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Ukuqalisa kwi-50: Icandelo 2

Ngoko ke kwakunjalo, kwakuhamba ixesha! Ndandikulungele ukuqala into eyayibonakala yinto engokwemvelo ukuba abantu benze. Ndiyathetha, abantwana bayenza yonke imini yonke imihla, kwaye bayamemeza baze bamomotheka ukusuka endlebeni baye kwindlebe ixesha lonke. Ndiza kuba ngumgijimi! Ngelishwa, abantwana kunye ne-46-ubudala ubudala banemibono eninzi kunokuba unokucinga. Emva kwemizuzu emibini yokuhamba ndandikulungele ukuphuma. Umbono wam wawunqabile, intliziyo yam iyancipha, kwaye ingqondo yam yayisoloko idibanisa nayo yonke inxalenye yomzimba wam. Ukuxelela ukuba "Yeka!" Kwaye ucele ukuba "Yintoni esenzayo?" Kwaye "Ngaba kukho into esisixoshayo?" Ngethamsanqa, indlela yokuqeqesha eqalayo uyagijima ngokukhawuleza, uze uhambe, ubaleke kwakhona, uze uhambe kwakhona, njalo njalo, de uze wenze imizuzu yakho yokuqala ye-30. Andiyi kuthetha ukuba kwakulula, kodwa kwakuyindlela endiyiyo yokundinceda kumsebenzi, ukufumana umzimba wam usetyenziswa ukwenza into ongeyenakudala, kwaye ngaphezu kwanto nantoni na, ukundithabatha kumqhekeza. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa zokuqala babenzima. Ndandibuhlungu, andinayo amandla emiphunga okanye ubuchule be-cardiovascular okwamanje, kwaye ndandicotha kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, ndaqalisa ngokukhawuleza ukubona ukuphuculwa kwaye ndinomdla wokufezekisa rhoqo emva kokuba ndikwazi ukuqhuba ngokukhawuleza okanye ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye oko kwaqhubeka ndihamba.

Kwaye emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa ndafumana inzuzo engalindelekanga eyenzekayo. Xa ndiza kugijima, ndingaziva ndihamba kumgaqo wokucamngcae. Andizange ndibenomdla kwinto eqhelekileyo yokucamngca - uyazi, hlala uzolile, vala amehlo kwaye ucinge ngomlambo emahlathini ngendlwana encinci- kodwa into malunga nesandi sokuphinda-phinda izihlangu zam kwindlela, umoya opholileyo wakusasa, kunye nokuntyiloza kweentaka, zonke zindincedile ukuba ndiphumle kwaye ndiphelise uxinzelelo. Ibintle! Ndandiqalisile ukubaleka ndincedisa kwimeko yam yomzimba, kodwa ngokwenza oko ndandinceda imeko yam yeemvakalelo. Okwangoku bendisazi ukubaleka ukubaleka ngokuqinisekileyo kwizigqibo zam eziphambili ze-10 ngalo lonke ixesha!

Ngoko, yindlela eya ngayo. Ndaqhubeka isicwangciso soqeqesho, kwaye emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa ndangena ndaza ndaqalisa i-5K yam yokuqala. Akuzange kwenziwe kwirejista yokurekhoda, kwaye andizange ndiyityine i-shoe deal, kodwa ndiyenzile. Ndade ndifikelele kwinjongo eyayibonakala ingenakwenzeka ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Ndandilandela lo mqhudelwano kunye nezinye ii-5K ezininzi, kunye nezinye i-10K ezixutywe. Malunga nonyaka kamva ndacinga, "Kutheni ungazami uhlanga lwe-10-miles? Iminyaka emibini, kunye neekhilomitha eziliwaka emva kokuqalisa ukusebenza, ndaye ndaqeqesha, ndaza ndiqhuba isigxina se-marathon. Ndaziva ndiphilile kunokuba ndandidla ixesha elide, kwaye ndifumene uluntu ukuba lube yingxenye. Ndisaqhubeka, kwaye ndikwazi ukucinga ukuba awukwenzi. Kungoku into endiyidingayo ukuba ndive ngathi ndinexesha elipheleleyo, elivelisayo okanye iveki. Ndibona abantu abaninzi beqhuba abadala kunami, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba mna, nayo iya kusebenza kwi-60, i-70 kwaye ...

Ukuba ucinga ngokuqala umdlalo omtsha okanye umdlalo, ndiyakhuthaza ukuba wenze okufuneka ukwenze ukuze uthathe elo nyathelo lokuqala. Ndivuyayo ndiyenzile.