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Gwen Jorgensen yana da fuskar wasan kisa. A wani taron manema labarai na Rio kwanaki kalilan kafin ta zama Ba'amurkiya ta farko da ta lashe zinare a gasar tseren mata ta mata a Gasar Wasannin bazara ta 2016, an tambaye ta game da shaawar ta na gudanar da tseren gudun fanfalaki. Jorgensen ya ce, "Ba wani abu ba ne da na taba tunanin aikatawa. Tabbas zan horar da shi. Wanene ya sani?!"

Abin da zakara mai shekaru 30 da haihuwa ba ta yarda da shi ba a wancan lokacin shi ne cewa wani marathon ya dade a tunaninta. A matsayinta na tsohuwar tauraron mawaƙa kuma gabaɗaya mace mafi sauri a cikin da'irar Triathlon Series ta Duniya, Jorgensen shine mai tsere na farko, kuma triathlete na biyu. Kamar yadda ɗan asalin Wisconsin zai iya gudu shine tambayar da za ta amsa a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba lokacin da ta yi layi a farkon TCS New York Marathon. (Zo zuwa NYC don kallo, fara'a, ko gudanar da tseren marathon? Ga ingantaccen jagorar balaguron da kuke buƙata.)

"Marathon na birnin New York na daya daga cikin fitattun marathon da mafi girma a duniya. Da gaske yana burge ni da samun damar yin gogayya da wasu manyan marathoners na kasa da kasa yayin da muke tsere ta cikin gundumomi biyar," in ji fitaccen dan wasan ASICS. . Jorgensen ta yi ikirari cewa ta yanke shawarar yin tseren gudun fanfalaki tun kafin Rio, amma har yanzu tana ajiyewa kanta a lokacin da aka yi wannan tambayar a Brazil. Jorgensen ya kara da cewa, "Gudun shine abin da na fi so a cikin fannoni uku na triathlon, don haka gudanar da marathon ya zama abin sha'awa a gare ni." (Bari mu ga ko tana rera wannan waƙar a mil 18.)

Kodayake marathon ya kasance a kan kalandar tseren sirrin na ɗan lokaci, Jorgensen bai canza horon da ya kai Rio ba. Tsawonta mafi tsayi kafin wasannin Olympics shine mil 12. Gudunta mafi tsayi da ke jagorantar tseren tseren NYC: 16. Mai lissafin haraji-juya-Triathlete baya buƙatar kalkuleta don gano wannan shine 10 sabon mil da za ta gano a ranar tseren. Ba ta da kyau, amma ba ta da zaɓi da yawa idan aka yi la’akari da ita kawai ta rufe kakar wasan ta na triathlon a tsakiyar watan Satumba a ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel. Kuma idan kuna mamaki, ta sanya ta biyu, tana zuwa cikin ƙasa da mintuna biyu bayan mai nasara. Ma’ana tana da wata daya ta shirya. (Kada ku gwada wannan a gida, yara. Wannan abu ne na ɗan adam.)

Jorgensen ya ce "Tare da makwanni hudu kacal na shirya, dole ne in kasance mai hankali game da horo na kuma ba zai yi rauni ba," in ji Jorgensen. Matsakaicin lokacin horon marathon kusan makonni 20 ne. Horarwa na kashi ɗaya bisa biyar lokacin shawarar ba kawai haɗari bane amma kuma ba zai yiwu ba ga yawancin mutane. Gwen, duk da haka, ba matsakaiciyar 'yar wasan ku ba ce - ko da yake ita yayi gane cewa taqaitaccen tarbiyyar da ta yi zai bar ta cikin wahala.

"Na san cewa ba za a shirya ni in shiga tare da tsarin horon da ba na al'ada ba, amma na san cewa kusan dukkan jinsi da masu tsere-duka pro da mai son-za su sami wani ɗan damuwa a cikin horo su ma, don haka ina tsammanin zan iya danganta da masu gudu da yawa," in ji ta. Dabarar yin zaman lafiya tare da rashin iya kawo mata A-game da ta saba: Ba ta kafa wani buri ba sai don kaiwa ga ƙarshe-babban bambanci ga wanda a bara ya gudanar da tseren tseren tsere na 13 da ba a taɓa gani ba. triathlons.

"Ba ni da wani tsammanin ko burin lokaci da nake ƙoƙarin cimmawa," in ji ta. "Zan fita in fuskanci tseren marathon na farko ba tare da wani tsammanin ba. Wannan wani abu ne da nake so in yi tsawon shekaru. Ina so in shigar da shi kuma in yi bikin wannan bikin."

Yayin da Jorgensen bai shirya yin hasashen lokaci ba, wasu suna farin cikin yi mata haka. Jaridar Wall Street Journal kwanan nan ta yi nazarin lokutan triathlon dinta kuma ta kiyasta cewa za ta iya kammala mil 26.2 a cikin ƙasa da sa'o'i 2 da mintuna 30, tare da sauran fitattun mata masu tsere. Amma hakan ne kawai idan za ta iya ci gaba da wannan saurin sauri na mintuna 5 da daƙiƙa 20 da ta nuna a gasar US Track and Field 10-Mile Championships a Minneapolis-St. Paul kimanin wata daya da ya wuce. Ta zo ta uku, inda ta doke fitaccen dan wasan tseren gudu Sara Hall, wacce ta zo ta hudu.

Babu shakka wannan zai zama tsere mai wahala ga Jorgensen, amma da sannu za ku gan ta tana tafiya akan hanya fiye da faduwa da samun DNF. "Ina da girmamawa ba kawai don nesa ba amma har da kwas din NYC," in ji ta. Tun da buga burin lokaci ba abin damuwa ba ne, muna ba da shawarar ta daina ɗaukar hoton selfie, sanya hannu, kuma ta ji daɗin wannan cin nasara yayin da take kammala babbar shekarar lashe lambar zinare ta Olympic.

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