Emma Bates adalowa mu mpikisano wa Boston Marathon ndi mapulani omwe adadutsa pakati pa mpikisano Lolemba.

Betts adakhala zaka zopitilira maphunziro ndi mphunzitsi Joe Bosshard ndi Team Boss ku Boulder, Colorado chaka chatha COVID itasokoneza chizolowezi chake.Unali kuyesa kwake koyamba ku Boston ndipo zidamupatsa chidaliro.Asanu amamva ngati nyumba yachifumu.Koma sindinkayembekezera kuti ndidzakhala patsogolo pakadutsa makilomita 25.
“Imeneyo sinali dongosolo konse,” iye anatero.“Mphunzitsi wanga anandiuza kuti ndisachite.Ankafuna kuti ndiike maganizo anga pa gululi n’kulola atsikana abwino kwambiri kuti azilimbana ndiyeno n’kukalipa.”
Bosshard, yemwe wakhala akuyang'ana marathoni a Heartbreak Hill kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi, sanadabwe kuona Bates akutsogolera.
“Ndinayang’ana kwa wondiphunzitsayo n’kunena kuti, ‘Sindikudziwa chimene chikuchitika, koma ndikuganiza kuti tivomera,’” iye anatero."Kwa nthawi yayitali zinali surreal."
“Anangoyambira kumene,” iye anatero.– Ndikutanthauza, panopa, tiyeni kunyumba.
Mabetcha adatsogolera ku 35k asanathamangitsidwe ndi gulu lotsogozedwa ndi yemwe adapambana Hellen Obiri.Koma Betts adamaliza lachisanu ndi nthawi ya 2:22:10, nthawi yabwino kwambiri pamayendedwe apamayi aku US.
Iye anati: “Ndinkapitirizabe kuchita bwino ndipo ndinatsala pang’ono kutsogola, zomwe zinandidabwitsa kwambiri chifukwa ndinkaganiza kuti ndipita,” adatero.“Ineyo ndinkafuna kuti ndikhale nawo m’gulu la asanu apamwamba, choncho n’zosadabwitsa kuti ndinakwanitsa kufika pamlingo umene ndinali nawo n’kuthamanga monga kale.
Ngakhale zidatenga nthawi kuti ma Bett atenthedwe nyengo yozizira komanso yamvula, Betts adafika kumapeto ndikuthamanga 5K yoyamba mumphindi 17 ndi masekondi 48, kupeza malo ake asanu apamwamba.
"Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikuvutika ndi azimayi abwino kwambiri chifukwa mayendedwe amasintha mwachangu," adatero Bates."Choncho zikuwoneka ngati fartlek.Koma ndikungokhulupirira kuti nditha kupita nawo limodzi pamlingo womwewo ndipo nditha kulowa nawo asanu apamwamba.
”Chotero ndidakhaladi ndikuyembekeza kuti ndipambana.Koma anali makilomita 2 omalizira kumene anadula nthaŵi kufika 5:00 ndipo sindinathe kucheza ndi gulu limenelo.”
Zachidziwikire, theka lakumbuyo la Boston ndi dera lomwe Ma Betts amawadziwa kwambiri.Atalowa nawo mu BAA High Performance Team mu 2015, adasamukira ku Boston.Bates akunena kuti mwa malo onse omwe amaphunzitsidwa, kuchokera ku Boise mpaka ku Boulder, Boston vibe imadziwika bwino.
"Pali mbiri yambiri pano, kukonda Nkhondo Road ndikuyendetsa Charles komanso Newton Hills ndichinthu chapadera," adatero."Chifukwa chake kutha kubwerera kuno ndikuthamangira kunyumba ndikuthamangira kumbuyo kwa njanji yomwe ndimathamangirapo kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri."
Amapindulanso ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi a Boulder omwe Team Boss adatengera kutsanzira mapiri a Boston.
"Ku Boulder, ngati upita kummawa kupita kumadzulo, nthawi zonse umakwera mapiri," adatero Bosshard."Chotero tinatha kuchita maphunziro angapo a 24 mailosi komwe tidakwera mtunda wa 900 mapazi ndipo ndikuganiza kuti tinali kuchita manyazi kwambiri kutsika.Ndikuganiza kuti tinali pamtunda wa 1300 ndipo ku Boston - 1400 ft. Ndiko kumene tinachitira maphunziro athu onse. "
Mwa amunawo, a Betts Team Boss mnzake Scott Fauble adamaliza wachisanu ndi chiwiri pamipikisano inayi yomaliza ku Boston (2:09:44) ndipo anali munthu wapamwamba kwambiri m'gulu la amuna aku US.M'dziko labwino, Fauble adati, akufuna kukhala patsogolo, koma kuleza mtima ndiye njira yabwino kwambiri.
“Sindikufuna kuwonedwa ngati woleza mtima,” iye anatero.“Koma sindingathe kutuluka [mwachangu ngati mtsogoleri] pa mpikisano wothamanga.Choncho ndiyenera kudzipangira zisankho zoyenera pa tsiku la mpikisano.
"Lero linali mu gulu lachiwiri, ndinali kuyesera kutsatira theka lomaliza.Ndinkaganiza kuti ndikhoza kugona anthu ndipo zinatenga nthawi yaitali kuposa nthawi zonse.Sindinayambe kugwira anthu mpaka mtunda womaliza.
"Kukhala wothamanga kwambiri osati ku America kokha, komanso kukhala wothamanga kwambiri pa Boston Marathon ndichinthu chomwe chizikhala mu mtima mwanga kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero.