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"Zvakaoma, Cristina, rega kutarisa pakombiyuta yako! Uchaparara," chero mumwe wehanzvadzi dzangu nhanhatu dzekuchovha bhasikoro muNYC aishevedzera pese pataifamba rwendo rurefu rwekudzidzira tichiyambuka George Washington Bridge kuenda pakashama, migwagwa yeNew Jersey. Vaive vakarurama. Ini ndanga ndisina kuchengeteka, asi ndaisakwanisa kubvisa maziso angu kubva pane anogara achichinja stats (kumhanya, cadence, maRPM, giredhi, nguva) pane yangu Garmin, yakaiswa pamabharanzi eangu Specialised Amira mugwagwa bhasikoro. Pakati pegore ra2011 na2015, ini ndaive zvese nezvekuvandudza mafambiro angu, kudya makomo pakudya kwekuseni, uye, pandakanga ndichinzwa kushinga zvakakwana, ndichizvimanikidza kuti ndiende pane zvinodzikira zvinotyisa. Kana pane kudaro, batisisa.

"Oo mwari wangu, ini ndoda kurova mamaira makumi mana paawa pakuderera uko," ndaizodaidzira nemoyo wangu uchirova, kungowana mhinduro yekunyepedzera kubva kuna tenzi, Angie, kuti akarova makumi mashanu nemaviri. Ndiri kukwikwidza tad?)

Tichifunga kuti ndakabva pakudzidzira kuchovha zvakanaka pazera remakore 25 (Chii? Ndiri New Yorker!) ndakananga mumatriathlons angangoita gumi nemaviri (Ndinoda dambudziko rakanaka rekusimba) ndokuzopinda murwendo rwemakiromita 545 kubva kuSan Francisco kuenda kuLA ( nditarise ndichizviita mumaminetsi maviri), hazvishamise kuti handina kumbobatanidza mutambo nemutambo wekuzorora. Pedaling yaigara ichishandira chinangwa: Enda nekukurumidza, enda zvakanyanya, ratidza chimwe chinhu kwauri. Nguva imwe neimwe. (Yakabatana: 15 maGIF Ese Fitness Tracker Anodhakwa Anogona Kuenderana Na)

Ndiwo maperero andakaita paSpecialized Pitch Sport 650b bhasikoro remugomo pakati pesafari park parwendo rutsva rwemazuva gumi nematatu rweCycle Tanzania Chikunguru apfuura. Kunyangwe anga ave makore maviri kubvira pandakange ndachengeta yakajairwa regimen yekudzidzira pabhasikoro-ini ndakanga ndaturika mavhiri angu, chaiko, pamadziro eimba yangu yekuBrooklyn ndichifarira mapapiro ekufamba zvakawanda zvebasa-ndakafunga kuti hazvigone izvo zvakaoma kudzoka muchigaro. Ndiri kureva, "zvakafanana nekutasva bhasikoro," rudyi?

Dambudziko nderekuti, ini handina kuziva kuti bhasikoro remumigwagwa uye kuchovha mabhasikoro hazvisi hunyanzvi hwekuchinjisa. Chokwadi, pane zvimwe zvakafanana, asi kuve mukuru pane imwe hakungoitisi kuti uve wakanaka kune imwe. Kuwedzera kune dambudziko raive rekuti, pamwe nemimwe mweya gumi neimwe yakashinga-yaibva kuAustralia, New Zealand, Scotland, UK, uye US-Ini ndakanga, chaizvoizvo, ndakasaina kuchovha bhasikoro nemumapani asina kuhaiwa azere nemhuka dzesango uko vashanyi vasingawanzoenda. . AKA a zoo isina matanga.

Kubva mamaira ekutanga muArusha National Park, kwatakateedzera murwi ane zvombo mu4x4 kuitira kuchengetedzeka, ndakaziva kuti ndaive munyatwa. Ndichitarisa pasi kuna Garmin wangu (hongu ndakauya nayo), ndakakatyamadzwa kungoenda mamaira mashanu kusvika matanhatu chete paawa (musiyano wakakura kubva pamashanu kusvika gumi nematanhatu mph kumba kumba) pavhu remarara nemakorari akatipa kumashure kwedu "yekushambadzira kweAfrica," sekudanwa kwevanhu veko mabhasikoro.

Maziso angu aive akatarisa pane tembiricha (86 madhigirii) uye iyo kukwira, iyo yaive ichikurumidza kukwira. Mapapu angu akazadzwa neguruva (kwete nyaya mumigwagwa yakavezwa) uye muviri wangu wakashongedzwa, uchibata hupenyu hunodiwa nguva dzese apo dombo rakasununguka raibuda mugumbo rangu, iro raiwanzo. (Cherechedza: Nekukwira bhasikoro, ndicho chinhu chinokosha kuti ugare wakasununguka uye uchinje, uchifamba nebhasikoro pane kugara wakatsiga uye aerodynamic pabhasikoro remugwagwa.) Pane imwe nguva, ndakatanga kupindira ndichibata mweya wangu, izvo zvakaita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere kuipa, kuwedzera tunnel yangu. chiratidzo pakombiyuta.

Ndosaka ndisina kuona red buck yaiuya.

Sezvineiwo, yanga ichichaja kwatiri, asi ini handina kuzviona. Kana naLeigh, wekuNew Zealand, haanawo kuchovha bhasikoro shure kwangu. Zvakamupotsa nepadiki netsoka zvishoma achimhanya achiyambuka mugwagwa, ndinozoudzwa. Leigh nemunhu wese akaona kupotsa kuparara kwakaitika, asi ini ndakanga ndichakanyanyotarisa kuti ndinyatsonzwisisa mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Mutungamiriri wedu wekuzvarwa, Akashinga Ekushanya mutungamiri, Justaz, akatiraira kuti titarise mudenga uye tigare takatarisa, nekunakidzwa nemaonero ekupenga, kusanganisira nyati iri mumasango eAfrica ari kurudyi. Chandaikwanisa kutenga kwaive kungotarisa.

Panguva yatakasvika pane boka renjuzu, vachidya pamuti murefu kubva padivi penzira neGomo reKirimima kumashure (hazviite zvinoyevedza kupfuura izvozvo!), Ndakanga ndatova pabhasikoro rangu uye mota yekutsigira, ichitora mweya wangu kubva pakukwira tsoka-chiuru mamaira matatu. Ndakaona boka richiuya richitora mafoto bhazi redu richipfuura. Handina kana kuedza kutora kamera yangu. Ndakanga ndakatsamwa pandiri uye ndakasuruvara. Kunyange zvazvo ndakanga ndisiri ndoga mubhazi (vamwe vanenge vana vakanga vandikumbanira), ndakashatirwa kuti ndakanga ndanyoresa nokuda kwechimwe chinhu icho muviri wangu waisagona kuita—kana kuti zvimwe, kwete kumipimo yangu. Idzo nhamba dzaGarmin wangu dzainge dzawana mumusoro mangu kupfuura surreal landscape (uye mhuka dzesango).

Zuva rakatevera rakaenderera mberi neni ndichizvirova nekuda kwekunetseka kugara neboka rakaringana panzvimbo yakaoma. Ndakapfekedzwa mugiya razvino kubva kuSpecialized, ndakatarisa chikamu ndokupika kuti ndaiziva zvandaiita, zvakare, asi hapana nezvekuita kwangu chakataura kudaro. Kutya kwangu kuwira pamatombo akavezwa, sezvakaitwa nevamwe, vachitambura maronda eropa, kwakapedza chero kunetseka kwekukuvadzwa nechikara. Ini ndanga ndisingakwanise kuzorora nekuzvipa mvumo yekukwira chero nhanho yandaigona kunyatsogadzirisa uye kunakidzwa nerwendo urwu rwehupenyu hwese. (Yakabatana: Pakupedzisira Kudzidza Kuchovha Bhasikoro Kwakandibatsira Kukunda Kutya Kwangu)

Pazuva rechitatu, mhanza yangu yakanga yashanduka. Mushure mekugara kunze kwechikamu chekutanga chezuva rekufamba munzira ine tsvina ine hunyengeri, ndakasvetukira pabhasikoro rangu miniti yatakasvika pamugwagwa wedu wekutanga wetara. Vashoma vedu vakatanga, nepo vazhinji vakarembera kuzoisa mafuta pamichero mitsva. Pakupedzisira, ndakanga ndiri muchinhu changu uye ndichibhururuka. Wangu Garmin akaverenga manhamba ese andaiziva uye akatodarika zvandaitarisira. Ini handina kukwanisa kunyemwerera, kuenda 17 kusvika 20 mph. Ndisati ndazviziva, ndakanga ndasiyana neboka rangu diki. Hapana akandibata kwemakiromita 15 kusvika ku20 anotevera kuenda kuLongido mumugwagwa mukuru unobatanidza Tanzania neKenya.

Izvi zvinoreva kuti ndakanga ndisina zvapupu apo mhou yakanaka, yakasvinwa-mhanya yakamhanya ichidarika mugwagwa, ichisvetuka senge ballerina, pamberi pangu chaipo. Ndakaridza mhere ndikatadza kutenda maziso angu. Ndipo pazvakandibata: Ndiri kuchovha mu freaking Africa !! Ini ndiri mumwe wevanhu vashoma vekutanga papasi kuti vakambokwira bhasikoro kuburikidza neyepasirese safari park (kunyangwe uyu mugwagwa mukuru waive usiri mupaki). Ini ndaifanira kumira kutarisa paGarmin wangu ndotarisa mudenga, dammit.

Saka, ndakasarudza kuenda danda (ChiSwahili chinoreva "zvishoma nezvishoma zvishoma nezvishoma"), ndichideredza nhanho yangu kusvika gumi kusvika gumi nemaviri mamaira paawa uye ndichitora nharaunda yangu ndichimirira mumwe munhu kuti andibate. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, apo Leigh akamonera, akandipa nhau dzakanakisa. Akanga aona mhou ichayambuka, futi. Ndakafara zvikuru kunzwa kuti ndaigona kugoverana nguva iyi isingakanganwiki nomumwe munhu. Vamwe vese veboka vakazobatana nesu uye tese takapinda mudhorobha, tichichinjanisa makuki, Clif Shots, uye nyaya dzekufamba kwedu munzira (vakanga vatora maselfies nevarwi vechiMasai!).

Kwasara rwendo rwese, ndakaita zvese zvandaigona kuita kuti mutsoropodzi wangu wemukati anyarare uye chirebvu changu chiri kumusoro. Ini handina kana kucherechedza apo Garmin wangu akamira kurekodha pane imwe nguva, ndisina chokwadi kuti riini. Uye handina kumbotora mamaira angu pandakasvika kumba kuti nditarise zvandainge ndapedza. Ndaisafanira kudaro. Rwendo urwu rwemavhiki maviri pasi munzira dzisina kukundwa kwaisambove kwekupwanya mamaira kana kuita nguva yakanaka. Zvakanga zvava kuda kuva nguva yakanaka nevanhu vakanaka munzvimbo yakakosha kuburikidza neimwe yeakanakisa modhi yekufambisa yekuongorora. Kutora mhuka dzesango dzemuAfrica dzakanakisa uye nharaunda dzinogamuchira kazhinji kubva kuchigaro chekumashure chebhasikoro zvichave zvekusingaperi zvendangariro dzangu dzandinofarira pamavhiri maviri.

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