Ku wa mbere, Emma Bates yinjiye muri Marato ya Boston afite gahunda yaguye hagati ya kimwe cya kabiri cy'isiganwa.

Betts yamaze umwaka urenga imyitozo hamwe numutoza Joe Bosshard na Team Boss i Boulder, muri leta ya Colorado umwaka ushize nyuma yuko COVID ihagaritse gahunda ye.Nibwo yagerageje bwa mbere i Boston kandi byamuhaye ikizere.Batanu bumva ari igihome.Ariko sinari niteze ko nzaba iyoboye nyuma ya kilometero 25.
Ati: "Iyo ntiyari gahunda na gato."“Umutoza wanjye yambwiye ko ntabikora.Yashakaga rwose ko nibanda kuri iri tsinda nkareka abakobwa beza bakarwana hanyuma nkakubita. ”
Bosshard, umaze imyaka ibiri akurikirana marato ya Heartbreak Hill marathon, ntabwo yatangajwe no kubona Bates ayoboye inzira.
Ati: "Narebye umutoza wanjye mubwira nti:" Sinzi ibibera, ariko ndatekereza ko tuzabyemera. "“Mu gihe kirekire rwose byari ibintu bidasanzwe.”
Ati: “Yatangiriye aho.”- Ndashaka kuvuga, aho bigeze, reka dusubire murugo.
Betts yerekeje kuri 35k mbere yo kwirukanwa nikipe iyobowe nuwatsinze amaherezo Hellen Obiri.Ariko Betts yarangije umwanya wa gatanu nigihe cya 2:22:10, igihe cyiza mumasiganwa y'abagore bo muri Amerika.
Ati: "Nari nkomeje gufata umuvuduko ndangije nza ku isonga, ibyo byantunguye gato kuko natekerezaga ko ngiye gufata".Ati: “Nifuzaga kuba muri batanu ba mbere ubwanjye, ntabwo rero bitangaje kuba narashoboye kugera ku rwego narimo kandi nkiruka nka mbere.
Nubwo byatwaye igihe kugirango Betts ashyushye mugihe cyubukonje nimvura, Betts yageze kumurongo wa nyuma yiruka 5K yambere muminota 17 namasegonda 48, bituma umwanya we muri batanu ba mbere.
Bates yagize ati: "Nahoraga ngorana nabagore beza kuko umuvuduko uhinduka vuba".“Rero birasa na fartlek.Ariko nizera gusa ko nshobora kujyana nabo ku kigero kimwe kandi nshobora kwinjira muri batanu ba mbere.
”Nahagumye rwose kandi nizeye ko nshobora gutsinda.Ariko byari ibirometero 2 byanyuma aho bagabanyije umwanya kugeza saa kumi n'imwe z'umugoroba kandi sinshobora gutemberana n'iryo tsinda. ”
Birumvikana ko igice cyinyuma cya Boston nigice Betts imenyereye cyane.Nyuma yo kwinjira muri BAA High Performance Team muri 2015, yimukiye i Boston.Bates avuga ko ahantu hose yatoje, kuva Boise kugeza Boulder, vibe ya Boston iragaragara.
Ati: "Hano hari amateka menshi, gukunda Umuhanda Battle no gutwara Charles ndetse na Newton Hills ni ikintu kidasanzwe".Ati: "Kubasha rero kugaruka hano nkubita urugo nkiruka inyuma y'umuhanda nakundaga kwiruka byari byiza cyane."
Yungukirwa kandi na Boulder imyitozo Team Boss yiganye yigana imisozi ya Boston.
Bosshard yagize ati: "Muri Boulder, iyo ugiye iburasirazuba ugana iburengerazuba, uhora uzamuka imisozi."Ati: "Twashoboye rero gukora amasomo abiri y'ibirometero 24 aho twazamutse hejuru ya metero 900 kandi ndatekereza ko rwose twagize ipfunwe ryo kumanuka.Ndatekereza ko twari kuri metero 1300 naho i Boston - 1400 ft. Aho niho twakoreye imyitozo yose. ”
Mu bagabo, mugenzi we Betts Team Boss, Scott Fauble yegukanye umwanya wa karindwi mu masiganwa ane ya nyuma yabereye i Boston (2:09:44) kandi yari umuntu wa mbere mu cyiciro cy’abagabo bo muri Amerika.Mu isi nziza, Fauble yavuze ko yifuza kuba imbere, ariko kwihangana ni ingamba nziza.
Ati: “Sinshaka ko mbona nk'abihangana.“Ariko sinshobora gusohoka [byihuse nk'umuyobozi] muri marato.Ngomba rero kwifatira ibyemezo bikwiye kumunsi w'isiganwa.
”Uyu munsi byari mu cyiciro cya kabiri, nagerageje rwose gukurikirana igice cyanyuma.Natekerezaga ko nshobora gusinzira abantu kandi byatwaye igihe kinini kuruta uko byari bisanzwe.Sinatangiye rwose gufata abantu kugeza ku kirometero cya nyuma. ”
Ati: "Kuba umukinnyi mwiza muri Amerika gusa, ariko no kuba umukinnyi mwiza muri Marato ya Boston ni ikintu kizaguma mu mutima wanjye igihe kirekire".