Mayi Ameneyu Akuthamanga Marathon Pa Kontinenti Iliyonse

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Mukudziwa momwe wothamanga amalumbirira marathons patangopita mphindi zochepa kuti amalize kumaliza ... kuti adzipezenso okha kusaina akamva za liwiro labwino, akuti, Paris? (Ndizowona mwasayansi: Ubongo Wanu Umayiwala Zowawa za Marathon Yanu Yoyamba.) Sandra Cotuna ndi m'modzi mwa othamangawa, amangokopeka mwadala kuti aziyenda ku kontinenti iliyonse Padziko Lapansi.

Cotuna, wazaka 37, ndi mwana wanzeru wodziwa zaukadaulo yemwe amakhala ku Brooklyn, NY, ndipo adabadwira ku Romania. Iye anati: “Ndinakulira muutsogoleri wankhanza wa Chikomyunizimu. "Chilichonse chimawerengedwa: madzi, mphamvu, TV." Komabe, zinthu zofunika m’moyo zinali zochuluka. "Panthawi yomweyi, ndinali ndi banja lodabwitsa komanso lachikondi lomwe linkalimbikitsadi chisangalalo ndi chikondi, kukoma mtima ndi chifundo, komanso chidwi cha dziko."

Unyamata wake unali wachimwemwe - adapeza maphunziro ndipo adayenda padziko lapansi ngati mpikisano wampikisano - ndipo mphatso zonsezi zidamulola kuti asamukire ku United States ali ndi zaka makumi awiri kuti akakhale ndi moyo wabwino. Makolo ake adalimbikitsa kufunikira kwa zachifundo, ndipo adayesetsa kupeza njira zobwezera chilakolako chake chachikulu: maphunziro.

"Ndinaganiza zopanga maphunziro kukhala patsogolo. Ndinkafuna kumanga sukulu kapena kuchitira ana zazikulu, chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti pali vuto padziko lonse lapansi pamaphunziro," akutero Cotuna. "Ndinafufuza zamagulu osiyanasiyana osapindula ndipo ndidapeza buildOn," bungwe limamanga masukulu m'mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene ndipo limayendetsa mapulogalamu omaliza maphunziro kuno ku United States.

Atayesetsa kumangaOn, adayamba kuyamba kupeza ndalama. Zomwe zinali zosavuta: "Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo ndili mwana, ndimakonda kukhala panja ndikuseweretsa. Ndinayamba kuthamanga mtunda wautali, ndipo [ndinaphunzira] mpikisano wanga woyamba chaka chatha, mpikisano waku New York City. Ndinkangokonda ,” akutero. “Ndinaganiza zophatikiza chikhumbo changa chothamanga ndi chikhumbo changa chobwezera,” akutero. "Ndipo ndangobwera ndi lingaliro ili-ndikhoza kuthamanga kuti ndimange masukulu. Bwanji osathamanga padziko lonse lapansi kuti mupeze ndalama, kenako ndikumanga masukulu?"

Makhalidwe ake owala mwina adathandizira kuti azitha kupereka zopereka mwachangu, monganso kampani yake, AIG. Kampani ya inshuwaransi yamitundu yonse kawiri-anayerekezera mphatso za anzawo kuti amangeOn, ndipo pasanathe chaka adapeza ndalama zokwanira kutsegula sukulu ku Nepal.

Kupita kuti kuchokera kumeneko? Ngati muli ngati Cotuna, mukufuna zochulukira. "Chaka choyamba, ndidakweza zochuluka kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera, ndipo zidandipatsa chidaliro chachikulu kuti ndiyesere zochulukirapo ndikukakamira kuti ndikwaniritse zambiri ndikukambirana malingaliro ambiri." Panali mitundu ina, mwina theka-marathon, mwina triathlon-kapena nanga bwanji kuthamanga mpikisano wathunthu kumayiko onse?

Ndipo kotero dongosolo linakhazikitsidwa ndipo mipikisano inakonzedwa zaka zambiri. Cotuna adathamanga mpikisano waku Iceland mu Seputembala, Chicago mu Okutobala, ndi New York City (kachiwiri) mu Novembala; Pambuyo pake, pali mpikisano ku Torres del Paine National Park ku Chile mu Seputembara 2016, umodzi pa Great Wall of China mu Meyi 2017, mpikisano wa Antarctica mu 2018, Victoria Falls marathon (kudzera ku Zimbabwe ndi Zambia) mu 2019, ndi Great Ocean Road marathon ku Australia mu 2020. (O, ndipo sikuwerengera zomwe akuchita kuti angosangalala.) Ndi ulendo wobwerera m'mbuyo zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ali, makamaka, ali mumayendedwe osayimitsa. "Sizovuta, makamaka ndikakhala ndi ntchito yanthawi zonse. Zitha kukhala zotopetsa kwambiri, komanso ndimavulala." Panthawi yomwe timalankhula, anali asanathamangire milungu itatu pambuyo pa kugwa koyipa, komwe kunamusiya ali wokhumudwa. Amalemba nthawi zosangalatsa komanso zosasangalatsa pa Instagram, Twitter, ndi blog yake.

"Ndili ndi zithunzi zambiri za ine ndikusamba m'madzi oundana. Ndimaona kuti ndi zothandiza kwambiri," akutero ponena za machitidwe ake a pambuyo pa mpikisano. "Ndizovuta kupeza zomwe thupi lanu likukuwuzani, koma ndikupeza bwino. Ndimayesetsa kukhala osamala ndikumvetsera thupi langa osalikankha likandiuza kuti, 'Osatero!'" ( Kodi mungazindikire Zizindikiro Zakuwuzani Kuti Mukuchita Zambiri?)

Ndikosavuta kusangalatsidwa ndi malingaliro ndi zoyesayesa za Cotuna, ndipo zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta ngati mungafune kupereka pazifukwa zake. "Pitani ku blog yanga, ndipo tsatirani ulendo wanga. Kuchokera kumeneko, pali mabatani azopereka kulikonse," akuseka. Akugwiranso ntchito pamzera wazovala zamasewera ndi wopanga (ndi mnzake) Susana Monaco, zonse zomwe zipindule ndi buildOn, komanso kulemba buku la ana za chess. Inde, buku la ndalama lipitanso kukapanganso. Mwina, apezanso nthawi yoti agone mzaka zingapo zikubwerazi.

Pakadali pano, ali wokondwa kwambiri mopambana mpaka pano, komanso mitundu yambiri ikubwera. "Ndine wokondwa kwambiri ndi onsewa, kunena zoona, koma ndikusangalala kwambiri ndi omwe ali ku Antarctica. Ndipo Khoma Lalikulu la China mu 2017!" Yesetsani kupitiriza (ndikuphunzira zambiri za momwe mungathandizire) apa. (Wouziridwa? Onani Ma Marathoni Opambana 10 Oyenda Padziko Lonse Lapansi.)

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