Le yiqiniso elibuhlungu lokuthi kunjani ukugijima i-Ultramarathon

-Delile

• Buyekeza kwe-

[Umbhalo kaMhleli: NgoJulayi 10, uFarar-Griefer uzojoyina abagijimi abavela emazweni angaphezu kwama-25 ukuncintisana kulo mjaho. Lokhu kuzobe kungokwesishiyagalombili eyisebenzisa.]

"Amakhilomitha ayikhulu? Angithandi ngisho nokushayela ibanga elide kangaka!" Lokho ukusabela okujwayelekile engikuthola kubantu abangaqondi umdlalo ophambene we-ultrarunning-kepha leso yisona sizathu ngqo engikuthanda ukugijima lelo banga, nokude kakhulu. Ngiphikisana nomqondo wokushayela kude, kepha egijima Amamayela ayi-100? Umzimba wami uphimisa amathe ngomcabango nje.

Lokho akwenzi kube lula nokho-kude nayo. Thatha isipiliyoni sami sokugcina ukugijima umjaho we-Badwater Ultramarathon wamamayela angama-135-umjaho iNational Geographic ememezele ukuthi unzima kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Abagijimi banamahora angama-48 wokugijima badlule eDeath Valley, banqamula izintaba ezintathu, nakuma-200-degree temp temps.

Iqembu lami lalizame konke ukuze umzimba wami uchame. Kwakungamamayela angama-90, maphakathi noJulayi, ama-degree angama-125-uhlobo lokushisa oluncibilikisa izicathulo kupavumente. Njengoba sekusele amakhilomitha angama-45 ukuthi ngiye ku-Badwater Ultramarathon, ngangilahla ngokushesha esisindweni sami sokuqala emahoreni angama-30 ngaphambili. Ngibe nezinkinga kulo lonke umjaho, kepha njenganoma imuphi umcimbi obabazekayo, benginesiqiniseko sokuthi lesi ngesinye nje isithiyo, nokuthi ekugcineni umzimba wami uzonikezela bese ngibuyele emuva. Ngangazi futhi ukuthi lokhu kwakungekona ukuqubuka kwe-multiple sclerosis (MS), kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho ukuthi umzimba wami wawungeke wenze umjaho wami ube lula.(Bheka lawa ma-ultramarathoni ahlanyayo okufanele uwakholwe.)

Emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambili, ngaphambi nje kwendawo yokuhlola engama-72 ePanamint Springs, ngaqala ukubona igazi emchameni wami. Ngangiqiniseka ukuthi kwakungenxa yokuthi umzimba wami wawungakalulami ekugijimeni umjaho wamakhilomitha angu-100 wamazwe aseNtshonalanga ezinsukwini ezingu-15 nje ngaphambi kwamahora angu-29 anzima wokugijima ngokuqondile kusukela ekuseni kusasa ukuya kokulandelayo. Mina neqembu lami sanquma ukubeka isigxobo sami sokhuni (imfuneko lapho umgijimi edonsa isikhashana emjahweni) esihlabathini amamayela ambalwa ngaphambi kwePanamint Springs ukuze ngithole usizo lwezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuba kuphuze kakhulu. Sangena ngemoto futhi sachaza isimo sami kwezokwelapha-ukuthi umzimba wami ubungakaqedi uketshezi amahora amaningi, futhi lapho ngigcina ukuhlola, umchamo wami wawunombala we-mocha onegazi elibomvu. Ngaphoqeleka ukuthi ngihlale ngilinde ngize ngichame, ngakho-ke iqembu lamadoda lalinganquma ukuthi ngingaqhubeka yini nomjaho noma cha. Ngemuva kwamahora amahlanu, imisipha yami isiqinisekisiwe ukuthi sengiqedile, nokuthi kungekudala sizobuyela ekhaya siyonethezeka eHidden Hills. Kodwa umzimba wami waphendula, futhi ngakhombisa iqembu lezokwelapha umchamo wami ongenagazi, okwenza ngifanele ukuqhubeka. (Thola amazwibela ngaphakathi kokuhlangenwe nakho komgijimi oyedwa ngomunye umjaho onzima ngendlela exakayo, i-Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.)

Into elandelayo okufanele uyenze? Thola isigxobo sami. Lokhu bekusho ukubuyela emuva ngendlela ehlukile kusuka ekugcineni. Angazi ukuthi yini ebingenza isimo sami sengqondo sibe sibi kakhulu. Iqembu lami elalikhathele (elalinabesifazane abathathu, bonke abagijimi abangochwepheshe, ababeshintshana ngokugijima nami, bangiphakele, futhi baqiniseke ukuthi angifanga esikoleni) bangibuyela evenini yethu beyofuna isigxobo sami. Ngemva kwehora, ukukhungatheka kwami ​​kwaqala ukwanda. Ngatshela ithimba lami, "Ake sikukhohlwe-sengiqedile." Futhi ngalokho isigxobo sami savela ngokungazelelwe sengathi singimemela emuva ebangeni, singangivumeli ukuthi ngiyeke. Yonke imisipha yayikhathele, izinzwane nezinyawo zami zazinegazi futhi zishazeke. Ukuchacha phakathi kwemilenze yami nasemakhwapheni kwakuzwakala kushubile lapho kuqhuma umoya oshisayo ongapheli - kodwa ngangibuyele emjahweni. Isitobhi esilandelayo: IPanamint Springs, imayela 72.

Isikhathi sokugcina engangihamba ngaso ibanga langempela kwakungoNovemba # 2016 ejavelina # 100 #mile #ultra #marathon - lapha ne-pacer yami uMaria, #film #director Gaël kanye #buddy Bibby baby be rubbing my tired #legs (; I Ngizizwa nginovalo mayelana (nokushoda kwami) #ukuqeqeshwa kwe- #Badwater - Ngiyabazi ubuhlungu engizobubekezelela #gijima # 135mamayela futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kuzoba khona # izithiyo eziningi # ukunqoba futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ngizonikeza ngaphezu kokuthi ngizokunika konke enginakho!

Okuthunyelwe okwabiwe nguShannon Farar-Griefer (@ultrashannon) ngoJun 19, 2017 ngo-11: 05 pm PDT

Phakathi nokukhuphuka okungamakhilomitha angu-8 ukuya esiqongweni sikaBaba uCrowley (ongowesibili kwemithathu emikhulu emjahweni), ngangabaza ingqondo yami ngokuba semjahweni okhuthazela nobuhlungu kangaka. Lesi bekungekhona okokuqala ngqa ukuqhuba iBadwater, ngakho bengikwazi okufanele ngikulindele, futhi lokho "akulindelekile." Lapho ngifika phezulu, ngangazi ukuthi ngingaqala ukugijima i-mile 90, indawo yokuhlola 4, Darwin. Njengoba izinyawo zami zisuka ekunyakazeni okumangalisayo ziya phambili ngaqala ukuzizwa ngiphila, kodwa ngangazi ukuthi kukhona okungalungile futhi. Umzimba wami wawungafuni ukudla, ukuphuza, noma ukuchama. Buqamama, ngabona iveni labasebenzi bami limile futhi lilinde ukufika kwami ​​eDarwin. Babazi ukuthi sinezinkinga ezinkulu okufanele sibhekane nazo. Kulo mdlalo, ukucubungula uketshezi kuyinto kakhulu kubalulekile. Uma ungaqapheli ngokudla amakhalori nophuzo olwanele, futhi umzimba wakho ungawadedeli amanzi, izinso zakho zisengozini. (Futhi i-ICYDK, udinga okungaphezulu kwamanzi nje ukuze uhlale unamanzi ngesikhathi semidlalo yokukhuthazela.) Sike sazama konke, futhi umzamo wethu wokugcina ukubeka isandla sami emanzini ashisayo, njenge-gag yesikole samabanga aphezulu esidlale ngayo kubangani bethu ukubenza ngichame-kodwa lokhu akusebenzanga futhi bekungeyona into ehlekisayo. Umzimba wami usuphelile futhi ithimba lami lathatha isinqumo sokuthi ngihoxe emjahweni. KwakungoLwesibili ntambama, futhi ngangivuke ngaphezu kwamahora angama-36 ngiqondile. Sahamba ngemoto saya ehhotela nasendaweni yokuhlola elandelayo, mile 122, sahalalisela abagijimi abangena. Iningi lalibukeka lishayiwe, njengami, kodwa ngangizihlalele lapho, ngizishaya kakhulu futhi ngicabanga, "Ngenzeni?"

Ngakusasa, ngahamba ngendiza ngaya eVermont ngomjaho waseVermont wamamayela ayi-100, owawuzokwenzeka ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva. Isikhathi sokuqala sika-4: 00 ekuseni kwaba enye inselele, ngoba ngangisesikhathini saseNtshonalanga Coast. Izinyawo zami zazishwabene, futhi ngangintula ubuthongo emzameni wami we-Badwater wamakhilomitha angama-92. Kodwa ngemva kwamahora angu-28 nemizuzu engu-33, ngayiqeda.

Ngenyanga elandelayo, ngazama ukugijima i-Leadville 100-mile ultramarathon. Ngenxa yokuduma kwezulu elinamandla ngobusuku obandulela ama-jitters omjaho-kanye nomjaho-angikwazanga ukulala. Umjaho uqala phezulu ngaphezu kwamamitha ayi-10 000 ukuphakama, kepha angikaze ngizizwe nginamandla ekugijimeni kwamamayela ayi-100. Ngacishe ngaba sezingeni eliphakeme lomjaho-iThemba's Pass ngamamitha ayi-12 600, ngaphambi nje kwephuzu lokujika kwamamayela angama-50-lapho ngabambeka ngilinde iqembu lami esiteshini sosizo. Ngemuva kokuhlala cishe ihora lonke, bekufanele ngibuyele esikoleni, kungenjalo ngizophuthelwa isikhathi esinqunyiwe. Ngakho ngaqhubeka ngedwa, ngenyuka futhi ngale kwePhasi likaHope.

Ngokungazelelwe, isibhakabhaka saphenduka saba mnyama, futhi imvula enamandla nomoya wawushaya ubuso bami njengezinsingo ezibandayo, ezibukhali. Ngokushesha ngase ngiqoshame ngaphansi kwetshe elincane ukuze ngiphephele esiphephweni. Ngangisalokhu ngigqoke isikhindi sami sasemini kuphela ngiphethe nesikhindi esifushane. Ngangigodola. Omunye umgijimi wanginika ibhantshi lakhe. Ngaqhubeka. Kwathi kude, ngezwa, "Shannon, ngabe nguwe lowo"? Kwakuyi-pacer yami, uCheryl, owayengibambe ngekhanda lami kanye negiya lemvula, kodwa kwase kwephuze kakhulu. Ngawuzwa umshikashika ngenxa yamakhaza, nomzimba wami wawusuqala ukungenwa ukushisa. Bobabili mina noCheryl sikhohliwe ukusetha amawashi ethu ngesikhathi sentaba futhi sacabanga ukuthi sinehora elengeziwe esingalisebenzisa, ngakho-ke sakuthatha kalula ukubuyisela umzimba wami emgqeni. Lapho sifika esiteshini sosizo esilandelayo ngangihlela ukuba noshokoledi oshisayo nesobho elishisayo, futhi ngishintshe izingubo zami ezimanzi te, kodwa ngathola ukuthi sigeje indawo yokuhlola. Ngikhishwe emjahweni.

Lapho ngihlanganyela izindaba zami, abantu abaningi bayabuza, kungani uzihlupha? Kepha yizindaba ezifana nalezi ukuthi abantu funa ukwazi ngakho. Kungaba yisicefe kanjani uma bengingathi, "Yebo benginomjaho omkhulu, akukho okungahambanga kahle!" Akusebenzi lokho kunoma yimuphi umdlalo wokukhuthazela. Kuhlale kunezinselele kanye nezithiyo ezixaka ingqondo eziza nendawo.

Ngikwenzelani? Kungani ngibuyela emuva ukuthola okuningi? Ayikho imali yangempela emdlalweni wokugijima kwe-ultramarathon. Angiyena umgijimi omkhulu nhlobo. Anginalo ikhono noma isiphiwo njengabaningi kwezemidlalo yami. Ngingumama nje othanda ukugijima-futhi uye phambili, kuba ngcono. Yingakho ngibuyela emuva ukuze ngithole okwengeziwe: Ukugijima kuyisifiso sami. Eminyakeni engama-56 ubudala, nginomuzwa wokuthi ukugijima, ukuziqeqesha, nokugxila ekudleni okunempilo kungigcina ngisesimweni esihle kakhulu empilweni yami. Ingasaphathwa, ngicabanga ukuthi kuyangisiza ukulwa ne-MS. I-Ultrarunning ibiyingxenye yempilo yami iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-23, futhi manje iyingxenye yokuthi ngingubani. Nakuba abanye bengase bazizwe begijima amakhilomitha angu-100 ezintabeni ezimazombezombe, kanye namamayela angu-135 ukunqamula i-Death Valley ngoJulayi, kungase kudlulele futhi kube yingozi emzimbeni, kufanele ngingavumelani. Umzimba wami uqeqeshiwe, waklanywa, futhi wakhelwa lo mdlalo wami osile.

Ungangibizi ngohlanya. Kunikelwe nje.

Buyekeza kwe-