Indlela Emangazayo Yeminyaka Eyinkulungwane Ishaya Umdlalo Wokugijima

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Ama-Millennials angathola inqwaba yokunamathiselwa ezingcingweni zawo, noma abe nedumela lokuba ngamavila futhi anelungelo, kepha i-2015-2016 Millennial Running Study ikhombisa okunye: Benza cishe isigamu sabagijimi baseMelika namuhla, futhi babonakala bezinikele futhi beqhutshwa kakhulu kunakuqala. (Isihloko sithi: Iminyaka Eyinkulungwane Iwashintsha Ngokuphelele Abasebenzi.)

Ucwaningo (oluxhaswe yiRacePartner, Running USA, kanye ne-Achieve) luhlolisise abagijimi abangaphezu kuka-15 000 abazalwe phakathi kuka-1980 no-2000, bathola ukuthi bashaya umgwaqo njengabahlanya; abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 bangabagijimi abavamile noma abazimisele, ukugawula amamayela njengabancintisana nabo noma ukuthuthukisa impilo yabo nokuqina. I-whopping 95% yaqhuba uhlobo lomcimbi ngonyaka owedlule - kepha noma bengakaqeqeshelwa owodwa, amaphesenti angama-76 weminyaka eyizinkulungwane ahlolwe asebenza unyaka wonke (manje lokho ukuzinikela).

Abazange njalo abagijimi, Nokho. Cishe uhhafu wabaphendulile bebesebenza ngaphansi kweminyaka emihlanu, futhi cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu bebegijima iminyaka eyisithupha kuya kweyishumi. Ngokuyinhloko, banesibopho sokwakha nokuphumelela kwama-bouncy-house 5Ks, ukugijimisa udaka, imijaho yokudla nokudla, nawo wonke amanye amathuba wokugijima owake wezwa ngawo eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ukuhambela imicimbi yokugijima kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-300 phakathi kuka-1990 no-2013 (futhi lokho kufaka yonke into kusuka kuma-fun run, ama-5Ks, nama-10Ks kuya kuma-marathons ama-half, ama-triathlons, izinhlanga zezithiyo, neminye imicimbi yebanga elide).

Isizathu sokuqala abashaya imigwaqo: ukugcina noma ukuthuthukisa izinga labo lokuqina. Kepha ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi izinkulungwane zeminyaka zikulungele ukuzibekela inselelo nakakhulu. Ngenkathi amaphesenti angama-23 abaphendulile eqhuba umjaho wokuzijabulisa ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule, amaphesenti angama-46 athe afuna ukuqhuba eyodwa ngonyaka olandelayo. Lezo zibalo zeqa zisuka kumaphesenti angu-48 zaya kumaphesenti angu-66 emijahweni engu-10K, futhi zisuka kumaphesenti angu-65 zaya kumaphesenti angu-82 kuma-half-marathon. Mhlawumbe ukuqeqeshwa okuhlukahlukene abakwenzayo kubasiza kahle: amaphesenti angama-94 abaphendulile anezela ukugijima kwawo ngolunye uhlobo lokuzivivinya. Okuthandwa kakhulu ukuqeqeshwa kwesisindo (amaphesenti angu-49); ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ukupakisha ojosaka, nokuqwala amatshe (amaphesenti angu-43); ukuhamba ngebhayisikili (amaphesenti angama-38); nezifundo zokuvivinya umzimba / ezokuzivocavoca (amaphesenti angama-31). (Uma uzama ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwakho, thola ukuthi kungani Ukuhamba Ngebhayisikili Kungase Kube Ukuqeqeshwa Okungcono Kakhulu Kwabagijimi.) Kuwubufakazi bokuthi nabagijimi abakhuthele kakhulu abakwenzi. nje gijima.

Ngakho-ke uma ukhathele ukubona okuthunyelwe umngani ku-Facebook mayelana nokuchoboza lo mjaho wemarathon nalowomjaho oyisithiyo, zama ukuwajoyina (kulapho ucwaningo luthi iningi leminyaka eyizinkulungwane lithola ngale micimbi). Ngabe awukaze uhlale ufuna ukubona ukuthi umgijimi uphakame kangakanani? Umbono ongcono nakakhulu: Qala ngokugijima kukabhiya noma iwayini ukuze uthole i-buzz ephindwe kabili.

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