Ua komo ʻo Emma Bates i ka Marathon Boston me kahi hoʻolālā i hāʻule ma waena o ka hapalua o ka heihei ma ka Pōʻakahi.

Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Betts ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki aʻo me ke kumu ʻo Joe Bosshard a me Team Boss ma Boulder, Colorado i ka makahiki i hala ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana o COVID i kāna hana maʻamau.ʻO kāna hoʻāʻo mua loa ia ma Bosetona a hāʻawi i kona hilinaʻi.He hale kākela ʻo ʻelima.Akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e alakaʻi wau ma hope o 25 mau kilomita.
"ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā," wahi āna.“Ua ʻōlelo mai koʻu kumu aʻo iaʻu ʻaʻole e hana.Ua makemake nui ʻo ia iaʻu e kālele i kēia hui a hoʻokuʻu i nā kaikamahine maikaʻi loa e hākōkō a hoʻopaʻapaʻa. "
ʻO Bosshard, ka mea nāna i nānā i nā marathons Heartbreak Hill no nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole i kāhāhā i ka ʻike ʻana iā Bates e alakaʻi ana i ke ala.
"Nānā wau i kaʻu mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa a ʻōlelo wau, 'ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea e hana nei, akā manaʻo wau e ʻae mākou," wahi āna."No ka manawa lōʻihi he mea maoli maoli ia."
"Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma laila," wahi āna.– ʻO koʻu manaʻo, i kēia manawa, e hoʻi kāua.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Betts i ka hōʻailona 35k ma mua o ka alualu ʻia ʻana e kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e ka lanakila lanakila ʻo Hellen Obiri.Akā ua hoʻopau ʻo Betts i ka ʻelima me ka manawa o 2:22:10, ʻo ka manawa maikaʻi loa ma ke mele a me ke kula wahine o ʻAmelika.
"Ke hoʻomau nei au i ka wikiwiki a ua hoʻopau wau i ke alakaʻi, he mea kupanaha ia no ka mea ua manaʻo wau e hopu wau," wahi āna.“Makemake au e komo i ka papa ʻelima kiʻekiʻe, no laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ua hiki iaʻu ke piʻi i ka pae aʻu i noho ai a holo e like me ka wā ma mua.
ʻOiai ua lōʻihi ka manawa no Betts e pumehana ai i ke anuanu a me ka ua, ua hiki ʻo Betts i ka laina hoʻopau a holo i ka 5K mua i 17 mau minuke a me 48 kekona, e hoʻopaʻa ana i kona wahi i ka papa ʻelima.
"Ua paʻakikī mau wau me nā wahine maikaʻi loa no ka mea ua loli wikiwiki ka wikiwiki," wahi a Bates.“No laila, ua like ia me kahi fartlek.Akā, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au hiki iaʻu ke hele pū me lākou i ka wikiwiki like a hiki iaʻu ke komo i ka ʻelima kiʻekiʻe.
"No laila ua noho maoli au a manaʻolana e hiki iaʻu ke lanakila.Akā ʻo ia nā mile 2 hope loa kahi i ʻoki ai lākou i ka manawa i 5:00 a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke launa pū me kēlā hui.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa hope o Boston ka wahi i kamaʻāina loa ʻo Betts.Ma hope o kona komo ʻana i ka hui kiʻekiʻe o BAA ma 2015, neʻe ʻo ia i Boston.Wahi a Bates, ʻo nā wahi a pau āna i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai, mai Boise a Boulder, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka vibe Boston.
"He nui ka moʻolelo ma aneʻi, aloha ke alanui kaua a me ka hoʻokele ʻana iā Charles a ʻo Newton Hills kekahi mea kūikawā," wahi āna."No laila, ʻo ka hiki ke hoʻi mai i ʻaneʻi a paʻi i kahi holo home a holo i ke kua o kahi ala aʻu i holo ai ma mua, ʻoluʻolu loa."
Loaʻa iā ia ka pōmaikaʻi mai kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa Boulder i hana hou ʻia e Team Boss e hoʻohālike i nā puʻu o Boston.
"Ma Boulder, inā hele ʻoe i ka hikina i ke komohana, piʻi mau ʻoe i nā puʻu," wahi a Bosshard."No laila ua hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā papa he 24 mau mile kahi a mākou i piʻi ai i 900 kapuaʻi a manaʻo wau ua hilahila mākou e iho i lalo.Manaʻo wau aia mākou ma 1300 kapuaʻi a ma Boston - 1400 ft. Ma laila mākou i hana ai i kā mākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa āpau.
Ma waena o nā kāne, ʻo ka hoa hui ʻo Betts Team Boss ʻo Scott Fauble i pau i ka ʻehiku i nā heihei ʻehā hope loa ma Boston (2:09:44) a ʻo ia ke kanaka poʻokela ma ka papa kāne kāne US.I loko o kahi honua kūpono, ʻōlelo ʻo Fauble, makemake ʻo ia e hele i mua, akā ʻo ke ahonui ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa.
"ʻAʻole au makemake e ʻike ʻia he hoʻomanawanui," wahi āna.“Akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele i waho [e like me ka wikiwiki e like me ke alakaʻi] i kahi marathon.No laila pono wau e hoʻoholo i nā hoʻoholo kūpono noʻu iho i ka lā heihei.
"I kēia lā aia i ka ʻāpana ʻelua, ke hoʻāʻo nei au e ʻimi i ka hapa hope.Ua manaʻo wau hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomoe i ka poʻe a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka mea maʻamau.ʻAʻole wau i hoʻomaka e hopu i nā kānaka a hiki i ka mile hope loa.
"ʻO ka lilo ʻana i mea kukini maikaʻi loa ʻaʻole wale ma ʻAmelika wale nō, akā ʻo ka lilo ʻana i mea kukini maikaʻi loa ma Boston Marathon kahi mea e paʻa i loko o koʻu puʻuwai no ka manawa lōʻihi," wahi āna.