Lo wesifazane Ugijima iMarathon kuwo wonke amazwekazi

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Uyazi ukuthi umgijimi uzowafungisa kanjani ama-marathon emizuzwini edlule eqeda umugqa...ube esezithola esebhalisa futhi lapho ezwa ngomjaho opholile, uthi, eParis? (Kuyiqiniso lesayensi: Ubuchopho Bakho Bukhohlwa Ubuhlungu Bomjaho Wakho Wokuqala.) USandra Cotuna ungomunye walabo bagijimi, kuphela uyengwe ngamabomu ukuthi asebenze kuwo wonke amazwekazi eMhlabeni.

UCotuna, 37, ungumhlaziyi we-actuary ohlala eBrooklyn, NY, futhi wazalelwa eRomania. Uthi: “Ngakhulela ngaphansi kobuKhomanisi, ubuholi bamaKhomanisi obunonya. "Yonke into yayilinganiselwe: amanzi, amandla, i-TV." Nokho, izinto ezibalulekile ekuphileni zaziziningi. "Ngaso leso sikhathi, ngangizungezwe umndeni omuhle futhi onothando owakhulisa ngempela injabulo nothando, umusa nesihawu, kanye nelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi umhlaba."

Ubusha bakhe babuyinto ejabulisayo-wathola imfundo waze wahambela umhlaba wonke njengomdlali we-chess wokuncintisana-futhi zonke lezo zipho zamvumela ukuba athuthele e-United States eseneminyaka engamashumi amabili ubudala futhi aphishekele impilo engcono kakhulu. Abazali bakhe babegxilise isidingo sosizo, futhi wafuna ukuthola izindlela zokubuyisa uthando lwakhe olukhulu: imfundo.

"Nganquma ukwenza imfundo ibe yinto ehamba phambili kimina. Ngangifuna ukwakha izikole noma ngenzele izingane into enkulu, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi kunenkinga yezemfundo emhlabeni," kusho uCotuna. "Ngacwaninga izinhlangano ezingenzi inzuzo ezahlukahlukene futhi ngathola i-buildOn," inhlangano yakha izikole emazweni asathuthuka futhi iqhuba izinhlelo zangemva kwesikole lapha e-United States.

Ngemuva kokuzama ukwakha i -On, wabe eseqala ukuqoqa imali. Indlela okwakulula ngayo: "Uma ngibheka emuva ebuntwaneni bami, ngangihlale ngingaphandle ngidlala futhi ngigijima. Ngaqala ukugijima amabanga amade, futhi [ngaqeqeshelwa] i-marathon yami yokuqala ngonyaka odlule, i-New York City marathon. Ngangiyithanda nje ," esho. “Nginqume ukuhlanganisa uthando lwami lokugijima nentshisekelo yokubuyisa,” usho kanje. "Kanti ngisanda kuqhamuka nalo mbono wokuthi ngingagijima ngiyokwakha izikole. Kungani ngingagijimi umhlaba wonke ngiqongelela imali, bese ngakha izikole?"

Ubuntu bakhe obushisayo cishe budlale indima ekutheni akwazi kanjani ukusheshe anikele eminikelweni emikhulu, njengoba kwenza inkampani yakhe, i-AIG. Inkampani yomshuwalense wezizwe ngezizwe kabili-wafanisa nezipho zozakwabo zokwakha i-On, futhi kungakapheli unyaka wayeseqongelele imali eyanele ukuvula isikole eNepal.

Ungaya kuphi lapho? Uma ufana neCotuna, ufuna okuningi-okuningi. "Ngonyaka wokuqala, ngakhulisa kakhulu kunalokho engangikulindele, futhi kwanginika ukuzethemba okukhulu ukuzama okwengeziwe nokuphusha okwengeziwe nokuhlanganisa imibono eyengeziwe." Bekuneminye imijaho, mhlawumbe i-half-marathon, mhlawumbe i-triathlon-noma kuthiwani ngokugijima imarathon eyodwa egcwele kuwo wonke amazwekazi?

Ngakho-ke icebo lasungulwa futhi izinhlanga zahlelwa iminyaka eminingi. UCotuna wagijima i-Iceland marathon ngoSepthemba, eChicago ngo-Okthoba, kanye neNew York City (nakhona) ngoNovemba; ngemuva kwalokho, kunemarathon eTorres del Paine National Park eChile ngoSepthemba 2016, eyodwa eGreat Wall yaseChina ngoMeyi 2017, umjaho wase-Antarctica ngo-2018, umjaho iVictoria Falls (ngeZimbabwe neZambia) ngo-2019, kanye I-Great Ocean Road marathon e-Australia ngo-2020. (Oh, futhi lokho akukona nje ukubala labo abenzela ukuzijabulisa nje.) Uhambo olubuyela emuva okusho ukuthi, empeleni, ukumodi yokuqeqeshwa engami. "Akulula, ikakhulukazi uma ngisebenza ngokugcwele. Kungakhathaza kakhulu amaphuzu, nami ngilimale." Ngesikhathi sikhuluma, ubengakagijimi emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kokuwa okubi, ubuso bubheke phansi okwamshiya edidekile. Urekhoda izikhathi ezimnandi nezingajabulisi ku-Instagram, Twitter, nakubhulogi yakhe yomuntu siqu.

"Nginezithombe eziningi zami ngigeza eqhweni. Ngizithola ziwusizo kakhulu," usho kanje ngohlelo lwakhe lwangemva komjaho. "Kunzima ukuthola izimpawu umzimba wakho okutshela zona, kodwa ngiba ngcono kuwo. Ngizama ukuqaphela kakhulu futhi ngilalele umzimba wami hhayi ukuwuphusha uma uthi kimi, 'Musa!'" ( Ungazibona lezi Zimpawu Zokutshela ukuthi Uzivivinya Kakhulu?)

Kulula ukuthandeka ngesimo sengqondo sikaCotuna nemizamo yakhe, futhi wenza kube lula uma ungathanda ukunikelela injongo yakhe. "Hamba kubhulogi yami, futhi ulandele uhambo lwami. Ukusuka lapho, kukhona izinkinobho zeminikelo yonke indawo," uyahleka. Ubuye asebenze kulayini wezingubo zemidlalo nomklami (nomngani) uSusana Monaco, konke okutholwayo okuzohlomulisa i-buildOn, kanye nokubhalela incwadi yezingane mayelana ne-chess. Yebo, imali yencwadi izokwakha nayo. Ngokusobala, uzothola isikhathi sokulala eminyakeni embalwa ezayo futhi.

Okwamanje, ujabule ngokungakholeki empumelelweni yakhe kuze kube manje, kanye nezinhlanga eziningi ezizayo. "Ngijabule kakhulu ngabo bonke, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kodwa ngijabule kakhulu nge-Antarctica. Futhi i-Great Wall yaseChina ngo-2017!" Zama ukuhambisana (futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuthi ungasiza kanjani) lapha. (Ugqugquzelwe? Hlola I-10 Marathon Engcono Kakhulu Yokuhamba Umhlaba.)

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