Lo Mgijimi Ufanelekele Ama-Olympics Ngemva Kokuqeda I-Marathon Yakhe Yokuqala *Ever*

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UMolly Seidel, i-barista ne-babysitter esekwe eBoston, ugijime umjaho wakhe wokuqala e-Atlanta ngoMgqibelo kuma-Olympic Trials ka-2020. Manje ungomunye wabagijimi abathathu abazomela iqembu le-US labesifazane lemarathon kuma-Olympics e-Tokyo 2020.

Lo msubathi oneminyaka engu-25 uqede umjaho wamamayela angama-26.2 ngejubane lamahora amabili nemizuzu engama-27 nemizuzwana engama-31, egijima ngejubane eli-5: 38 lemizuzu. Isikhathi sakhe sokuqeda sibeke isibili ngemuva kuka-Aliphine Tuliamuk, ngemizuzwana eyisikhombisa nje. Omunye umgijimi uSally Kipyego ungene endaweni yesithathu. Ngokubambisana, bobathathu abesifazane bazomela i-U.S. Emidlalweni yama-Olympic ka-2020.

Engxoxweni nabakwa New York Times, uSeidel uvumile ukuthi ubengalindele lukhulu kulo mjaho.

"Bengingazi ukuthi lokhu kuzoba njani," utshele iphephandaba NYT. "Bengingafuni ukuwengamela ngifake ingcindezi enkulu, ngazi ukuthi inkundla izoncintisana kangakanani. Kodwa ngikhuluma nomqeqeshi wami, angizange ngifune ukuyifonela ngoba bekungowokuqala. " (Okuhlobene: Kungani Lo mgijimi we-Elite Akulungile ngokungalokothi akwenze kuma-Olimpiki)

Yize ngoMgqibelo kuphawulwe umncintiswano wakhe wokuqala, uSeidel ube ngumgijimi wokuncintisana impilo yakhe yonke. Akagcinanga ngokunqoba iFoot Locker Cross Country Championships, kodwa futhi unezicoco ezintathu ze-NCAA, ethola ubuqhawe emjahweni we-3,000-, 5,0000-, no-10,000-meter.

Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zeNotre Dame e2016, uSeidel wanikezwa amadili okuxhaswa amaningi ukuze enze pro. Ekugcineni, nokho, wenqaba wonke amathuba okugxila ekunqobeni inkinga yokudla, kanye nokuzabalaza nokudangala kanye ne-OCD, kusho uSeidel. Umhlaba Womgijimi. (Okuhlobene: Ukugijima Kungisize Kanjani Ukunqoba Inkinga Yami Yokudla)

"Impilo yakho yesikhathi eside ibaluleke kakhulu," etshela leli phephandaba. "Kubantu abaphakathi nendawo, leyo yinto embi kakhulu. Kuzothatha isikhathi esiningi. Mhlawumbe ngizobhekana [nalezi zinkinga zempilo yengqondo] impilo yami yonke. Kumele yilaphe ngamandla adingekayo. "

USeidel ubelokhu enezikhathi zokulimala, futhi. Ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwakhe ekudleni, waba ne-osteopenia, etshela uSeidel Umhlaba Womgijimi. Isimo, okuyisandulela se-osteoporosis, sikhula njengomphumela wokuba nokuxinana kwamathambo okuphansi kakhulu kunomuntu ojwayelekile, kukwenza uthambekele kakhulu ekuqhekekeni nakokunye ukulimala kwethambo. (Okuhlobene: Indlela Engafunda Ngayo Ukwazisa Umzimba Wami Ngemva Kokulimala Okungenakubalwa Kokugijima)

Ngo-2018, ukusebenza kukaSeidel kwaphinde kwabekelwa eceleni: Walimala okhalweni okwakudinga ukuhlinzwa, futhi le nqubo isimshiye "nobuhlungu obusasele obusalele," ngokusho kuka Umhlaba Womgijimi.

Noma kunjalo, uSeidel wenqaba ukuyeka amaphupho akhe asebenzayo, waphinde wangena emhlabeni wokugijima ngokuncintisana ngemva kokululama kuzo zonke izithiyo zakhe. Ngemuva kwemidlalo embalwa eqinile yomjaho webanga elide emgwaqweni oya e-Atlanta, ekugcineni uSeidel wahlungela ama-Olympic Trials eRock 'n' Roll Half Marathon eSan Antonio, eTexas, ngoDisemba 2019. Ama-Olimpiki aseTokyo)

Okwenzeka eTokyo yi-TBD. Okwamanje, uSeidel ubambe ukunqoba kwangoMgqibelo eduze kwenhliziyo yakhe.

“Ngeke ngikubeke ngamazwi injabulo, ukubonga kanye nokushaqeka okukhulu engikuzwayo njengamanje,” ubhale kanje ku-Instagram kulandela umjaho. "Ngiyabonga kubo bonke abantu abajabule izolo. Bekuyisimanga ukugijima amakhilomitha angama-26.2 futhi ngingashayi ndawo ethule kulo lonke lolu hambo. Ngeke ngiwukhohlwe lo mjaho inqobo nje uma ngisaphila."

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