Abin da Yake Kama da Horo don Triathlon A Puerto Rico A Bayan Guguwar Maria

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Carla Coira tana da kuzari ta yanayi, amma lokacin da take magana da triathlons, tana samun ƙwazo musamman. Mahaifiyar ɗayan daga Puerto Rico za ta yi farin ciki game da faɗuwa da wahala ga triathlons, haɗe da ƙaunar jin daɗin ci gaba tare da ɗimbin ci gaban kai. Coira ya gano triathlons bayan ya shiga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa bayan kwaleji kuma ya yi gasa a cikin Ironmans biyar da rabin Ironmans 22 a cikin shekaru 10 tun daga nan. "Duk lokacin da na gama tsere kamar, 'lafiya, wataƙila zan ɗan ɗan huta,' amma hakan ba zai taɓa faruwa ba," in ji ta. (Mai Alaƙa: Lokaci na gaba da kuke so ku daina, Ku tuna da Wannan Tsohuwar Mai Shekaru 75 da ta Yi Ƙarfe)

A gaskiya ma, tana horar da cikakken Ironman dinta na gaba, wanda aka shirya a watan Nuwamba mai zuwa a Arizona, lokacin da labari ya bazu cewa guguwar Maria na shirin afkawa garinsu na San Juan. Ta bar gidanta ta nufi gidan iyayenta a Trujillo Alto. , Puerto Rico, tunda suna da injinan wutar lantarki.Sai ta jira cikin damuwa don guguwar da ke tafe.

Washegari bayan guguwar, ta koma San Juan kuma ta gano cewa ta rasa iko. An yi sa’a ba ta da wata barna. Amma kamar yadda ta ji tsoro, tsibirin gaba ɗaya ya lalace.

"Waɗannan ranakun duhu ne saboda akwai rashin tabbas game da abin da zai faru, amma na jajirce don yin cikakken Ironman cikin ƙasa da watanni biyu," in ji Coira. Don haka ta ci gaba da samun horo. Horar da tseren nisan mil 140.6 zai zama babbar nasara, amma ta yanke shawarar ci gaba idan kawai za ta cire hankalinta daga tasirin guguwar. in ji.

Coira ba ta da hanyar tuntuɓar kocin ƙungiyar da take horar da su tunda babu wanda ke da sabis na wayar salula, kuma ba ta iya yin keke ko gudu a waje saboda bishiyoyin da suka faɗi da ƙarancin fitilun titi. Haka kuma yin iyo baya cikin batun tunda babu wuraren waha. Don haka ta maida hankalinta kan keken cikin gida ta jira shi. Makonni kaɗan sun shuɗe, kuma ƙungiyar horonta ta sake tattaunawa, amma Coira tana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kaɗan da za su nuna tunda mutane har yanzu ba su da wutar lantarki kuma ba sa iya samun gas ga motocinsu.

Tare da makwanni biyu kacal kafin tseren, ƙungiyar ta dawo horo tare-duk da cewa a ƙarƙashin yanayin da bai dace ba. "Akwai bishiyoyi da yawa da igiyoyin da suka faɗi a kan tituna, don haka dole ne mu yi horo na cikin gida da yawa kuma wani lokacin mu kafa ƙugiya ko radiyo na mintina 15 sannan mu fara horo a cikin da'ira," in ji ta. Duk da koma baya, duk ƙungiyar ta isa Arizona, kuma Coira ta ce ta yi alfahari da cewa ta iya gamawa saboda babban adadin horon da ta samu shine kawai hawan keke a cikin gida. (Karanta abin da ake buƙata don horar da Ironman.)

A wata mai zuwa, Coira ya fara horo don Half Ironman a San Juan wanda aka shirya a watan Maris. Sa'ar al'amarin shine, garinsu ya dawo yadda yakamata kuma ta sami damar ci gaba da jadawalin horo na yau da kullun, in ji ta. A wannan lokacin, ta ga birnin da ta zauna a duk rayuwarta ta sake gina kanta, wanda ya sa taron ya zama mafi mahimmanci a cikin aikinta na Triathlon. "Ya kasance daya daga cikin gasa na musamman, ganin duk 'yan wasa daga wajen Puerto Rico sun shigo bayan yanayin da yake ciki kuma suna ganin yadda San Juan ta murmure sosai," in ji ta.

Samun shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma hango gwamnan San Juan yana fafatawa tare da ita ya kara da babban Coira da aka ji daga taron. Bayan tseren, Gidauniyar Ironman ta ba da $ 120,000 ga masu ba da agaji don ci gaba da murmurewa Puerto Rico, tunda har yanzu akwai hanyoyin da za a bi, kuma yawancin mazauna har yanzu ba su da wutar lantarki.

Kyakkyawan hangen nesa na Coira duk da lalacewar wani abu ne da ta yi tarayya da yawancin Puerto Rican, in ji ta. “Tsarina sun ga guguwa da yawa, amma wannan ita ce mafi girma cikin kusan shekaru 85,” in ji ta. "Amma duk da cewa barnar ta yi muni fiye da kowane lokaci, mun zaɓi kada mu zauna kan mummunan ra'ayi. Ina tsammanin wani abu ne na al'adu game da mutane a Puerto Rico.

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