Izvo Zvakatora Kukunda (Chikamu che) iyo Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon muTurkey

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Chii chinotora kutora kumhanya mamaira zana nemakumi matatu kuburikidza negwenga rinopisa reTurkey? Chiitiko, chokwadi. Chido cherufu? Pamwe.Semumhanyi wemumugwagwa, handisi mutorwa munzira refu, asi ndaiziva kusaina kunyoresa kuRunfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon kwaizova ngano uye mettle-yekuyedza adventure, kunyangwe kune akawanda-marathoner seni.

Ndakafamba kwemaawa 16 kubva kuNew York City kuenda kumusha weUchisar muKapadhokiya. Asi yangu yekutanga sumo chaiyo mudunhu yakauya kuburikidza neanopisa mweya balloon kukwira pakati peAnatolia. Kapadhokiya isinganayi mvura yave iri musha wevaHiti vekare, vaPersia, vaRoma, maKristu eByzantine, maSeljuks, uye maOttoman Turks, uye zvaive nyore kuona ukuru hwenzvimbo yandakanga ndava kuda kumhanya ndichikwira pamusoro pematombo anozivikanwa se "fairy". chimney." Maruva epingi eRose Valley, mikova yakadzika yeIhlara Valley, nhongonya dzemawere dzeUchisar castle, uye nzira dzinopfuura nemumakoronga akavezwa akavimbisa chiitiko kamwe-mu-mu-hupenyu hwese. (Sezvakangoita aya gumi Akanakisa Marathons Kufamba Nyika.)

Asi iwe unogona kudana iyo kamwe-mu-mu-hupenyu kana iwe uri kutorota nezvekuzviita zvakare?

Mujaho usati waitwa, takamisa musasa mumatende echiTurkey echiTurkey muLove Valley. Nezvisarudzo zvitanhatu zvakasiyana-siyana kubva kuzuva rimwe 20K (inenge hafu yemarathon) kusvika kune mazuva manomwe, akazvitsigira zvakakwana 160-mamaira ekupedzisira marathon, vese 90 vafambi parwendo rwangu vakafukidzwa. Mapato akanyanya kufarirwa ndeaya mana uye manomwe-mazuva "mini" ultras, uko vatambi vanomhanya mamaira 9 kusvika gumi nemaviri pazuva pakati pezvikafu zvinodyiwa mumusasa. Mujaho unopfuura nepakati pematombo, mapurazi minda, mipata yakasvibira, misha yekumaruwa, crater nyanza, uye yakaoma munyu Nyanza Tuz. Mazuva ari kupisa, kusunda 100 ° F, uye husiku kutonhorera, kudzikira kwakadzika se50 ° F.

Ini ndakanyoresa iyo RFC 20K-yangu yekutanga trail mujaho-pamwe nemamwe mazuva maviri ekumhanya. Asi ndakakurumidza kuziva kuti anenge makiromita 13 muKapadhokiya aizova makiromita akaoma zvikuru uye akanaka-mamaira andati ndambosangana nawo. Pamijaho zana uye mijaho isingaverengeki yandakapinda mumakondinendi matanhatu, hapana yanga ichipisa, ine makomo, inozvininipisa, uye inofadza seRunfire Kapadhokiya. Mujaho uyu wakaoma sei? Nguva yekukunda pane chero nzira yakapihwa hafu-marathon iri pakati pe1 awa ne1 awa, maminetsi makumi maviri. Nguva yekukunda paRFC 20K yaive maawa maviri, maminetsi makumi mana nematatu. Iye mukundi ndiye chete munhu kupedza pasi pe3 hours. (Dzidza Zvinoitwa Nekumhanya Mukupisa kuMuviri Wako.)

Husiku hwakatangira iyo 20K, takaudzwa nezve kosi-asi nepo Ultra marathoners achifamba nemidziyo yeGPS yakarongedzwa nemugwagwa wemujaho, isu taingova nerunyorwa rwekutendeuka munzira yakatarwa. Zuva remujaho, pasinei nerwendo rwakadaro, ndakarasika. Ndobva ndarasika zvakare, uye zvakare, kudzamara ndarasikirwa neiyo yekupedzisira-yekucheka nguva pane yechipiri kwenzvimbo mbiri dzekuongorora. Ini ndakapedza mamaira mashanu ekutanga ndisina chiitiko muinenge awa rimwe, maminetsi gumi nemashanu uye akatevera mamaira matanhatu mumaawa maviri, maminetsi makumi matatu nemashanu. Ndakaseka ndichiti mujaho uyu "Walkfire" mushure mekufamba tenderera.

Kunze kwenzira, zuva rakanga risingaregi, mhepo yakaoma, mumvuri uri mushoma uye uri pakati nepakati. Ndakabvuma kuti sheen yedikita yaizonyorovesa hembe dzangu. Asi ndakatorawo dzimwe nzira dzokungwarira kuti ndisazvidzivirira kubva pakupisa, kupiswa nezuva, uye kupera simba mumuviri sezvandaimhanya nomuhovhoni inopinza marara. Ndakamhanya zvishoma kudarika nguva dzose uye ndaigara ndichimbozorora." Walkfire," sezvazvaiva, rakanga risiri pfungwa yakaipa kudaro. Carb uye electrolyte tabo zvaifanirwa, pamwe neakawanda mvura. Ndakamedza mabhodhoro akazara emvura panzvimbo dzekutarisa kuwedzera kubhodhoro randakatakura ndichifamba naro. Yangu bandana buff yaive yakakosha futi. Ini ndaipfeka sechiyerera uye chekuchengetedza zuva pamutsipa wangu, ndichiidhonza pamuromo wangu apo mugwagwa waive neguruva kunyanya. Uye yekuvharirwa nezuva, yakanaka inodzivirira zuva, ndinokuda sei? Ndainyorera mangwanani ega ega uye ndaitakura maswipe mubhandi rangu remujaho kuti ndiise pakati pekumhanya. Uyezve, ini handina kushinga kufamba ndisina mimvuri uye visor.

Mukupedzisira, kurasikirwa murenje reAnatolian kwaisave kunotyisa sezvazvingaite. Sekune imwe nzvimbo, ngozi dzakavanda muTurkey, iyo iri pamharadzano dzeEurope neMiddle East. Asi muKapadhokiya neIstanbul, ndakanzwa nyika iri kure nenhamo, zvakanaka, yenyika. Kunyangwe semukadzi aifamba achimhanya ndega, zvandakaona pasi hazvina kuita kunge mifananidzo iri munhau.

Vasikana vakapfeka mumachira vachienda kuSunday school vakasekerera isu tichimhanya nemumusha wavo wekumaruwa. Ambuya vakapfeka hijab vakavheyeswa kubva kumahwindo enhau yechipiri. Mumwe mukadzi muduku akapfeka jini akaonda akashamisika kuti chii chaizounza vamhanyi kumusha wake une huruva. Iwe unokodzera kuona vakadzi veTurkey vachimhanya vakapfeka matangi epamusoro uye zvikabudura sezvo uri matinji nematei. Uye ruzha rwekudaidzwa kweMuslim kumunamato kurira kubva kuma mosque minarets kwaive kwakadzikama sezvo kwaive kwakanaka.

Nyika inomhanya ine hushamwari zvine mukurumbira, uye ini ndakawana vamhanyi veTurkey uye varongi venhangemutange pakati pevakagamuchirwa zvakanyanya vandasangana navo. Munguva ye20K, ndakaita hushamwari nevamwe vamhanyi vana vakarasika vaibva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeTurkey. Takataura, takaseka, takatora maselfie, takatenga zvinwiwa kumawere-kumaresitorendi maresitorendi, takaisa nhare kubva kuvakuru vemujaho vachititungamira kudzoka kukosi, uye takazopedzisira tapinda chechipiri chekupima mushure mekudzungaira angangoita mamaira gumi nematanhatu mumaawa matatu, maminetsi makumi mana nemasere. . (FYI: Paive nevamhanyi makumi mashanu nemana chete vaikwikwidza.) Asi ini ndaive nemumwe wemijaho isingakanganwike yehupenyu hwangu.

Pazuva rechipiri reRunfire, ini ndakatevera iyo inofamba Garmin GPS timu, ichiteedzera vamhanyi mukati mekosi muVolkswagen Amarok. Navo vamhanyi ve20K vaenda, ivo vaingova nevamhanyi makumi mana vekutarisa. Ndakafarira vamhanyi venguva refu vari munzvimbo shomanana dzokuongorora nzira, uko vakuru vakuru vaipa mvura, rubatsiro rwezvokurapa, uye nzvimbo ine mumvuri. Ipapo ndakamhanya mamaira mana ekupedzisira ekosi nenzira yakasurukirwa, asi yakanaka, yejecha.

Maringazuva akaumba mhepo dzinovhuvhuta muminda yaipisa, achiisa nzira ine maruva emusango. Mbatatisi, manhanga, gorosi, uye bhari zvakakura kupfuura muAnatolian chingwa chebhasikiti chenyika yeTurkey.

Pandaikanyaira ndichifamba, ndainzwa sekunge ndaive ndega mumhanyi pasi, ndichikava guruva, ndichimonera pasi pezuva, uye ndichida sekondi yega yega inopisa, inodikitira. Panguva iyoyo, ndakanzwisisa kukwezva kweiyo yekupedzisira marathon-kushanda nesimba munzira inosuruvarisa uye kutenderera nyika nhanho imwe panguva. Ndichimhanya pasina mumhanzi, ndakanzwa kufema kwese, kutsika kwetsoka imwe neimwe, kubhururuka kwenhunzi, uye kuvhuvhuta kwegorosi. Ndakanzwa ndiine chikamu chenyika, mhuka ichifamba-famba, somutorwa ari parwendo rukuru.

Asi sezvandakarasika mirangariro yangu munhevedzano yokusimudzwa kwomumhanyi, vakomana vatatu vakandibvuta kubva munhevedzano yangu. Ivo vakataura neni muTurkey, ipapo Chirungu apo ini ndakapindura neisina kutaurwa zvakanaka merhaba, hello-yechinangwa-chose. Ivo vaida kundiudza mazita avo uye kudzidza angu. Mumwe aipfeka tangi reDisney 101 Dalmatians. Uye zvakare, ini ndaingovawo munhu; Anongova mumhanyi, kwete wekumhanya marathon. Asi mbeu yakadyarwa, tsikidzi ikaruma. Ndaida zvimwe.

Kwemamaira mapfumbamwe zuva rakatevera, ndakabatana nemumhanyi weTurkey anonzi Gözde. Takashamiswa nedhamu re crater, musha wematombo wakadonha, nedzimwe nzvimbo sezvataikwira kusvika pakakwirira pamujaho pamafiti 5 900, inopfuura kiromita imwe kuenda kumusoro, nepo indekisi yekupisa ichikwira pamusoro pe100°F. Ndichibatsirwa neGPS, ndakaona zviri nyore kuramba ndiri munzira. Gözde akatanha maapurikoti nema cherries kubva pamiti yaive padyo. Takaratidza mafoto panguva yekufamba mabhureki-kati yake uye imbwa yangu. Ndakagovana matipi pamusoro peBank of America Chicago Marathon, mujaho mukuru unotevera pakarenda yake, izvo zvinongoitika ndiri kumusha kwangu kwehudiki. Akandipa kurudziro yekushanya kwangu kuri kuuya kuIstanbul, kumusha kwake. .

Uye moyo wangu wakanyevenuka pandakaona kuti nguva yangu kumhanyi yakanga yave kudzikira. Pakupera kwezuva, mota yakamirira kundibvisa, kudzokera kuCappadocia uye kuIstanbul. Ndaida kumhanya nevamwe vatori vechikamu kuenda kumusasa unotevera pedyo negungwa guru reTurkey remunyu. Ini ndaida kuve ultra marathoner kwemazuva angu ese. Chii chinotora kuti umhanye kuburikidza neinopisa yeTurkey renje renyaya ngano nzvimbo? Kuda kuva gamba “nokusingaperi-peri,” sokuimba kwakaita David Bowie. Kana, iwe unoziva, kwezuva rimwe chete.

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