Ngihlole i-Acuvue Oasy ngezinguquko ngenkathi ngiziqeqeshela iHalf Marathon

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Bengilokhu ngigcina ilensi yokuxhumana kusukela ebangeni lesishiyagalombili, nokho ngisagqoke uhlobo olufanayo lwamalensi amasonto amabili engaqala ngawo eminyakeni eyi-13 eyedlule. Ngokungafani nobuchwepheshe beselula (ukumemeza kufoni yami yesikole esiphakathi), imboni yoxhumana nabo ibone izinto ezintsha ezintsha phakathi neminyaka.

Lokho wukuthi, kuze kube kulo nyaka lapho uJohnson & Johnson bethula i-Acuvue Oasys yabo entsha ngeTransitions, ilensi elungisa izimo eziguqukayo zokukhanya. Yebo, njengezingilazi zamehlo ezihlasela ama-sunnies. Kupholile, akunjalo?

Ngicabange kanjalo nami futhi ngibe nemarathon engaphansi kwengxenye kude nenyanga, nginqume ukuthi bekuyisikhathi esikahle sokubahlola bese ngibheka ukuthi bangabavukeli ngendlela ababukeka ngayo yini. (Okuhlobene: Amaphutha Okunakekelwa Kwamehlo Ongazi Wenza)

Ngokuya ngocwaningo lomkhiqizo, cishe abantu ababili kwabathathu baseMelika bakhathazwa wukukhanya ngosuku olumaphakathi. Bengingeke ngicabange amehlo ami "ezwela ekukhanyeni" ngize ngicabange ngeqiniso lokuthi nginezibuko zelanga kuzo zonke izikhwama enginazo futhi ngizigqoka nsuku zonke unyaka wonke. Amalensi amasha okuxhumana asebenza ngokuguqula amalensi acace abe ilensi emnyama futhi abuyele emuva ukuze alinganise inani lokukhanya okungena esweni. Lokhu kunciphisa ukuklolodela nokuphazamiseka kokubona ngenxa yezibani ezikhanyayo, kungaba ezivela elangeni, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, noma izibani zangaphandle njengezibani zomgwaqo namalambu angaphambili. (Zama enye yalezi zibuko zelanga ezisikiwe zokuSebenza ngaphandle.)

Lokhu kuhlolwa kwaqala ngokuvakashela udokotela wami wamehlo ukuze ngithole incwadi kadokotela yoxhumana nabo ebuyekeziwe kanye nesampula yepheya yamalensi okufanele ihlolwe. Umehluko kuphela phakathi koxhumana nabo bangaphambilini nalaba yi-tinge encane ensundu. Bafaka, basuse, futhi bazizwe bekhululeke njengalensi yami evamile yamaviki amabili. (Uma ungumuntu oxhumana nabo nsuku zonke abalahlwayo, ukuzizwisa kwakho kungase kuhluke kancane.)

Uma kuziwa ekugijimeni — imvula, umoya, iqhwa, noma ukukhanya kwelanga — ngihlala ngigqoka isigqoko se-baseball noma izibuko zelanga ukuze ngisithe amehlo ami. Ngaqala ukuqeqeshela iBrooklyn Half Marathon maphakathi no-Ephreli futhi ngangazi ukuthi lo mjikelezo wokuziqeqesha nesimo sezulu esiguquguqukayo sasizohluka. Ukuthola amamayela ami, okungenani ekuseni ezimbili ngesonto, ngilungele ukugijima ngaphambi komsebenzi. Imvamisa ngiqala ukugijima ngovivi futhi ngiqeda ilanga liphume ngokuphelele. Oxhumana nabo babephelele kuleso simo. Ngaba nombono ogcwele ngesikhathi kumnyama futhi ngangingadingi ukuthwala izibuko zelanga elikhanyayo, lasekuseni. Iqiniso elijabulisayo: wonke amalensi okuxhumana avimba izinga elithile lemisebe ye-UVA/UVB kodwa ngenxa yomthunzi omnyama ekukhanyeni kwelanga, ukuguqulwa kunikeza ukuvikelwa okungu-99+% kwe-UVA/UBA. (Okuhlobene: Ukuzivocavoca Kwamehlo Okufanele Ukwenze Ukuthuthukisa Impilo Yamehlo)

Amalensi athatha cishe imizuzwana engama-90 ukushintshela ngokuphelele emthunzini omnyama kepha ngokweqiniso angikwazi ngisho nokutshela ukuthi inqubo yenzekile. Ngesinye isikhathi ngangicabanga ukuthi azisebenzi ngoba angizange "ngibone" ukulungiswa, kepha ngabona ukuthi angizange ngigxile ekukhanyeni futhi lapho ngithatha i-selfie, amehlo ami ayemnyama. Okungase kube yingozi koxhumana nabo ukuthi benza umbala wamehlo wakho ojwayelekile ngoba amalensi aba mnyama. Lokho akuzange kungikhathaze futhi abangane bami bakusho ukuthi bekungaveli njenge-crepey noma i-Halloween costume-esque kepha kunalokho ngathi nginamehlo ansundu (nginamehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokwemvelo).

Ngokuhamba kwenyanga, ngangigqoka oxhumana nabo cishe nsuku zonke. Ohambweni olufushane oluya esitimeleni esingaphansi komhlaba ngangivame ukukhohlwa ukugqoka ama-sunnies ami, futhi sengiyakwazi ukusho ukuthi ngizowathanda ngezinsuku zasehlobo ogwini lolwandle. Isinqumo mayelana nokubeka engcupheni enye izibuko zelanga ngokuzungeza noma cha sizoba yinto engenangqondo. Abasubathi be-amateur nerere ngokufanayo bangakhuphuka ngomncintiswano wabo wemidlalo yangaphandle nokubonakala okungcono ebhishi noma echibini. Njengoba ngihlala eNew York City, angivamisile ukushayela futhi angizange ngivivinye lowo msebenzi ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala lami kodwa ngiyibona ngokuphelele inzuzo yokushayela okucacile, ikakhulukazi ebusuku lapho ama-halos namalambu angaboniyo eyinkinga ejwayelekile. (Okuhlobene: Ungakwazi Ukubhukuda Ngenkathi Ugqoke Oxhumana Nabo?)

Musa ukugqoka oxhumana nabo futhi uzizwe unomona? Noma ngabe unombono we-20/20, ungazuza izinzuzo zokuzivumelanisa nokukhanya ngokuthenga amalensi ngaphandle kokulungiswa. Ngokwami, ngizothenga ibhokisi elilodwa lezinguquko ehlobo (ukunikezwa kwamaviki angu-12) futhi nginamathele kumalensi ami endabuko unyaka wonke.

Woza usuku lomjaho, ngilinde emgqeni wokuqala, ngabheka eMnyuziyamu waseBrooklyn kwesokudla sami nelanga, isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza ngakwesobunxele sami futhi ngaphinda futhi ngamangala ukuthi ngabona ngokucacile kanjani. Futhi akukho ukuqhunsulwa! Ngisithathile isinqumo sokufaka nezibuko zelanga futhi ngoba inkambo ibiselangeni eliqonde ngqo ekugijimeni okuningi. (Yikuphi i-TBH, amalensi ayengakhelwanga ukufaka esikhundleni ngokuphelele izibuko zelanga.) Manje, ngeke nginikeze oxhumana nabo abasha lonke udumo, kepha lezo zintambo zakuqala zibaleka ku-PR * yemizuzu emihlanu.

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