Ini Ndakamhanyisa All matanhatu eWorld Marathon Majors Mumakore matatu

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• London Marathon
• New York City Marathon
• Chicago Marathon
• Boston Marathon
• Berlin Marathon
• Tokyo Marathon
• Zvino Chii?
• Ongororo ye

Handina kumbofunga kuti ndaizomhanya marathon. Pandakayambuka mutsara weDisney Princess Half Marathon muna Kurume 2010, ndinorangarira zvakajeka ndichifunga, 'zvainakidza, asi pane. hapana nzira Ini ndaigona zvakapetwa chinhambwe ichocho." (Chii chinokuita mumhanyi?)

Makore maviri gare gare, ini ndaive ndichishanda seMupepeti Mubatsiri pane imwe magazini yehutano nehutano muNew York City-uye ndakave nemukana wekumhanya muNew York City marathon naAsics, mutsigiri weshangu wepamhanyi. Ndakafunga kana ndaizombomhanya nhangemutange, ndiyo ichave yekuita-uye zvino yaive nguva yekuzviita. Asi mushure mekudzidziswa kwemwedzi mitatu uye kuwana amped kuti ubate mutsetse wekutanga, nhau dzakauya dzichidonhedza pasi dzimba kumahofisi angu neChishanu manheru: "Marathon yamiswa!" Mushure mekuparadzwa kweguta nedutu Sandy, iyo 2012 New York City marathon yakamiswa. Kunyangwe ichinzwisisika, kwaive kuodza moyo kunopwanya.

Shamwari yeLondon-based marathoner yakandinzwira tsitsi pamusoro pekukanzurwa uye akati ndiuye kudivi rake redziva "kumhanya London panzvimbo." Sezvo ndagara nekudzidza ikoko kwegore, ndakafunga kuti marathon yaive yakanaka chikonzero senge chero yekudzokerazve kuguta randinoda zvakanyanya. Mumwedzi wekuzorora wandaive nawo ndisati ndadzidzira mujaho waKubvumbi, ndakaona chimwe chinhu chakakosha: I senge kudzidziswa kwemarathoni. Ini ndinonakidzwa nesvondo kupera kwenguva (uye kwete chete nekuti zvinokodzera pizza uye waini Chishanu!), Ini ndinoda chimiro chehurongwa hwekudzidzisa, handinetseke kunzwa kurwadziwa zvishoma-kazhinji.

Huya April, ndakananga kuLondon. Mujaho uyu waingova vhiki mushure mekubhombwa kweBoston marathon, uye handimbofi ndakakanganwa iyo nguva yekunyarara pfuti yekutanga isati yaenda kuGreenwich. Kana iyo inorema, inotora mweya-yekunzwa yekuyambuka tambo neruoko rwangu pamusoro pemwoyo wangu sekurairwa nevamhanyi varongi-mundangariro yeavo vakaurawa veBoston. Ndinorangarirawo ndichifunga, "Iyo yakanga iri epic. Ndaigona kuita izvi zvakare."

Ndipo pandakaziva nezvechimwe chinhu chidiki chinonzi Abbott World Marathon Majors, nhevedzano ine nhanhatu dzemarathon dzine mukurumbira pasi rose: New York, London, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, neTokyo. Kune vepamusoro, iyo poindi yekumhanya aya chaiwo maratidziro ndeye muhombe mubayiro muhari yemari; kuvanhu venguva dzose vakaita seni, zvakanyanya kune ruzivo, menduru inotonhorera, uye-zvechokwadi-kodzero dzekuzvikudza! Vanhu vasingasviki chiuru vakawana zita rekuti Six Star Finisher kusvika zvino.

Ndaida kuita ese ari matanhatu. Asi ini ndakanga ndisingazive kuti ndaimhanyisa sei kuburikidza navo (pamwe chete ndiko kuti, ini ndiri weanopfuura maawa mana marathoner kupfuura dhimoni rekumhanya!). Mwedzi wapfuura chete, ndakatarisa Major wekupedzisira kubva pane yangu runyorwa muTokyo-pamwe chiitiko chinoshandura hupenyu kupfuura vese. Asi kuburikidza nekudzidziswa uye kumhanya manyathon yega yega, ndakatora zvidzidzo zvishoma pamusoro pekusimba, hutano, uye hupenyu.

London Marathon

Kubvumbi 2013

Kudzidziswa panguva yechando kunoyamwa chaizvo. Asi zvakakosha! . Ini ndaigara ndichifunga kuti kumhanya yaive yega solo mutambo, asi kutsvaga vanhu vanonditsigira kuburikidza neaya anotonhora anomhanya (chaiko uye nenzira yekufananidzira) ndiyo yaive kiyi yekupedzisa zvese izvo kudzidziswa. Pane dzakawanda zvekumhanya kwenguva refu, ndinenge ndiine shamwari mbiri mubhodhi kumaka timu timu-imwe yaimhanya mamaira ekutanga neni uye imwe yaizopedzisa neni. Kuziva mumwe munhu ari kutarisira kuti iwe uchasangana naye panguva yakatarwa uye nzvimbo inoita kuti zviome kuchera pasi pemavharo, kunyange kana kunze kwemadhigirii gumi!

Asi kuve nerutsigiro hakuna kukosha kune vanomhanya chete, chinhu chakakosha kuomerera kune chero zvinangwa zvekusimba (tsvakurudzo inoratidza izvi!). Uye uzivi uhwu hunoenda mhiri kwemugwagwa kana jimu: Kuve nevanhu vaunogona kuvimba navo kwakakosha mukubudirira mubasa uye muhupenyu. Isu dzimwe nguva tinowana iyi pfungwa isiriyo mumisoro yedu nekukumbira rubatsiro kana kuvimba kune mumwe munhu isu tiri "kusasimba" -asi chaizvo, chiratidzo chesimba. Kubudirira munhangemutange yemarathon kana chero chimwe chinangwa, kuziva nguva yekufona back up kunogona kureva mutsauko uripo pakati pekutadza kuri kuuya uye kuzadzisa zviroto zvako zvakanyanya.

New York City Marathon

Mbudzi 2013, 2014, 2015

Sezvo mujaho wa2012 wakamiswa, ndakawana mukana wekumhanya gore rakatevera. Ndichangoburwa pakufara kweLondon, ndakafunga kuiendera uye ndakatanga kudzidzira zvakare nguva pfupi yapfuura. (Uye, hongu, ndaichida zvikuru zvokuti ndakamhanya zvakare makore maviri akatevera zvakare!) New York inzira ine makomo, isingachinjiki, iyo yakaoma. Mujaho uyu unotora iwe kuyambuka mabhiriji mashanu, uyezve, kune "chikomo" chine mukurumbira chinokwira muCentral Park angori mamita kubva kumagumo. (Ona Zvikonzero 5 Zvokuda Mutsara.) Kuziva kuti uripo, kunyange zvakadaro, kunobetsera, nokuti unogona kuzvigadzirira—mumuviri nomundangariro.

Haungagare uine mukana wekugadzirira matambudziko akaomarara panzira yemujaho, kubasa, kana muhukama hwako, asi kana iwe uchiziva kuti varikuuya, unogona kuita zvese musimba rako kuti uve nechokwadi chekuti vari hazvityisi kana uchifanira kuzosangana nazvo - kungave kukwiridzika kunoratidzika kunge kusingakwanisike panguva yekupedzisira mamaira ako 26.2 mamaira rwendo kana kumira pamberi pemutengi akakosha kuti upe hurukuro inogona kuchinja-mutambo.

Chicago Marathon

Gumiguru 2014

Vasikana vangu vaviri vaida kuita mujaho uyu une mukurumbira, saka isu vatatu takapinda rotari ndichangopedza NYC. Ini ndakapedzisira ndavandudza PR yangu neinosvika makumi matatu maminetsi akazara muChicago (!), Uye ini ndinopa mbiri yangu nyowani kukurumidza kune iyo nguva yekudzidzira muchirongwa changu chekudzidzisa (chakagadzirwa nemumhanyi murairidzi Jenny Hadfield), pamwe nekuzvishingisa kudiki. (Unogona zvakare kutarisa idzi nzira nhanhatu dzekumhanya nekukurumidza.) Chicago ndiyo inozivikanwa nzira yakati sandara, asi hapana nzira iyo nzvimbo yacho ndiyo yega chikonzero chandakaveura nguva yakawandisa!

Ndaive nemudzidzisi weyoga akandibatsira kuroverera musoro kekutanga mavhiki mashoma mujaho uyu usati waitwa. Tapedza kirasi ndakamutenda nerubatsiro rwaaive aita achibva angoti, "Munoziva, munogona kuita zvakawanda kupfuura zvamunofunga." Kwakanga kuri kutaura kwakapfava, asi kwakaramba kwakanamatira kwandiri. Kuti airevesa nenzira iyi kana kuti kwete, mutsara uyu waive wakatonyanya kudarika chigadziko chemusoro. Sezvo iwe uchizeza kuzviputira pasi muyoga, unogona kunge usingakurumidzi kutenda kuti unokwanisa kumhanya makiromita makumi maviri nematanhatu akatevedzana maminetsi mapfumbamwe kana kuita chero chinangwa chinoratidzika sechipenga chaunoda kuzvimisira. Asi usati watombotanga kudzidzira, unofanira tenda unogona kuzviita Vakadzi vanowanzozvitengesa kwenguva pfupi uye kuva nzira yakanyanyisa kuzvishora ("O, hazvisi izvo zvinotonhorera," "Ini handisi zvinonakidza," nezvimwewo). Unofanira kutenda kuti iwe unokwanisa pwanya marathon emaawa mana. Iwe unokwanisa pakupedzisira roverera chigadziko ichocho, gunguwo pose-chero. Iwe unokwanisa tora iro basa. Kushanda nesimba uye kutyaira kunoenda kure, asi kuzvivimba kwakakoshawo.

Boston Marathon

Kubvumbi 2015

Kana kambani yeCLIF Bar yakanditumira email mavhiki mapfumbamwe pamberi pemujaho uyu nechipo chekumhanya navo, ndaizoramba sei? Semujaho wekare wepasi rose uye ungangove une mukurumbira pasi rose, ndeimwe yeakaomesesa kukodzera. Raivawo rimwe remakwikwi angu akaoma zvikuru. Kwakanaya, kwakadurura, uye kukanaya zvimwe pazuva remakwikwi. Ndinoyeuka ndakagara mubhazi kuenda kunzvimbo yekutanga 26.2 mamaira kunze kweguta, ndichiona mvura ichirova hwindo negomba rekutya richikura mudumbu mangu. Ndakanga ndatova netarisiro yakaderera yemujaho uyu nekuti ndakadzidzira hafu yenguva yaunofanirwa "kudzidzira" kudzidzira marathon. Asi handina kunyunguduka ndichimhanya mumvura! Kwete, haina kunaka. Asi zvakare haasi magumo epasi-kana iyo marathon.

Chakandirova panguva yemujaho yaive yekuti iwe haugone, zvinosuwisa, kugadzirira zvese. Kungofanana nekutora mabhora ekumisidzana pabasa, unogona kuva nechivimbo chekuti uchawana chipingamupinyi chimwe "chinokatyamadza" kukurira mamaira 26.2. Kana isiri iyo mamiriro ekunze, inogona kunge iri chipenga kutadza kushanda, kukanganisa kunokonzeresa, kukuvara, kana chimwewo chinhu. Ziva kuti mabhora ecurve aya ese chikamu chemaitiro. Chinokosha ndechekuti urambe wakadzikama, wongorora mamiriro acho ezvinhu, uye ita nepese paunogona kuti urambe uri munzira usingarasikirwe nenguva yakawandisa.

Berlin Marathon

Gunyana 2015

Mujaho uyu wanga wakarongerwa pre-Boston. Imwe yeshamwari imwechete yemumhanyi iyo yandakamhanya nayo kuChicago yaida kumaka iyi inotevera, saka takafunga nezvayo munaNovember pakavhurwa rotari. Post-Boston uye post-kukuvara kupora, ndakasunga maUtraboost angu zvakare (nekuda kwerudzi rutsigiro Adidas) kunodzidzisa Major # 5. Paunenge usiri mune yakanaka 'ol USA, iwe hautore mamaira mamaki. Iwe unowana makiromita. Sezvo wachi yangu yeApple yakanga isati yabhadhariswa (usakanganwa vashanduri vako paunenge uchienda kunze kwenyika kumujaho!) Uye ndakanga ndisingazive kuti mangani makiromita anga ari munhangemutange yemarathon (42.195 FYI!), Ndakanga ndichimhanya "bofu. " Ndakatanga kupenga asi ndakakurumidza kuona kuti ndaigona kumhanya ndisina tekinoroji.

Isu tave kuvimba zvakanyanya newachi yedu yeGPS, mamonita ekurova kwemoyo, mahedhifoni-tekinoroji iyi yese. Uye kunyange iri huru kwazvo, haina zvakare kukosha zvachose. Hongu, ndinokuvimbisa kuti zvinokwanisika kumhanya nekabudura chete, tangi, uye peya yakanaka yekuverevedza. Muchokwadi, zvakandiita kuti ndione kuti ini ndinogonawo kurarama ndisina nharembozha yangu yakabatidzwa kubasa kana pasocial media pakupera kwevhiki, kunyangwe ndingadai ndisina kumbobvira ndafunga zano re "kupenga" izvi zvisati zvaitika. Ini ndakazopedzisira ndawana maawa mana ekumhanya boka ndikanamatira kwavari uye yavo hombe bopping chibharumu seglue. Kunyangwe ndakaita izvi nekuda kwe "kusuwa," ndakaona kuti ndaifarira kushamwaridzana kwekuva muboka-uye kusasununguka zvishoma kwakandiita kuti ndiwedzere kutariswa kumanzwiro anoshamisa emujaho.

Tokyo Marathon

Kukadzi 2016

Ndiine marathon imwe chete yasara kuti nditarise runyorwa rwangu, ndaiziva chokwadi chekuti, nehurongwa, hwaizonyanya kuoma. (Ndiri kureva, kukwira ndege kuenda kuJapan hakuna kunyatso nyore sekukwira chitima kuenda kuBoston!) Nendege-awa gumi nemana, maawa gumi nemana musiyano, uye chakasimba mutauro svika ikoko. Asi apo nhatu dzeshamwari dzangu dzepamwoyo dzakaratidza kufarira kuuya kuzoona (uye, zvechokwadi, kuongorora Japan!), Ndakava nemukana wangu. Tinotenda zvakare kuAsics neAirbnb, takaunza rwendo pamwe chete mukati memwedzi miviri. Taura nezvekubuda munzvimbo yangu yekunyaradza! Ini ndakanga ndisati ndamboenda kuAsia uye ndanga ndisina kana zano rekutarisira. Haingori chete iyo yakakura tsika yekuvhunduka-nguva-ini ndaifanira kumhanya mujaho munzvimbo yekune dzimwe nyika. Kunyangwe pandaifamba ndega kune yangu yekutanga corrall, manzwi pamusoro pegudzanzwi aive muchiJapan (kukura kwenzwi rangu kunosanganisira "konichiwa," "hai," uye "sayonara.") Ndainzwa kunge vashoma vari pachena pakati pevamhanyi uye vaoni.

Asi pachinzvimbo chekunzwa kusagadzikana kana ndichidzingwa zvine simba kubva "munzvimbo yangu yekunyaradza," ndakazvigamuchira uye ndakanakidzwa neruzivo rwese. Mushure mezvose, kumhanya nhangemutange kazhinji-ingave iri munharaunda yako kana pasirese-haisi chaizvo mune chero "nzvimbo yekunyaradza," ndizvo here? Asi ndakaona kuti kuzvimanikidza kunze kwekugadzikana ndiko kwaunozopedzisira wawana zvakanakisa, zvinoshamisa zviitiko muhupenyu, sekudzidza kunze kwenyika muParis ndichiri kukoreji, kuenda kuNYC kunotanga basa rangu, kana kumhanya hafu yangu yekutanga- marathon kuDisney. Nepo marathon iyi yaive yakanyanya kundityisa uye netsika dzakasiyana kwandiri, ingangovewo chimwe chezviitiko zvinokanganisa zvandakava nazvo muhupenyu hwangu kusvika zvino-kumhanya kana neimwe nzira! Ndiri kunzwa sekunge rwendo rwangu kuJapan rwakandichinjira kuti ndive munhu kwaye ndezvekuti ndakazvibvumira kusagadzikana uye kungozvinyudza zvese mukati. Kubva kuvanhu vane mutsa vatakasangana navo kumatembere anoshamisa atakashanyira kune zvigaro zvechimbuzi zvinopisa ( asi zvakanyanyisa! Nei tisina izvo? (Tarisa aya 10 Best Marthons Kumhanya Nyika!)

Zvino Chii?

Inenge kiromita imwe chete kubva kunhangemutange yeTokyo, ndakanzwa zigodo remanyawi pahuro pangu uye-kusangana neizvi kakawanda ndisati ndaridzvanyirira, ndichiziva kuti zvaizotungamirira kumanzwiro ekutya 'handigone kufema' apo. manzwiro akawandisa anosanganisa nekuwedza muviri zvakanyanya. Asi pandakangoyambuka mutsetse iwoyo-mutsetse wekupedzisira wewetanhatu World Marathon Major-iyo mvura yemvura yakatanga. Chii. A. kunzwa. Ini ndaizozviita zvakare zvakare kuti ndione iyo yakasarudzika yepamusoro kamwe zvakare. Next up: Ndinonzwa kuti pane chinhu chinonzi Seven Continents Club...

Ongororo ye