Emma Bates akapinda muBoston Marathon aine chirongwa chakadonha nepakati pemujaho neMuvhuro.

Betts akapedza rinodarika gore achidzidzira nemurairidzi Joe Bosshard neTeam Boss muBoulder, Colorado gore rapfuura mushure mekunge COVID yakanganisa maitiro ake.Kwakanga kuri kuedza kwake kwekutanga muBoston uye zvakamupa chivimbo.Vashanu vanonzwa senhare.Asi handina kutarisira kuti ndaizotungamira mushure memakiromita makumi maviri nemashanu.
“Iroro rakanga risiri hurongwa zvachose,” akadaro.“Mudzidzisi wangu akandiudza kuti ndisazviita.Aida chaizvo kuti ndiise pfungwa paboka iri ndorega vasikana vakanaka vachirwa vozopopota.”
Bosshard, uyo anga achiona marathon eHeartbreak Hill kwemakore maviri apfuura, haana kushamisika kuona Bates achitungamira.
“Ndakatarisa murairidzi wangu ndokuti, ‘Handizivi zviri kuitika, asi ndinofunga kuti tichazvigamuchira,’” akadaro."Kwenguva refu yaive surreal chaiyo."
“Achangotangira ipapo,” akadaro.– Ndinoreva, panguva ino, ngatiende kumba.
Mabheti akatungamira kumaki makumi matatu nemashanu asati atandaniswa nechikwata chinotungamirwa neakazokunda Hellen Obiri.Asi Betts akapedza pechishanu nenguva ye2:22:10, nguva yakanakisa mujaho revakadzi vekuUS.
“Ndakanga ndichiri kusimba uye ndakapedzisira ndatungamira, izvo zvakandishamisa nekuti ndaifunga kuti ndichabata,” akadaro.“Ini ndaida kupinda muvashanu vepamusoro, saka hazvishamise kuti ndakakwanisa kusvika padanho randakanga ndiri uye ndichimhanya sepakutanga.
Kunyangwe zvakatora nguva kuti maBetts adziye mumamiriro ekunze anotonhora uye achinaya, Betts akasvika kunhangemutange uye akamhanya yekutanga 5K mumaminetsi gumi nematanhatu nemasekonzi makumi mana nemasere, achichengetedza nzvimbo yake mumashanu epamusoro.
“Ndagara ndichiomerwa nemadzimai akanaka nekuti nhanho inochinja nekukurumidza,” akadaro Bates."Saka zvinoita sefartlek.Asi ndinongotenda kuti ndinogona kuenda navo panguva imwe chete uye ndinogona kupinda muvashanu vepamusoro.
”Saka ndakanyatso gara ndichitarisira kuti ndichahwina.Asi akanga ari mamaira maviri okupedzisira kwavakaita kuti nguva isvike pana 5:00 uye handina kukwanisa kutandara neboka iroro.”
Ehe, hafu yekumashure yeBoston ndiyo nzvimbo iyo Betts inonyanya kujaira.Mushure mekujoinha BAA High Performance Team muna 2015, akatamira kuBoston.Bates anoti panzvimbo dzese dzaakadzidziswa, kubva kuBoise kuenda kuBoulder, iyo Boston vibe inomira pachena.
"Pane nhoroondo yakawanda pano, kuda Hondo Road uye kutyaira Charles uye kunyange Newton Hills chinhu chakakosha," akadaro."Saka kukwanisa kudzoka kuno ndorova nhangemutange yekumhanya nekumashure kwenjanji yandaimbomhanya nayo kwaitonhorera."
Iye zvakare anobatsirwa kubva kuBoulder Workout iyo Team Boss yakadzokororwa kutevedzera zvikomo zveBoston.
"MuBoulder, kana ukaenda kumabvazuva uchienda kumadokero, unogara uchikwira zvikomo," Bosshard akadaro."Saka takakwanisa kuita zvidzidzo zvemamaira makumi maviri nemana uko takakwira mafiti 900 uye ndinofunga kuti takangonyara kudzika.Ndinofunga kuti takanga tave pa 1300 feet uye muBoston - 1400 ft. Ndiko kwatakaita zvidzidzo zvedu zvose. "
Pakati pevarume, Betts Team Boss shamwari yake Scott Fauble akapedza wechinomwe mumijaho mina yekupedzisira muBoston (2:09:44) uye aive murume wepamusoro mukirasi yevarume vekuUS.Munyika yakanaka, Fauble akati, angada kuve kumberi, asi moyo murefu ndiyo yakanakisa zano.
“Handidi kuonekwa somunhu ane mwoyo murefu,” akadaro.“Asi handikwanise kubuda [nekukurumidza semutungamiri] munhangemutange yemarathoni.Saka ndinofanira kuzviitira sarudzo dzakafanira pazuva remujaho.
"Nhasi yanga iri mubatch yechipiri, ndanga ndichiedza kutsvaga hafu yekupedzisira.Ndakafunga kuti ndaigona kurarisa vanhu uye zvakatora nguva yakareba kupfuura mazuva ese.Handina kutanga kubata vanhu kusvika kiromita yekupedzisira.”
“Kuve mumhanyi wepamusoro kwete muAmerica chete, asiwo kuva mumhanyi wepamusoro paBoston Marathon chinhu chichagara mumwoyo mangu kwenguva yakareba,” akadaro.