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Musi waGunyana 28, ndakachengetera ndege dzangu kuenda kuLas Vegas kune iro Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon yeguta. Mazuva matatu gare gare, murume wepfuti akavhura pfuti paRoute 91 Harvest nyika mutambo wemimhanzi uri kuitika paVegas Strip, ichiuraya vanhu makumi mashanu nevasere nekukuvadza 546 mukupfura kwakaipisisa kwevanhu munhoroondo yazvino yeAmerica.

Nokukurumidza, mameseji akatanga kupinda achibva kumhuri neshamwari dzaiziva kuti ndakanga ndichironga kumhanya nhangemutange iyoyo, dzichibvunza kana ndakanga ndichiri kuenda. Iyo hafu yemarathon yaizoitika vhiki nhanhatu chete mushure mekupfura; mutsara wekutanga waive wakananga mhiri kubva kuMandalay Bay resort, uko mupfuti akazvimisa musi wa1 Gumiguru, uye ruzhinji rwemujaho unoitika paVegas Strip, pakaitika njodzi. Ini ndakashamisika kuwana iwo magwaro, zvakadaro, nekuti ini ndakanga ndisina kumbofunga kaviri nezvazvo-zve chokwadi Ndakanga ndichiri kuenda.

Ndakanga ndasaina pakutanga nekuti kumhanya kweVegas Strip kwainakidza uye kwakasiyana, uye chaive chikonzero chakanaka chekuenda kupati muVegas. Asi pashure pokupfurwa, ndakanga ndakatsunga kumhanya kuti ndiratidze kuti handizoregi zviito zvomunhu mumwe chete zvichinditadzisa kurarama nokupemberera upenyu. Kana paine, masanganire akaita vanhu akaita kuti ndide kumhanya iyi half marathon zvakatopfuura zvandaifunga kuti raizongova vhiki repati.

Ndine huzivi hwekuti kana tichigara mukutya, ivo vanokunda. Hatifanire kuenda kumakonzati mushure mekuputika kwebhomba paAriana Grande's Manchester concert? Tinofanira here kudzivirira makirabhu mushure mekupfura kuPulse husiku kirabhu muFlorida? Tinofanira here kungoona mafirimu pamba sezvo bhaisikopo raipfura muAurora, CO? Tinofanira kumira kumhanya mumakwikwi akarongeka mushure mekubhomba kweBoston Marathon?

Ndichakutaurirai izvi: Kutyisa kwakaita kwete kukunda muVegas.

Pandakamira mukorari yangu yakazara vanhu, ndakaona vanhu vanobva pasirese vachikurudzirana, vachigovana matipi emakosi, uye kurumbidza zvipfeko zveumwe neumwe. Kudzivirirwa kwaive kwakasimba, uye mutsetse wekutanga wainge waendeswa mamaira kubva pasi kwayakange yaita neMandalay Bay, nzvimbo yekupfura. Asi izvo hazvina kuisa damper pane chero munhu manzwiro; simba kubva kune vangangosvika zviuru makumi maviri makumi maviri emumhanyi marathon vaive emagetsi. Pakazosvika pfuti yekutanga, handina kumirira kumhanya.

Rock 'n' Roll nhangemutange dzinowanzo kuve nemimhanzi uye varaidzo yakanamatira kosi, asi panguva ino, mujaho uyu wakaona imwe nguva yekunyarara kwemamaira maviri nehafu ekutanga kubhadhara mutero kune vakaurayiwa nemhuri dzekupfurwa. Ndakatora mahedhifoni angu ndokumbodzimbirwa ndichiteerera mafaro evaoni vese vachiri kubuda zvisinei nezvakaitika. Ini handina kukwanisa kuenda makumi mashanu tsoka ndisina kuona #VegasStrong poster.

Asi mujaho uyu waisangova wekuyeuchidza vanhu nezve zvakaitika muna Gumiguru 1. Vanomhanya vaive vakapfeka zvipfeko zvisina musoro (hongu kwaive nevaroora nezvikomba, asi paivewo nemabhanana uye mashark, Wonder Women neSpidermen, matani etutus-a gehena yemazhinji tutus); vaoni vachipa madoro nemimosa kune vamhanyi vane nyota; Vateedzeri veElvis vachitamba piyano padivi pemugwagwa uye vatevedzeri veKISS vanoteedzera vanomhanya mumugwagwa; uye zviratidzo zvakadai "Iwe wakabhadhara kuita izvi!" uye "Iyi kosi yakareba uye yakaoma, asi riinhi rakareba uye rakaomarara rakambove rakaipa chinhu?" Uye marambi anopenya eLas Vegas' ane mukurumbira neon zviratidzo akaperekedza vamhanyi kubva pamutsetse wekutanga kusvika pakupedzisa. Mujaho uyu-zvisinei nezviitiko zvakautangira - ndizvo chaizvo zvaungatarisira kubva kumujaho kuburikidza neLas Vegas, uye humbowo hwekuti zvakaitika muVegas hazvitsanangure Vegas.

Ndakayambuka tambo pamusoro penguva chaiyo, asi handina kumhanya mujaho uyu kutyora marekodhi. Ndakaimhanya nekuti ndaida kuratidza kuti hapana anofanirwa kuvhundutsira vanhu kuti vasaite zvavanoda. Iwe haugone kurega kutya-kutya kusapedza, kutya kuti mumwe munhu kana chimwe chinhu chingakutadzisa kupedzisa-kukubata iwe kumashure.

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