Ngigijime yonke i-6 ye-World Marathon Majors Eminyakeni emi-3

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• ILondon Marathon
• I-New York City Marathon
• I-Chicago Marathon
• IBoston Marathon
• I-Berlin Marathon
• I-Tokyo Marathon
• Manje?
• Buyekeza kwe-

Ngangingakaze ngicabange ukuthi ngizogijima i-marathon. Lapho ngifika entanjeni yeDisney Princess Half Marathon ngoMashi 2010, ngikhumbula ngokusobala ngicabanga, 'kwakumnandi lokho, kodwa kukhona akunakwenzeka Ngingakwenza kabili lelo banga. "(Yini ekwenza ube umgijimi?)

Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngangisebenza njengoMsizi Wokuhlela emagazini wezempilo nobungqabavu eNew York City-futhi ngathola ithuba lokugijima umncintiswano weNew York City ne-Asics, umxhasi wezicathulo osemthethweni walo mjaho. Ngicabange ukuthi ngizoke ngigijime umncintiswano webanga elide, lokho kuzoba yimi engikwenzayo futhi manje bekuyisikhathi sokwenza lokho. Kepha ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa izinyanga ezintathu nokwenziwa ampedie ukuqala umdlalo, izindaba zafika zinanela amahholo ehhovisi lami ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku: "Umjaho ukhanseliwe!" Ngemuva kokuthi idolobha licekelwe phansi yisiphepho uSandy, umjaho waseNew York City wango-2012 wakhanselwa. Ngenkathi kuqondakala, kwakuwukudumala okukhulu.

Umngani we-marathon wase-London wazwelana nami ngokukhanselwa futhi wasikisela ukuthi ngize ngakuye echibini ukuze "ngisebenzise i-London esikhundleni salokho." Njengoba ngihlale futhi ngafunda khona unyaka, ngacabanga ukuthi umncintiswano webanga elide wawuyizaba ezinhle njenganoma ikuphi ukuphinde uvakashele idolobha engilithanda kakhulu. Ngenyanga yokuphumula enganginayo ngaphambi kokuqala kokuqeqeshwa komjaho ka-April, ngabona okuthile okubalulekile: I njenge ukuqeqeshwa kwamamarathon. Ngiyayithokozela impelasonto (futhi hhayi kuphela ngoba ibeka i-pizza newayini ngoLwesihlanu!), Ngiyathanda ukwakheka kohlelo lokuqeqeshwa, anginandaba nokuzwa okubuhlungu kaningi.

Woza April, ngabhekisa amabombo eLondon. Umjaho ubususele isonto nje ngemuva kokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu aseBoston, futhi angisoze ngawukhohlwa lowo mzuzu wokuthula ngaphambi kokuba kuqhume isibhamu eGreenwich. Noma umuzwa okhandlayo, odonsa umoya wokweqa umugqa wokugcina ngesandla sami phezu kwenhliziyo yami njengokuyalelwa ngabahleli bomjaho-inkumbulo yezisulu zaseBoston. Ngikhumbula futhi ngicabanga, "Lokho bekuyi-epic. Ngingaphinda ngikwenze lokhu."

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngafunda ngento encane ebizwa ngokuthi i-Abbott World Marathon Majors, uchungechunge oluhlanganisa ama-marathon ayisithupha adume kakhulu emhlabeni: eNew York, London, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, ne-Tokyo. Kubantu abakhethekile, iphuzu lokugijima le mijaho ethile ngeyokuthola indondo enkulu yemali; kubantu abavamile njengami, kungcono kakhulu kokuhlangenwe nakho, indondo epholile, kanye-namalungelo okugabisa! Bangaphansi kuka-1 000 abantu asebethole isicoco seSix Star Finisher kuze kube manje.

Bengifuna ukukwenza konke okuyisithupha. Kepha bengingazi ukuthi ngizoshesha ngokushesha kangakanani kubo (ngokuhlangene lokho; Ngingumgijimi wamahora amane kunedemoni lejubane!). Ngenyanga edlule nje, ngihlole i-Major yokugcina ohlwini lwami e-Tokyo-mhlawumbe isipiliyoni esishintsha impilo kunazo zonke. Kodwa ngokuqeqeshwa nokugijima ibanga ngalinye, ngifunde izifundo ezingaphezu kwezimbalwa mayelana nokufaneleka, impilo, kanye nempilo.

ILondon Marathon

Ephreli 2013

Ukuqeqeshwa ngesikhathi sasebusika kuyadonsa ngempela. Kepha kuwufanele! (Bona: Izizathu ezi-5 zokuthi ukugijima emakhazeni kukulungele.) Ayikho indlela ebengingayenza ngisho nengxenye yesine yenani lokugijima engikwenzile ukube bengingenalo lo mjaho. Ngangihlale ngicabanga ukuthi ukugijima kuwumdlalo wedwa, kodwa ukuthola abantu abangisekelayo kulokho kugijima okubandayo (ngokoqobo nangokomfanekiso) kwakuyisihluthulelo sokuqeda konke lokho kuqeqeshwa. Emijahweni yami eminingi emide, ngangiba nabangane ababili ukuze ngimake iqembu omunye nomunye-oyedwa wayezogijima amakhilomitha ambalwa okuqala nami futhi omunye aqede nami. Ukwazi ukuthi umuntu uthembele ukuthi uzohlangana naye ngesikhathi nasendaweni ebekiwe kwenza kube nzima ukubhoboza ngaphansi kwamakhava, noma ngabe kungama-degree ayi-10 ngaphandle!

Kepha ukuba nohlelo lokusekelwa akubalulekile kuphela kubagijimi, kuyisihluthulelo sokunamathela kunoma yiziphi izinhloso zokuqina komzimba (ucwaningo lukufakazela lokhu!). Futhi leyo filosofi idlulela ngale komgwaqo noma ijimu: Ukuba nabantu ongathembela kubo kubalulekile empumelelweni emsebenzini nasempilweni. Kwesinye isikhathi sithola lo mbono ongalungile emakhanda ethu ngokucela usizo noma ukuthembela komunye umuntu ukuthi "sibuthakathaka" - kodwa empeleni, kuyisibonakaliso samandla. Ukuphumelela kumarathon noma kunoma yimuphi omunye umgomo, ukwazi ukuthi uzobuyela nini emuva kungasho umehluko phakathi kokwehluleka okuseduze nokufeza amaphupho akho amabi kakhulu.

I-New York City Marathon

Novemba 2013, 2014, 2015

Njengoba umjaho ka-2012 ukhanseliwe, ngathola ithuba lokugijima ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngisanda kujabula ngeLondon, nginqume ukuyilanda futhi ngaqala ukuziqeqesha futhi ngemuva nje kwalokho. (Futhi, yebo, ngangiyithanda kakhulu kangangokuba ngabuye ngagijima futhi eminyakeni emibili elandelayo futhi!) INew York iyinkambo yomjaho enamagquma, engehli, enzima. Lo mjaho udlula nawe kumabhuloho amahlanu, futhi kukhona umqansa "wegquma" odume kabi e-Central Park nje amamitha ukusuka entanjeni. (Bheka Izizathu Ezi-5 Zokuthanda Ukwehla.) Ukwazi ukuthi kukhona, noma kunjalo, kuyasiza, ngoba ungazilungiselela ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo.

Ngeke uhlale unethuba lokuzilungiselela izinselelo ezinzima ezifundweni zomjaho, emsebenzini, noma ebudlelwaneni bakho, kodwa uma wazi ukuthi ziyeza, ungenza konke okusemandleni akho ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ziyeza. akusabisi kangako lapho kufanele ubhekane nabo ekugcineni - noma ngabe ukukhuphuka okubonakala kungenakwenzeka phakathi nemayela lokugcina lohambo lwakho lwamamayela angama-26.2 noma ukuma phambi kweklayenti elibalulekile ukuletha isethulo esingahle sishintshe umdlalo.

I-Chicago Marathon

Okthoba 2014

Izintombi zami ezimbili zazifuna ukwenza lo mjaho odumile, ngakho sobathathu sangena kwi-lottery ngemuva nje kokuqeda i-NYC. Ngigcine ngithuthukisa i-PR yami cishe imizuzu engama-30 egcwele eChicago (!), Futhi ngincoma ukushesha kwami ​​okusha ekusetshenzisweni kwezikhawu kuhlelo lwami lokuqeqesha (olwenzelwe umqeqeshi osebenzayo uJenny Hadfield), kanye nokuzethemba okuncane. (Ungahlola futhi lezi Zindlela Ezi-6 Zokuqalisa Ngokushesha.) IChicago iyinkambo eyaziwa kakhulu eyisicaba, kepha ayikho indlela indawo okwakungukuphela kwayo eyenza ngishefe isikhathi esiningi kangaka!

Benginothisha we-yoga ongisizayo ukubethela i-headstand okokuqala emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kwalo mjaho. Ngemva kwekilasi, ngambonga ngosizo lwakhe futhi wavele wathi, "Uyazi, ungenza okungaphezu kwalokho okucabangayo." Kwakuyisitatimende esilula, kepha sanamathela kimi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wayekusho ngale ndlela noma cha, leyo nkulumo yayimayelana nokungaphezulu kwaleyo nto yokumisa ikhanda. Njengoba nje unganqikaza ukuziphendula ubheke phezulu kwi-yoga, ungahle ungasheshe ukholelwe ukuthi uyakwazi ukugijima amamayela angama-26 alandelanayo wemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye noma ukufeza noma yimuphi umgomo obonakala sengathi ungasile ofuna ukuzibekela wona. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi uqale ukuqeqeshwa ngakho, kufanele kholwa ungakwenza lokho Abesifazane bavame ukuzithengisa ngamafushane futhi babe nokuzithoba ngokweqile ("O, akukuhle kangako," "Angiyithandi kangako," njll.). Kufanele ukholwe ukuthi wena can chitha umjaho wamahora amane. Wena can ekugcineni isipikili saleyo headstand, igwababa pose-noma yini. Wena can thola lowo msebenzi. Ukusebenza kanzima nokushayela kuhamba ibanga elide, kodwa ukuzethemba kubaluleke kakhulu.

IBoston Marathon

Ephreli 2015

Ngenkathi inkampani yeCLIF Bar ingithumelela i-imeyili emasontweni ayisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kwale marathon ngesithembiso sokugijima nayo, ngangingasho kanjani ukuthi cha? Njengomqhudelwano omdala kunayo yonke futhi mhlawumbe ohlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi kungenye yezinzima kakhulu ukufanelekela. Bekungomunye wemijaho yami ebinzima kakhulu. Lana, lana, laphinde lana ngosuku lomjaho. Ngikhumbula ngihlezi ebhasini ngiya endaweni yokuqala engamamayela angu-26.2 ngaphandle kwedolobha, ngibuka imvula ishaya ifasitela ngomgodi wokwesaba okhula esiswini sami. Bengivele ngilindele okuphansi kulo mjaho ngoba ngiqeqeshe isigamu sesikhathi 'osifanele' ukucija umjaho webanga elide. Kodwa angizange ngincibilike ngigijima emvuleni! Cha, ayilungile. Kodwa futhi akuwona ukuphela komhlaba-noma i-marathon.

Okungishaye phakathi nalo mjaho ukuthi awukwazi, ngeshwa, ukuzilungiselela konke. Njengoba nje uthola amabhola ejikajika emsebenzini, ungaqinisekisa ukuthi uzothola okungenani isithiyo esisodwa "sokumangala" okufanele usinqobe phakathi kwamamayela angama-26.2. Uma kungesona isimo sezulu, kungahle kube ukungasebenzi kahle kwengubo, iphutha elenzayo, ukulimala, noma enye into. Yazi ukuthi lawa mabhola ejika wonke ayingxenye yenqubo. Okubalulekile ukuthi uhlale uzolile, uhlole isimo, futhi wenze konke ongakwenza ukuze uhlale endleleni ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa isikhathi esiningi.

I-Berlin Marathon

Septhemba 2015

Lo mjaho empeleni bewuhlelwe ngaphambi kweBoston. Omunye wabangani abagijimi abafanayo engangibaleka nabo eChicago wayefuna ukumaka lona olandelayo, ngakho-ke sanquma ngalo ngoNovemba lapho iLotto ivulwa. I-Post-Boston kanye nokululama ngemuva kokulimala, ngiphinde ngafaka ama-Ultraboosts ami (ngenxa yomxhasi womjaho i-Adidas) ukuqeqesha iMajor # 5. Uma ungekho e-USA enhle, awutholi omaka bamamayela. Uthola izimpawu zekhilomitha. Njengoba iwashi lami le-Apple lalingazange likhokhiswe (ungakhohlwa iziguquli zakho lapho uya phesheya ngomjaho!) futhi ngangingazi ukuthi mangaki amakhilomitha ayesemjahweni webanga elide (42.195 FYI!), Ngangigijima ngokuyisisekelo "impumputhe. " Ngiqale ukudinwa kodwa ngasheshe ngabona ukuthi ngisengagijima ngaphandle kobuchwepheshe.

Sesithembele kakhulu emawashini ethu e-GPS, iziqapha zokushaya kwenhliziyo, ama-headphone-konke lobu buchwepheshe. Futhi nakuba kuhle kakhulu, futhi akudingekile ngokuphelele. Yebo, ngiyakuqinisekisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ugijime ngezikhindi nje, ithangi, kanye namateki amahle. Empeleni, kungenze ngabona ukuthi nami ngingahle ngiphile ngaphandle kokuthi umakhalekhukhwini wami uvulwe emsebenzini noma ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngezimpelasonto, noma ngabe ngangingakaze ngiwubheke lowo mbono "osangene" ngaphambi kokuba lokhu kwenzeke. Ngagcina ngithole iqembu lamajubane lamahora amane futhi nganamathela kubo nakwibhaluni labo elikhulu lokugoqa njengeglu. Noma ngenze lokhu ngenxa “yokuphelelwa yithemba,” ngathola ukuthi empeleni ngangithanda ubudlelwane bokuba seqenjini—futhi ukungaxhunywanga nokuxhunywa kancane kwangenza ngalalela nakakhulu imizwa emangalisayo yomjaho.

I-Tokyo Marathon

February 2016

Njengoba sekusele i-marathon eyodwa kuphela ukuthi ngiphawule ohlwini lwami, ngaba namaqiniso mayelana neqiniso lokuthi, ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo, kuzoba nzima kakhulu. (Ngiqonde ukuthi, ukuya eJapan akulula njengokungena esitimeleni uye eBoston!) Ngokundiza amahora angu-14, umehluko wesikhathi samahora ayi-14, kanye nesithiyo esikhulu solimi, bengingaqiniseki ukuthi ngizoqala nini fika lapho. Kodwa lapho abangane bami abathathu abakhulu bebonisa isithakazelo sokuza bazobuka (futhi, vele, bahlole iJapane!), ngathola ithuba lami. Siyabonga futhi ku-Asics naku-Airbnb, sihlanganise lolu hambo esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili. Khuluma ngokuphuma endaweni yami yokunethezeka! Ngangingakaze ngiye e-Asia futhi ngangingazi nhlobo ukuthi ngilindeleni. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi esikhulu sokushaqeka kwesiko-kwakudingeka ngigijime emjahweni endaweni engaziwa kakhulu. Noma ngihamba ngedwa ngiya e-corrall yami yokuqala, amazwi phezu kwezikhulisa-zwi ayengolimi lwesiJapane (ubukhulu begama lami lifaka phakathi "konichiwa," "hai," kanye "nesayonara.") Ngangizizwa ngiyingcosana phakathi kwabagijimi futhi izibukeli.

Kepha esikhundleni sokuzizwa ngingakhululekile lapho ngikhishwa ngamandla "endaweni yami yokunethezeka," ngakwamukela futhi ngakujabulela kakhulu konke okwenzekayo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ukugijimisa imarathon ngokujwayelekile - noma ngabe kusendaweni yakini noma emhlabeni jikelele-akuyona yini "indawo yokunethezeka" yanoma ubani? Kepha ngithole ukuthi ukuziphoqa ngaphandle kokunethezeka ukuthi ekugcineni uthola kanjani okuhle kakhulu, okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kakhulu empilweni, njengokufunda phesheya eParis ngenkathi ngisekolishi, ngithuthela e-NYC ukuqala umsebenzi wami, noma ukusebenzisa isigamu sami sokuqala- i-marathon e-Disney. Nakuba lo mjaho webanga elide wawungethusa kakhulu futhi uhluke kakhulu ngokwesiko kimi, futhi cishe wawungomunye wesipiliyoni esinomthelela omkhulu engibe nawo empilweni yami kuze kube manje noma ngenye indlela! Ngizwa sengathi uhambo lwami lwase-Japan lwangishintsha ngaba ngcono njengomuntu futhi yingoba ngizivumele ukuthi ngingakhululeki futhi ngivele ngicwile kukho konke. Kusukela kubantu abanomusa esihlangane nabo kuya emathempelini amangalisayo esiwavakashele ezihlalweni zangasese ezishisayo ( kodwa sina! Kungani singenazo lezo?), isipiliyoni sandise umbono wami wezwe futhi singenza ngifune ukubona okuningi kwaso - noma ngabe ukusisebenzisa noma ngenye indlela. (Bheka lawa Ama-Marthon angu-10 Ahamba Phambili Wokugijima Umhlaba!)

Manje?

Cishe imayela elilodwa ukusuka entanjeni e-Tokyo, ngezwa leso sigaxa somuzwa esijwayelekile emphinjeni wami futhi-engihlangabezane nalokhu izikhathi eziningi ngaphambi kokusicindezela, ngazi ukuthi kuzoholela kulowo muzwa wokwethuka 'Angikwazi ukuphefumula' lapho. umuzwa omningi uhlanganisa nokuzikhandla okukhulu ngokomzimba. Kodwa lapho sengiweqe lowo mugqa wokuqeda—umugqa wami wokuqeda wesithupha weMarathon Yomhlaba Enkulu—kwaqala umsebenzi wamanzi. Ini. A. ukuzwa. Ngingakwenza futhi futhi ukuze ngithole ukuphakama kwemvelo futhi. Okulandelayo: Ngizwa ukuthi kukhona okubizwa nge-Seven Continents Club ...

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