkadziwa kuti ndiyenera kuchita zinazake zomwe zimasonyeza kuti nanenso, ndikhoza kudziyika ndekha kunja, kukankhira malire, ndikukwaniritsa chinthu chosatheka," akutero. Kenako n’chiyani chinatsatira?

Lingaliro lomaliza mipikisano isanu ndi umodzi ya Ironman pamakontinenti asanu ndi limodzi mchaka chimodzi cha kalendala, ndizomwe. (Zokhudzana: Momwe Ndidachokera kwa Mayi Watsopano Wonenepa Kwambiri kupita ku Ironwoman)

Faye adadziwa kuti adakhazikitsa cholinga chomwe sangakwanitse. Kupatula apo, ichi chinali chinthu chomwe palibe mkazi anali nacho nthawi zonse zidakwaniritsidwa kale. Koma adatsimikiza mtima, choncho adakhala ndi cholinga chophunzitsira maola 14 pa sabata ali ku Afghanistan-pamwamba pa kulumpha ma helikopita mu zovala zovulaza zipolopolo monga gawo la ntchito yake yolemba malipoti. (Zogwirizana: Ndinalembetsa Munthu Wachitsulo Asanamalize Triathlon Yokha)

Maphunziro ku Afghanistan

Gawo lirilonse la maphunziro a Faye limabwera ndi zovuta zake. Chifukwa cha nyengo yovuta ya Afghani komanso kusowa kwa malo ndi misewu yotetezeka, zinali zosatheka kuti Faye apite njinga panja- "chifukwa chake, pagawo la njinga, njinga yoyimilira inali mnzanga wapamtima," akutero. "Zinandithandizanso kuti ndidaphunzitsa kale magulu ankhondo ndi ogwira ntchito ku kazembe," akutero.

Faye analinso kale mgulu loyambira ndipo anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito njirayi ngati njira yophunzitsira a Ironmans omwe akubwera. Adapezanso azimayi aku Afghanistan oti azithamanga nawo. Iye anati: “Zinali zapadera kwambiri kuphunzira limodzi ndi atsikanawa, ndipo awiri mwa iwo akuphunzitsidwa mpikisano wa makilomita 250 ku Mongolia. (Mukusangalatsidwa kusaina nawo mpikisano, inunso? Gonjetsani Ironman ndi malangizo awa ochokera kwa othamanga apamwamba.)

"Chopenga ndichakuti akuchita izi ngakhale ndizowopsa kuthamanga panja. Chifukwa chake kuwayang'ana akubwera kudzaphunzitsa, akupereka zonse, zidandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti ndilibe chowiringula ndikafika pakukwaniritsa. Pondiyerekeza ndi iwowo, ndinali ndi zonse zimene zinkandiyendera. (Zokhudzana: Kumanani ndi Akazi Othamanga Akuphwanya Zotchinga Ku India)

Ngati Faye adzipeza atatsala pang'ono kusiya, adagwiritsa ntchito kulimba mtima kwa azimayi aku Afghanistan monga cholimbikitsira. "Mkazi woyamba kumaliza mpikisano ku Afghanistan anali mu 2015, zomwe zinali zaka zitatu zapitazo. Ndipo adachita izi pophunzitsa kumbuyo kwake, akuopa kuti akaphedwa ngati atathamangira panja," akutero. "Ndi nkhani ngati izi zomwe zidakhala chikumbutso kuti amayi ayenera kupitilizabe kuletsa zoletsa ngati akufuna kuti aziwoneka ngati ofanana - ndipo zidandipangitsa kuti ndichite gawo langa pomaliza zovuta za Ironman."

Gawo lovuta kwambiri la maphunziro akuti, komabe, linali kusambira. "Kusambira ndichinthu chomwe sindinakhalepo nacho bwino," akutero. "Sindinayambe kusambira mpaka 2015 ndipo ndinayenera kutenga maphunziro nditangoyamba kupanga ma triathlons. Zinali zovuta kwambiri kuti ndipirire kupirira kusambira kwa ma 2.4-mile komwe Ironman amafuna, koma ndidachita, mphuno ndi zonse. "

Kuswa Mbiri Yapadziko Lonse

Cholinga cha Faye cha miyezi 12 chinayambika ku Australia pa June 11, 2017. Pambuyo pake, anapita ku Ulaya, Asia, South America, South Africa, ndipo anamaliza ulendo wake wobwerera ku U.S.

"Mpikisano uliwonse unali wovuta kwambiri," akutero. "Ndidadziwa kuti ngati ndilephera pa nambala nambala isanu, ndiyenera kuyambiranso. Chifukwa chake mpikisano uliwonse, mitengoyo idakwera pang'ono." (Nthawi ina mukafuna kusiya, kumbukirani mayi wazaka 75 amene anachita Ironman.)

Koma pa Juni 10, 2018, Faye adapezeka pomwe adayamba ku Boulder, Colorado, Ironman m'modzi yekha kuti asataye mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi. "Ndidadziwa kuti ndikufuna kuchita china chapadera pa mpikisano womaliza kotero ndidaganiza zothamanga ma 1,68 omaliza omaliza mtunda wa 26.2-mile mu bulandi yolemera zipolopolo kulemekeza azimayi 168 aku US omwe ataya miyoyo yawo potumikira dziko la Iraq ndi Afghanistan."

Tsopano, atavomereza mwalamulo (!) Mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi, Faye akuti akuyembekeza kuti zomwe wachita zikulimbikitsa atsikana kuti asiye kumverera ngati akuyenera kusewera ndi "malamulo". "Ndikuganiza kuti pali zovuta zambiri kwa atsikana kuti azikhala ndi zinthu zambiri," koma sankhani zomwe mukufuna kuchita ndikungozichita, akutero.

"Kungoti palibe mayi wina amene akuchita izi, sizitanthauza kuti simungathe. Ngati pali chilichonse chomwe chingachitike kuchokera paulendo wanga, ndikhulupilira kuti ndizo."

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