Shalane Flanagan Akuti Maloto Ake Opambana Boston Marathon Anasintha Kungopulumuka

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Shalane Flanagan yemwe ndi katswiri wa Olympian katatu komanso New York City Marathon anali wokonda kwambiri kupita ku Boston Marathon dzulo. Mbadwa ya ku Massachusetts wakhala akuyembekeza kupambana mpikisanowu, poganizira kuti ndi zomwe zidamulimbikitsa kuti akhale mpikisano wothamanga. Koma, mwatsoka, nyengo yankhanza idathamanga wothamanga (komanso dziko lonse lapansi), ndikumuika pamalo achisanu ndi chiwiri pomaliza. "Sindikuganiza kuti ndinaphunzirapo m'mikhalidwe yotereyi," akutero Shalane, wothamanga yemwe amathandizidwa ndi HOTSHOT. Maonekedwe. "Ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe simungathe kuzikonzekera." (Wogwirizana: Desiree Linden Ndiye Mkazi Woyamba waku America Wopambana Boston Marathon Kuyambira 1985)

M'mbiri yake yazaka 122, mpikisano wa Boston Marathon sunathe, mosasamala kanthu za mvula yamphamvu kapena kutentha kosaneneka. Dzulo sizinali zosiyana. Othamanga ndi owonerera adalimbana ndi mphepo ya 35 mph, mvula yowonongeka, ndi mphepo yamkuntho yozizira kwambiri-osati ndendende zomwe othamanga anali kuyembekezera pa mpikisano wapakati pa April. "Ndidadziwa kuti zikhala zoyipa kotero ndimayembekezera kufunikira koteteza kutentha kwanga kwakanthawi kotalika kwakanthawi kokwanira kuti ndipewe zizindikiritso za hypothermic," akutero Flanagan. "Komabe, zinali zovuta kwambiri kuyesa kuti ndizivale kuti nditenthedwe, podziwa kuti zovala zanga zidzanyowa kwambiri, zomwe zimatha kundipangitsa kumva kuzizira kwambiri." (Zogwirizana: Malangizo Othandizira Kutha Kuzizira Ochokera Kwa Osankhika Marathoners)

Chifukwa chake, Flanagan adabwera ndi pulani yamasewera kuti avale zomwe akuganiza kuti zingakonze momwe angachitire malinga ndi momwe zinthu ziliri. "Ndinaganiza zovala zazifupi zazifupi, ma jekete awiri, manja okhala ndi zida, zotenthetsera manja, magolovesi, kenako magolovesi a latex kuti ndiveke magolovesi anga kuti akhale owuma momwe angathere," akutero. "Ndidavalanso chipewa ndi zotenthetsera m'makutu kuti ndizitha kugwa mvula kuti ndizitha kuwona. Sindinayambe ndakhazikika pamzere woyamba ndi zovala zochuluka motero, pamapeto pake, ndikulakalaka ndikadavala zochulukirapo." (Zogwirizana: Zofunika 13 za Marathon Aliyense Ayenera Kukhala Nazo)

Ngakhale adakonzekera momwe angathere, Flanagan akuti thupi lake lidalimbana kuti lipirire nyengo yanyengo yachisanu. "Miyendo yanga, makamaka, imazizira kozizira kwambiri kotero kuti imangokhala ngati yamanjenje," akutero. Kunena zoona, ndinkangomva ngati kuti ndinalibe mathalauza—momwemo ndi mmene ndinkamvera dzanzi. Komanso thupi langa, pokhala wowonda komanso wowonda, silinandipatse mphamvu yotchinjiriza kapena mafuta ambiri ofunikira kuti ndisunge. Izi zimachititsa kuti miyendo yanga ikhale yolimba kwambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ndizivutika kwambiri."

Zinali zomwe thupi lake limachita atathamangira munthawi izi zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti apume kaye masekondi 13 pa 20k.Ngakhale zimawoneka ngati zofunika kwambiri kwa ena, Shalane sakuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti zimabweretsa chilichonse pamapeto pake. "Zinali zosankha," akutero. "Poganizira kuti kunja kunali kuzizira kwambiri, madzi anga adandipangitsa kuti ndipume msanga, ndipo chifukwa timathamanga pang'onopang'ono, ndidadziwa kuti nditha kupuma ndikubwerera osalepheretsa mpikisano wanga konse. Ngati zili choncho, zinali nyengo yomwe idandigwera. "

Ngakhale zonse zomwe zidamutsutsa, Flanagan akuti akadali wokhutira kwambiri ndi zotsatira za mpikisanowu. "Ndine wokondwa kwambiri," akutero. "Sizimene ndinkalota. M'maphunziro anga, ndinali ndi mawonekedwe ofanana, ngati si abwino, kusiyana ndi pamene ndinapambana New York City Marathon miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo ndipo ndinali pa nthawi yomwe ndinatha kuona Boston akugonjetsa. pa mpikisano, maloto anga adasintha kuchoka pakupambana mpaka kupulumuka ndikungochita mpaka kumapeto, zomwe ndidachita - ndipo ndikunyadira nazo. nenani choncho, ndiye palibe chomwe mungakhumudwe nacho. " (Werengani zambiri pamalangizo a Shalane kuti mupite patali.)

Popeza uku kunali kuyesa kwake kwachisanu ndi chimodzi kuti apambane Boston Marathon, Flanagan akuti akuganiza ngati uwu ungakhale mpikisano wake womaliza ngati wothamanga wapamwamba. "Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri poganizira kuti mpikisanowu ndi womwe unandilimbikitsa kuti ndikhale wothamanga kwambiri," akutero. "Ndikumva kuti ndine wosakhutira chifukwa zomwe zidandilola kuti ndiziwonetsa kuthekera kwanga ndi kuthekera kwanga, ndiye ndizomvetsa chisoni kuganiza kuti zinali choncho."

Izi zati, tili ndi chiyembekezo kuti abweranso ndikupereka mpikisanowo komaliza. "Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikutsata mtima wanga komanso zomwe zimandisangalatsa komanso zomwe ndimakonda, chifukwa chake miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi ndiwunika ngati ndili ndi chidwi chofuna kuyambiranso," akutero. . "Mulimonse, ngati sindikhala pa mzere woyambira, ndidzakhala pano ndikuphunzitsa ndi kuthandiza anzanga a timu. Choncho mwanjira ina, ndidzakhalabe kuno."

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