Dalilin da yasa Kuna Bukatar Kallon Marathon na Chicago Wannan Makon karshen mako

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Sun ce rayuwa na iya canzawa nan take, amma a ranar 23 ga Disamba, 1987, Jami Marseilles ba ta tunanin duk wani canjin rayuwa na gaba ko, ga wannan al'amari, wani abu ban da hau kan hanya don ita da abokiyar zama ta kasance cikin gida. lokacin Kirsimeti. Amma bayan sun tashi ne, wata guguwar guguwar ta Arizona mai rikodi ta fado da karfi da sauri, inda ta kama motarsu da sauri. 'Yan matan biyu sun makale a cikin motarsu ba tare da abinci ko zafi ba na tsawon kwanaki 11 kafin a cece su. Dukansu sun tsira, amma Jami ta sami rauni na dindindin daga tsananin sanyi kuma dole ne a yanke ƙafafunta biyu a ƙarƙashin gwiwa.

A wannan lokacin, rayuwar Marseilles gaba daya ta canza.

Amma yayin da take gwagwarmaya don daidaitawa da rayuwa a matsayin wanda aka yanke, tana da mai goyon baya ɗaya mai ƙarfi wanda bai taɓa barin gefenta ba: Kakanta. Ba kamar sauran da ke kusa da ita ba, bai yi imani da shigar da budurwar ba, a maimakon haka ya nuna mata tsananin soyayya. Ofaya daga cikin sha'awarsa shine motsa jiki kuma ya gamsu cewa samun Marseilles zuwa motsa jiki zai zama mabuɗin don taimaka mata warkar da ci gaba daga hatsarin. Abin takaici, kakanta ƙaunatacce ya mutu a 1996, amma Marseilles ta ci gaba da bin shawararsa. Bayan haka, wata rana, likitan aikinta ya nuna mata bidiyo daga Paralympics. Kallo ɗaya ga ƴan wasa masu ban mamaki kuma ta san abin da take so ta yi: gudu mai nisa.

"Ban taba gudu lokacin da nake da kafafu ba, kuma yanzu dole ne in koyi yadda ake gudu da kafafun robot?" tayi dariya. Amma ta ce ta ji ruhin kakanta yana ingiza ta don haka ta kuduri aniyar neman hanya. Marseilles tana da alaƙa da Össur Prosthetics, wanda ya haɗa ta da ƙafafun Flex-Run ɗin su.

Godiya ga ƙwararrun masu fasahar fasaha, ta ɗauki gudu da sauri-amma wannan ba yana nufin bai yi wahala ba. "Abu mafi wahala da nake fuskanta shine yin aiki tare da ragowar gabobina," in ji ta. "A wasu lokutan na kan samu fatar jiki da gogewar fata don haka dole in saurari jikina kuma in kasance cikin shiri koyaushe yayin da nake fita gudu."

Duk wannan horo, shirye-shirye, da azaba sun biya-ba kawai Marseilles ce mai tsere ba, tana riƙe rikodin duniya a matsayin mace ta farko da mai tsattsauran raunin gwiwa biyu don yin tseren rabin marathon. A tsakanin wasannin horo, ta sami lokacin fitowa a tallace-tallace na Adidas da Mazda da kuma a cikin fina-finai. A.I. kuma Rahoton marasa rinjaye, har ma ya rubuta littafi game da ƙwarewar ta, Sama da Gudu: Labarin Jami Goldman.

A karshen wannan makon, duk da haka, za ta ci gaba da fuskantar babban ƙalubalenta tukuna: Tana gudanar da cikakken marathon Chicago ranar 11 ga Oktoba. Mabuɗin, in ji ta, babban rukuni ne na abokai masu gudu, gami da dangi da abokai don tallafa mata a hanya. Amma lokacin da abubuwa suka yi tsanani sosai, tana da makamin sirri.

Ta kara da cewa, "A koyaushe ina tunatar da kaina yadda nima na zo, kuma idan zan iya tsira da kwanaki 11 da suka makale a cikin dusar ƙanƙara, zan iya shawo kan komai," in ji ta, ta kara da cewa, "Na koyi cewa zafi na ɗan lokaci ne amma barin barin har abada. " Kuma tana da saƙo ga sauran mu da ke fafitikar cimma burin mu na motsa jiki, komai ƙalubale da muke fuskanta: Kada, har abada, kasala.

Ba za mu yi ba - kuma za mu kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu yi mata murna yayin da ta ketare layin gama wannan ƙarshen mako!

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