Hlangana nowesifazane wokuqala ukuqedela ama-Ironmans ayisithupha Emazwekazini Ayisithupha Ngonyaka owodwa

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• Ukuthola Injongo Yakhe
• Ukuqeqeshwa e-Afghanistan
• Ukuphula Irekhodi Lomhlaba
• Buyekeza kwe-

UJackie Faye usenesikhathi eside esemkhankasweni wokufakazela ukuthi abesifazane bangenza noma yini njengendoda (duh). Kepha njengentatheli yezempi, uFaye ube nesabelo sakhe esihle sezikhathi ezinzima esebenza endaweni egcwele abesilisa.

"Umsebenzi ngokwawo awukaze ube yinkinga," kusho uFaye Umumo. "Ngiyawuthanda umsebenzi wami, kodwa ngingomunye wabesifazane abambalwa abakhetha lo msebenzi ngoba ubekelwe abesilisa ngokwabo."

Lokhu kubona kwaholela uFaye ukuba enze ucwaningo oluthile. “Ngithole ukuthi imikhakha eminingi egcwele abantu besilisa, okuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe, amabhizinisi, amabhange namasosha awayenzi indima yawo ekubutheni abesifazane,” usho kanje. "Ngokwengxenye, kungenxa yokuthi abesifazane ababonwa njengabafanele le misebenzi, kodwa futhi kungenxa yokuthi abekho abesifazane abenele laphaya abakholelwa ukuthi bayakwazi ukuphumelela kulezi zimboni ngenxa yokushoda kwabantu besifazane." Ngamanye amagama, umjikelezo ononya-futhi oholele uFaye ukuthi aqale ibhizinisi elibalulekile.

Ukuthola Injongo Yakhe

Ukukhuthaza abesifazane abaningi ukuthi basebenze emikhakheni ephethwe ngabesilisa, uFaye uthathe isinqumo sokwenza inhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-She Can Tri ngokubambisana ne-Service Women's Action Network (SWAN). Ngokwakha izingqungquthela zamantombazane asezikoleni zamabanga aphakeme nangokubandakanya abesifazane abenze imisebenzi emikhakheni ebuswa ngabesilisa, le nhlangano inethemba lokufakazela ukuthi abesifazane bangaphumelela ngempela kulezi zindima ezazilawulwa ngabesilisa.

Ngemuva kokwenza okungenzi nzuzo, uFaye wazizwa ekhuthazeka kakhulu kunakuqala. "Ngangazi ukuthi kufanele ngenze okuthile okukhombisa ukuthi nami, ngingazibeka lapho, ngicindezele imingcele, futhi ngifeze okuthile okungacabangeki," usho kanje. Yini eyalandela?

Isinqumo sokuqedela imijaho eyisithupha ye-Ironman emazwenikazi ayisithupha ahlukene ngonyaka owodwa wekhalenda, yilokho. (Okuhlobene: Ngiphume Kanjani Ngisuka Kumama Omusha Esikhulu Kakhulu Ngaya Ku-Ironwoman)

UFaye wayazi ukuthi uzibekele umgomo okungenzeka ungafinyeleleki. Ngemuva kwakho konke, lokhu kwakuyinto engekho owesifazane ayenayo njalo kwenziwe ngaphambili. Kodwa wayezimisele, ngakho-ke wazibekela umgomo wokuqeqesha okungenani amahora ayi-14 ngesonto ngenkathi ese-Afghanistan-phezu kokuphuma ezindizeni ezinophephela emhlane ezifubeni ezinesisindo njengengxenye yomsebenzi wakhe wokubika. (Okuhlobene: Ngabhalisela Indoda Yensimbi Ngaphambi Kokuqeda I-Triathlon Eyodwa)

Ukuqeqeshwa e-Afghanistan

Ingxenye ngayinye yokuqeqeshwa kukaFaye yafika nezithiyo zayo. Ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi sase-Afghani kanye nokuntuleka kwendawo nemigwaqo ephephile, bekungenakwenzeka ngoFaye ukuba ahambe ngebhayisikili endaweni evulekile- "ngakho-ke, engxenyeni yebhayisikili, ibhayisikili ebelimile belingumngane wami omkhulu," usho kanje. “Kungisizile futhi ukuthi sengivele ngifundise amasosha nabasebenzi basehhovisi lenxusa amakilasi ahlukahlukene,” usho kanje.

UFaye naye wayesevele eyingxenye yeqembu eligijimayo futhi waqala ukusebenzisa lawo ma-run njengendlela yokuqeqesha ama-Ironmans azayo. Waze wathola abanye besifazane base-Afghanistan abazogijima nabo. “Kwakukhethekile ngempela ukuqeqesha kanye nalaba besifazane abasebasha, ababili babo abaqeqeshelwa umjaho wamakhilomitha angu-250 eMongolia,” usho kanje. (Unentshisekelo yokubhalisela umjaho, futhi? Nqoba i-Ironman ngalezi zeluleko ezivela kubasubathi abaphezulu.)

"Okuxakayo ukuthi bakwenza naphezu kokuthi kuyingozi ukugijima ngaphandle. Ngakho-ke ukubabuka beza bazoziqeqesha, benza konke okusemandleni abo, kungenze ngabona ukuthi ngangingenazo izaba uma kuziwa ekufezeni impumelelo. inhloso yami. Uma ngiqhathaniswa nabo, benginakho konke ukungisebenzela. " (Okuhlobene: Hlangana nabagijimi besifazane Abanqamula Izithiyo ENdiya)

Uma uFaye ezithola eseduze nokuyeka, wasebenzisa ukuqina kwabesifazane base-Afghanistan njengesikhuthazo. "Owesifazane wokuqala owake waqeda umjaho omkhulu e-Afghanistan kwaba ngo-2015, okuyiminyaka emithathu eyedlule. Futhi wakwenza ngokuziqeqesha egcekeni lakwakhe, esaba ukuthi uzobulawa uma ebalekela ngaphandle," usho kanje. "Yizindaba ezinjengalezi ezibe yisikhumbuzo sokuthi abesifazane kumele baqhubeke nokuphoqa imingcele yomphakathi uma befuna ukubukwa njengabalinganayo - futhi kungiqhubele ukuba ngenze ingxenye yami ngokuqeda inselele ye-Ironman."

Ingxenye enzima kakhulu yokuqeqeshwa uthi, kepha, bekuwukubhukuda. "Ukubhukuda kuyinto engingakaze ngibe yingcweti kuyo," usho njalo. "Angizange ngiqale ukubhukuda kuze kube u-2015 futhi bekufanele ngifunde lapho ngiqala ukwenza ama-triathlons. Bekuwumsebenzi onzima kakhulu ukwakha ukubekezela kwami ​​ukuze ngifeze lokho kubhukuda okungamamitha angu-2,4 okudingwa yi-Ironman, kodwa ngikwenzile, iziqeshana zekhala nakho konke."

Ukuphula Irekhodi Lomhlaba

Igoli lezinyanga eziyi-12 likaFaye laqala e-Australia ngoJuni 11, 2017. Ngemuva kwalokho, waya eYurophu, e-Asia, eNingizimu Melika, eNingizimu Afrika, wayophetha uhambo lwakhe lokubuyela e-U.S.

Uthi: “Yonke imijaho yayinomunyu kakhulu. "Bengazi ukuthi uma ngihluleka kumjaho wenombolo yesihlanu, kuzofanele ngiqale phansi futhi. Ngakho-ke ngomjaho ngamunye, iziteki bezingaphezulu kancane." (Ngokuzayo lapho ufuna ukuyeka, khumbula lo wesifazane oneminyaka engama-75 owenza i-Ironman.)

Kodwa ngo-June 10, 2018, uFaye wazithola eselayini lokuqala eBoulder, Colorado, kusasele u-Ironman oyedwa ukuthi aphule irekhodi lomhlaba. "Bengazi ukuthi ngifuna ukwenza okuthile okhethekile emjahweni wokugcina ngakho-ke ngithathe isinqumo sokuthi ngizogijima umjaho wokugcina ongu-1.68 kumjaho wama-26.2-mile kuvesti elinezinhlamvu ezinesisindo ukuhlonipha abantu besifazane base-168 baseMelika abalahlekelwe yimpilo yabo besebenza ezweni lase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. "

Manje, njengoba (!) ephule ngokusemthethweni irekhodi lomhlaba, uFaye uthi uthemba ukuthi impumelelo yakhe igqugquzela abesifazane abasebasha ukuthi bayeke ukuzizwa sengathi kufanele badlale "ngemithetho". "Ngicabanga ukuthi kunengcindezi enkulu kubantu besifazane abasebasha ukuba babe yizinto eziningi," kodwa nquma ukuthi yini ofuna ukuyenza bese uyayenza, usho kanje.

"Ukuthi akekho omunye umuntu wesifazane okwenzayo, akusho ukuthi awukwazi. Uma kukhona okuthathwayo ohambweni lwami, ngiyethemba ukuthi yilokho."

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