Ngabe Le Yinto Eyingozi Kakhulu Eyake Yenziwa eMarathon?

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I-Hyvon Ngetich inikeze incazelo entsha ngokuphelele yokuqeda umjaho ngisho noma kufanele ugaqe uwele entanjeni. Lo mgijimi oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala waseKenya weqe umugqa wokugcina ezandleni zakhe nasemadolweni ngemuva kokuthi umzimba wakhe ukhiphe ibanga elingama-mile 26 ku-Austin Marathon ka-2015 kule mpelasonto edlule. (Iphupho elibi kakhulu lomgijimi! Hlola Okuhlangenwe nakho Kwabagijimi Abayi-10 Abaphezulu Abakwesabayo.)

UNgetich nguyena obehamba phambili emjahweni kanti ubebikezela ukuthi uzodla umhlanganiso esigabeni sabesifazane, kodwa njengoba sekusele amamayela amabili eshumini, waqala ukugegetheka, wadiyazela, wagcina ngokuwa. Ukuba phansi engakwazi ukuvuka bekungeyona inkomba yokwehlulwa kweNgetich, nokho. Ugaqe amamitha okugcina angu-400, ephalaza amadolo nezindololwane—kodwa wawuqeda umjaho. Futhi ibekwe isithathu, lapho, iza ngemizuzwana emithathu kuphela ngemuva kophume endaweni yesibili u-Hannah Steffan.

Lapho nje efika entanjeni, uNgetich waphuthunyiswa ngokushesha etendeni lezokwelapha, lapho abasebenzi babika khona ukuthi uphethwe ushukela wegazi ophansi ngendlela emangalisayo. (Gwema isiphetho esifanayo ngokubeka ezinye izindlela ezi-12 ezihlwabusayo zamaGels Energy.)

Sicabanga ukuthi noma ngubani ongakholisa umzimba nengqondo yakhe ukugijima amamayela angama-26.2 kuyamangaza, ngakho-ke ukuzimisela kukaNgetich ukuqeda umjaho noma ngabe yini encomekayo. Kodwa ingabe kwakuyisinqumo esinempilo ngempela?

"Cha, bekungesona isinqumo esihlakaniphile neze," kusho i-Running Doc Lewis Maharam, MD, umkhulumeli we-American College of Sports Medicine kanye nomqondisi wezokwelapha owedlule kumamarathon amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. "Ithimba labezokwelapha belingazi ukuthi kwenzakalani ngaye ngesikhathi ewa. Kungenzeka kube ukushisa okushisayo, ushukela ophansi wegazi, i-hyponatremia, ukoma okukhulu emzimbeni, inkinga yenhliziyo-okunye ongafa ngayo." Eqinisweni, lokho abephethwe yikho (ushukela ophansi egazini) kungaholela ekulimaleni okungapheli kobuchopho ngisho nesifo sokuquleka.

UNgetich uthe ngemuva kwalokho akasakhumbuli amamayela amabili okugcina omjaho, okusho ukuthi wayengenawo amandla okwenqaba ukwelashwa - into iqembu lezokwelapha okwakufanele ngabe wayazi futhi wagxumela kuyo ukuhlola ukuthi ngabe esimweni sokuqeda umjaho, kusho uMaharam. (Amaqiniso Ayi-10 Angalindelekile Ngokugijima I-Marathon)

"Ekugijimeni, kufanele uqhubeke," kusho uNgetich engxoxweni yangemva komjaho. Lo mbono wokuqeda lo mjaho noma ngabe uyini umqondisi womjaho we-Austin marathon uJohn Conley nabasubathi emhlabeni jikelele umncome ngakho. Futhi ngenkathi uMaharam ebona futhi ezwelana nalesi simo sengqondo, ubuye axwayise ngokuthi umugqa othi "noma ngabe yini" kufanele udwetshwe engcupheni yempilo yakho.

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