Na yi Gudun Duka 6 na Manyan Marathon na Duniya A cikin Shekaru 3

Wadatacce

• Marathon na London
• Marathon na New York City
• Marathon Chicago
• Marathon na Boston
• Marathon na Berlin
• Marathon Tokyo
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Ban taba tunanin zan yi tseren marathon ba. Lokacin da na ketare iyakar Disney Princess Half Marathon a cikin Maris 2010, na tuna sosai tunanin cewa, 'wannan abin farin ciki ne, amma akwai babu hanya Zan iya yi biyu wannan tazarar. "(Me ke sa ka zama mai gudu?)

Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ina aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Edita a mujallar lafiya da dacewa a cikin New York City-kuma na sami damar gudanar da tseren gudun fanfalaki na New York tare da Asics, mai tallafa wa takalmin tseren. Na ɗauka idan zan taɓa yin tseren marathon, wannan shine wanda zan yi-kuma yanzu shine lokacin da zan yi. Amma bayan horo na tsawon watanni uku da samun damar shiga layin farawa, labari ya zo a cikin dakunan da ke ofishina a daren Juma'a: "An soke tseren marathon!" Bayan guguwar Sandy ta lalata birnin, an soke marathon na New York na 2012. Duk da yake ana iya fahimta, abin takaici ne.

Wani abokin tseren marathon da ke Landan ya tausaya mini game da sokewar kuma ya ba ni shawarar in zo gefensa na kandami don "gudu a London maimakon." Bayan da na zauna na yi karatu a can tsawon shekara guda, na ɗauka marathon yana da kyau uzuri kamar kowa don sake ziyartar garin da nake ƙauna sosai. A cikin watan faɗuwar rana da na yi kafin fara horo don tseren Afrilu, na fahimci wani abu mai mahimmanci: I kamar horo ga marathons. Ina jin dadin karshen mako mai tsawo (kuma ba kawai saboda yana tabbatar da pizza da ruwan inabi Jumma'a ba!), Ina son tsarin tsarin horo, Ban damu da jin zafi kadan-sau da yawa.

Ku zo Afrilu, na nufi London. Gasar ta kasance mako guda kacal bayan tashin bama -bamai na Boston, kuma ba zan taɓa mantawa da lokacin shiru ba kafin a fara harbin bindiga a Greenwich. Ko kuma abin sha'awa, mai ɗaukar numfashi na ketare layin ƙarshe tare da hannuna bisa zuciyata kamar yadda masu shirya tsere suka umarta-don tunawa da waɗanda aka kashe a Boston. Na kuma tuna tunanin, "Wannan almara ce. Zan iya sake yin wannan."

A lokacin ne na koya game da ƙaramin abu da ake kira Abbott World Marathon Majors, jerin waɗanda suka ƙunshi shida daga cikin shahararrun marathon a duniya: New York, London, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, da Tokyo. Ga manyan mutane, mahimmancin gudanar da waɗannan takamammen tseren shine don babban tukunyar kuɗi; ga mutane na yau da kullun kamar ni, ya fi dacewa don ƙwarewa, lambar yabo mai kyau, kuma-hakika-haƙƙin alfahari! Kasa da mutane 1,000 ne suka sami taken Six Star Finisher zuwa yau.

Ina so in yi duka shida. Amma ban san yadda zan hanzarta wucewa da su ba (a tare wato; Na fi mai tseren gudun mawa na awa huɗu fiye da aljani mai sauri!). A watan da ya gabata, na bincika Manyan na ƙarshe daga jerina a Tokyo-watakila mafi kyawun gogewar rayuwa na duka. Amma ta hanyar horarwa da gudanar da kowane tseren marathon, Na ɗauki fiye da ƴan darussa game da dacewa, lafiya, da rayuwa.

Marathon na London

Afrilu 2013

Horo a lokacin hunturu da gaske tsotsa. Amma yana da daraja! (Dubi: Dalilai 5 Da Ya Sa Gudu Cikin Sanyi Yana Da Kyau A gare ku.) Babu yadda zan yi ko da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na yawan gudun da na yi idan ba ni da wannan tseren a sararin sama. A koyaushe ina tunanin gudu wasa ne na solo, amma neman mutanen da ke tallafa min ta hanyar gudanar da sanyi (a zahiri da a alamance) shine ainihin mabuɗin don kammala duk wannan horo. A kan yawancin tsere na da yawa, Ina da abokai biyu a cikin jirgin don yiwa ƙungiyar tagan juna-ɗaya zai yi tafiyar mil kaɗan na farko tare da ni kuma ɗayan zai gama da ni. Sanin wani yana la'akari da ku don saduwa da su a lokacin da aka tsara da wuri yana sa ya fi wuya a binne a ƙarƙashin murfin, koda kuwa digiri 10 ne a waje!

Amma samun tsarin tallafi ba kawai mahimmanci ga masu gudu ba ne, yana da mahimmanci don tsayawa ga kowane burin motsa jiki (bincike ya tabbatar da wannan!). Kuma wannan falsafar ta wuce hanya ko motsa jiki: Samun mutanen da za ku iya dogaro da su yana da mahimmanci ga nasara a aiki da rayuwa. Wani lokaci muna samun wannan kuskuren ra'ayin a cikin kawunanmu ta hanyar neman taimako ko dogaro da wani da muke "rauni"-amma da gaske, alama ce ta ƙarfi. Don yin nasara a tseren marathon ko a kowace manufa, sanin lokacin da za a kira baya na iya nufin bambanci tsakanin gazawar da ke gabatowa da cimma burin ku mafi muni.

Marathon na New York City

Nuwamba 2013, 2014, 2015

Tun lokacin da aka soke tseren 2012, na sami damar yin takara a shekara mai zuwa. Sabo da farin cikin Landan, na yanke shawarar zuwa wurinta kuma na fara horo ba da jimawa ba. (Kuma, i, na ƙaunace shi sosai har na sake yin takara a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa ma!) New York tudu ce mai tudu, tseren tsere mara nauyi, wanda yake da wahala. Wannan tseren yana ɗaukar ku a kan gadoji guda biyar, ƙari, akwai sanannen hawan "tudu" a Central Park kawai mita daga layin gamawa. (Duba Dalilai 5 Don Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Ƙaunar.) Sanin cewa yana can, ko da yake, yana da amfani, domin za ku iya yin shiri don ta jiki da tunani.

Ba koyaushe za ku sami damar yin shiri don ƙalubale masu tsauri a kan tseren tsere, a wurin aiki, ko a cikin dangantakarku ba, amma lokacin da kuka san suna zuwa, zaku iya yin duk abin da ke cikin ikon ku don tabbatar da cewa sun kasance. ba abin ban tsoro bane lokacin da dole ne ku fuskance su a ƙarshe-ko hawa ne da alama ba zai yiwu ba yayin mil na ƙarshe na tafiyar mil 26.2 ɗinku ko tsayawa a gaban babban abokin ciniki don isar da yiwuwar canza wasan.

Marathon Chicago

Oktoba 2014

Biyu daga cikin abokaina sun so yin wannan sanannen tseren, don haka mu ukun muka shiga caca jim kaɗan bayan na gama NYC. Na ƙare inganta PR na kusan kusan mintuna 30 a cikin Chicago (!), Kuma na yaba da sabon saurin da nake samu a cikin shirye-shiryen horo (wanda aka tsara ta mai horar da Jenny Hadfield), da ɗan ƙarfin gwiwa. (Hakanan kuna iya bincika waɗannan Hanyoyi guda 6 don Gudu da Sauri.) Chicago hanya ce mai sananne, amma babu yadda ƙasa ta kasance dalilin da yasa na aske tsawon lokaci!

Ina da wani malamin yoga ya taimake ni na ƙusa a matakin farko na 'yan makonni kafin wannan tseren. Bayan darasi na gode mata da taimakonta, sai kawai ta ce, "Ka sani, za ka iya fiye da tunaninka." Magana ce mai sauƙi, amma da gaske ta manne da ni. Ko tana nufin haka ko ba haka ba, wannan jimlar tana da yawa fiye da wannan kan kai. Kamar yadda za ku yi jinkirin jujjuya kanku a cikin yoga, maiyuwa ba za ku yi saurin gaskanta cewa kuna da ikon yin tafiyar mil 26 a jere na mintuna tara ko cim ma duk wani abin da kuke so ku sanya wa kanku. Amma kafin ka fara horar da shi, dole ne ka yi imani za ku iya yi mata Mata kan sayar da kansu gajeru kuma su kasance masu ƙyamar kai ("Oh, ba haka ba ne mai sanyi," "Ba ni da ban sha'awa," da sauransu). Dole ne ku yarda da ku iya murkushe tseren marathon na awa hudu. Kai iya a ƙarshe ƙusa wannan ƙyallen kai, hankaka-duk abin da. Kai iya samun wannan aikin. Yin aiki tuƙuru da tuƙi suna tafiya mai nisa, amma amincewa da kai yana da mahimmanci.

Marathon na Boston

Afrilu 2015

Lokacin da kamfanin CLIF Bar ya yi min imel ta makonni tara kafin wannan marathon tare da tayin yin aiki tare da su, ta yaya zan yiwu in ce a'a? A matsayin mafi tsufa a duniya kuma mai yiwuwa mafi girman marathon, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi wahalar isa. Har ila yau, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi wuyar tsere. An yi ruwan sama, aka yi ta zuba, kuma an ƙara yin ruwan sama a ranar tseren. Na tuna zaune a kan bas zuwa wurin farawa mil 26.2 a waje da birni, kallon ruwan sama ya buge taga tare da ramin tsoro yana girma a cikina. Na riga ina da ƙarancin tsammanin wannan tseren saboda na horar da rabin adadin lokacin da ake "ɗauka" don horar da marathon. Amma ban narke a guje cikin ruwan sama ba! A'a, bai dace ba. Amma kuma ba ƙarshen duniya bane-ko marathon.

Abin da ya same ni a lokacin wannan tseren shine gaskiyar cewa ba za ku iya ba, abin takaici, ku shirya komai. Kamar dai yadda za ku sami ƙwallaye masu lankwasa a wurin aiki, kuna iya ba da tabbacin cewa za ku sami aƙalla cikas ɗaya "mamaki" don shawo kan ku yayin mil 26.2. Idan ba yanayin ba, yana iya zama rashin aiki na kayan sawa, kuskuren kara kuzari, rauni, ko wani abu dabam. Ku sani cewa waɗannan kwallaye masu lanƙwasa duk ɓangare ne na tsari. Makullin shine a kwantar da hankali, tantance halin da ake ciki, kuma ku yi iya ƙoƙarinku don ku ci gaba da tafiya ba tare da ɓata lokaci mai yawa ba.

Marathon na Berlin

Satumba 2015

An shirya wannan tseren kafin Boston. Ofaya daga cikin abokai masu tsere guda ɗaya da na yi gudu tare da su a Chicago suna so su yi wa wannan alama a gaba, don haka muka yanke shawarar a watan Nuwamba lokacin da aka buɗe caca. Bayan-Boston da farfadowa bayan rauni, Na sake ƙaddamar da Ultraboosts na sake (godiya ga mai tallafawa Adidas) don horar da Manyan #5. Lokacin da ba ku cikin kyakkyawan 'ol USA, ba ku samun alamun mil. Kuna samun alamar kilomita. Tun da ba a caje agogon Apple na ba (kada ku manta da masu canza ku lokacin da za ku tafi ƙasar waje don tsere!) Kuma ban san adadin kilomita nawa ba ne ko da a cikin tseren marathon (42.195 FYI!), Ina gudu ne "makafi. " Na fara jin tsoro amma ba da daɗewa ba na fahimci cewa har yanzu zan iya gudu ba tare da fasaha ba.

Mun dogara sosai akan agogon GPS, masu lura da bugun zuciya, belun kunne-duk wannan fasaha. Kuma yayin da yake da girma, shi ma ba lallai bane. Haka ne, na ba ku tabbacin cewa yana yiwuwa a yi gudu da gajeren wando, tanki, da kuma sneaks masu kyau. A gaskiya ma, ya sa na gane cewa ni ma zan iya rayuwa ba tare da kunna wayar salula ta a wurin aiki ko kafofin watsa labarun a karshen mako ba, ko da yake ban taba yin la'akari da wannan ra'ayin "mahaukaci" ba kafin wannan ya faru. Na ƙare gano ƙungiyar tazara ta awa huɗu kuma na manne da su da babban balon su kamar manne. Ko da yake na yi hakan ne saboda “bacin rai,” na gano cewa a zahiri ina son abokan hulɗar kasancewa a cikin rukuni-kuma kasancewa ko da an cire ni a wani ɓangare ya sa na ƙara kula da abubuwan ban mamaki na tseren.

Marathon Tokyo

Fabrairu 2016

Tare da tseren marathon guda ɗaya kawai ya rage don cire lissafina, na kasance mai haƙiƙa game da gaskiyar cewa, ta hanyar dabaru, zai zama mafi wahala. (Ina nufin, tashi zuwa Japan ba shi da sauƙi kamar hawa jirgin ƙasa zuwa Boston!) Tare da jirgin awa 14, bambancin lokacin sa'o'i 14, da kuma tsangwamar harshe, ban tabbata lokacin da zan isa can. Amma lokacin da abokaina uku suka nuna sha'awar zuwa tare don kallo (kuma, ba shakka, bincika Japan!), Na sami dama ta. Godiya ga Asics da Airbnb, mun jawo tafiya tare cikin kasa da watanni biyu. Yi magana game da fita daga yankin ta'aziyya na! Ban taɓa zuwa Asiya ba kuma da gaske ban san abin da zan jira ba. Ba wai kawai babbar al'ada ce ta girgiza ba-lokacin da na yi tsere a cikin yanayi na waje. Ko da lokacin da nake tafiya ni kaɗai zuwa farkon corrall na, muryoyin lasifika suna cikin Jafananci (gwargwadon kalmomin na sun haɗa da "konichiwa," "hai," da "sayonara.") Na ji kamar ƙaramin tsiraru a tsakanin masu tsere da 'yan kallo.

Amma maimakon in ji daɗi lokacin da aka fidda ni da ƙarfi daga "yankin ta'aziyya," a zahiri na rungume shi kuma na ji daɗin duk gogewar. Bayan haka, gudanar da marathon gabaɗaya-ko a unguwar ku ko a duk faɗin duniya-ba da gaske yake a cikin "yankin ta'aziyya" na kowa ba, ko? Amma na gano cewa tilasta kanku a waje na jin daɗi shine yadda a ƙarshe kuke samun mafi kyawun, abubuwan ban mamaki a rayuwa, kamar yin karatu a ƙasashen waje a Paris yayin da nake kwaleji, ƙaura zuwa NYC don fara aiki na, ko gudanar da rabi na farko- Marathon a Disney. Duk da yake wannan tseren ya kasance mafi ban tsoro da al'ada a gare ni, yana iya kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi tasiri da na samu a rayuwata ta haka mai nisa ko akasin haka! Ina jin kamar tafiyata zuwa Japan ta canza ni don mafi kyau a matsayina na mutum kuma saboda na ƙyale kaina in kasance cikin rashin jin daɗi kuma in jiƙa shi duka. Daga irin mutanen da muka ci karo da su zuwa temples masu ban mamaki da muka ziyarta zuwa ga kujerun bayan gida masu zafi ( amma da gaske! (Duba waɗannan 10 Mafi kyawun Marathon don Gudun Duniya!)

Yanzu Me?

Kusan mil ɗaya daga ƙarshen layin a Tokyo, na ji wannan santsin motsin rai a cikin makogwarona kuma-na dandana wannan sau da yawa kafin a danne shi, sanin hakan zai haifar da firgita 'Ba zan iya numfashi' lokacin da nake ji ba. motsin rai da yawa ya haɗu tare da yawan motsa jiki. Amma da zarar na haye wannan layin gama-ƙarshen gasar Marathon na Duniya na shida - an fara aikin ruwa. Menene. A. ji. Zan sake yin shi duka don kawai in sake gwada wannan yanayin. Na gaba: Na ji akwai wani abu da ake kira Club Continents Bakwai ...

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