Abagijimi abangu-50 000 Bekulungele Ukukhishwa Kwesikhumba eN NYC ngoNovemba 2, 2014
Yisikhathi sonyaka futhi, lapho labo abathintekayo bezimoto ezihamba phambili bezulazula khona lapho futhi bekulungele ukuhamba ngamamitha angu-26.2 we-NYC ukuhamba-beshiya sonke sasizungeze ukuba sizizwe singenele njengoba sesilungele ukuzindla ngeSonto lethu elivilaphayo. Hhayi akukho sizathu esingenakukwazi ukuba yizinto ezibukeka kahle! Iphelile ngeSonto lokuqala ngoNovemba, i-2014 TCS iNew York City Marathon, manje ngonyaka wayo wama-44, izokwenzeka ngoNovemba 2.
Ukuya emncintiswaneni omkhulu kunazo zonke we-marathon isiqiniseko se-goose bumps, ne-adrenaline kanye nomdlandla ogijimayo ongeke wathinteka emoyeni. Nansi ukuhlaselwa phansi lapho ungaya khona eManhattan ukujabula kubagijimi abangaba ngu-50 000 ababambe iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano wonyaka:
Ngingabhekaphi Umjaho eManhattan?
I-Manhattan yenza ukubonakala kokubili emjikelezweni wesigodi emihlanu edolobheni (okuyinto ekhahla eStenen Island), kanye nabagijimi beqala ukungena esiqhingini saseMile 16-ngaphambi kokuya eBronx-bese bebuyela emakhilomitha amahlanu okugcina Mile 21. Nansi ukuphazamiseka lapho ungabheka khona abagijimi baseManhattan (ungaphinde ulande ibalazwe elisemthethweni lapha):
- Amamitha 16-18: Abagijimi badonsela iBhuloho laseQueensboro ngenxa yephuzu elimangalisayo lokungena eManhattan ku-59th Street. Ababukeli abavunyelwe kubhuloho, kodwa bangakwazi ukubeka isandla se-First Avenue, kanye nabanye ababukeli abaningi futhi baphile amaqembu.
- Amama 18-20: Abaqhubi baqhubeka nokuhamba ngendlela e-East Harlem e-First Avenue, beya eDolobheni laseDonald Avenue baya eBronx.
- Amama 21-23: Ngemva kokungena ngokushesha kuBronx, abagijimi babuyela emuva eMadison Bridge eHarlem kuFifth Avenue.
- I-Mile 23: Abagijimi bangacabanga ngamaqoqo amahle eminyuziyamu amaningi abayidlula kule Fifth Avenue "I-Museum Mile" elula: i-Guggenheim, i-Museum ye-City of New York, nokuningi. Abathengisi, okwamanje, bangazibambisana nomncintiswano wabo wokunciphisa nge-marathon yobuciko ohlangothini.
- Amamitha 24-25: Ikhoneni eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yePent Park lamukela abamgijimi ngamanye amaqabunga azowa amahle.
- Amamayela 25-26: Amandla nokujabula kuqhuma phakathi kwePark Park South neColumbus Circle, njengoba abagijimi bekulungele ukungena epaki ukuze badlule umgqa wokugcina.
- I-Mile 26.2: I-homestretch yomncintiswano wemimoya iphinde iphumelele ukunqoba inkazimulo yabantu abagijimi emgqeni wokugcina: West Park's West Drive ku 67th Street. Qaphela ukuthi ngeke ukwazi ukusondela ekupheleni komjaho ngaphandle kokuthi uthenge ukuhlala kuma-bleachers ($ 75; ukuthengiswa kwe-intanethi manje sekuvaliwe-ukuthengwa kumuntu ku-TCS eNew York City Marathon Health and Fitness Expo, I-Javits Center).
Yini Okufanele Ngiyilethe / Ngigqoke / Ngenze?
- Bundle Up: Izikhathi zibikezelwe ukuthi zifinyelele kumadireji aphezulu angama-50 ngeSonto, ngakho-ke qiniseka ukuthi ugqoka izinqwaba zamanqamu ukubhekana nezikhathi zangaphandle ezipholile.
- Bajabule Ngegama: Abagijimi bagqoka lezi shirts ngokuziqhenya bephethe amagama abo kanye nezizwe ngenxa yezizathu zokuqala, isikhuthazo somuntu siqu sihamba phambili ekubolekiseni abanye umusi.
- Hlanganisa indawo ejabulisayo: Ukubuka okuphezulu kwe-energy, hit "eziqhingini zokuqhafaza" ezikhethiwe, lapho abalingani bomncintiswano abanjengo-Airbnb bagcina izixuku nabagijimi behamba nabanomsindo, umculo ophilayo, izikrini zevidiyo, ama-giveaways, nokuningi.
- Ama-Live Bands: Umculo yenza konke kujabulise futhi kube nemikhosi enkulu, ngakho-ke bheka amaqembu angu-130 aphilayo (okungukuthi izenzo ezinhlanu zamayela onke!) Zisakazwa emgwaqweni we-marathon.
Ngingajabula Kanjani Ngomunye Umuntu?
- Hlela Okuphambili: Kuyoba njengokuthola izicathulo ezingenaliti-ku-haystack enkulu kakhulu-uma ufuna umngane wakho we-marathoner noma ilungu lomndeni ngendiza. Bazise, kusengaphambili, ngokuqondile lapho uzobe khona ukuze uzijabulise (isib. "Ikhoneni lasenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-76th Street ne-First Avenue"), ngakho-ke bangakulindela. Futhi qiniseka ukubabuza isikhathi sabo sokufika esilindeleke ngaso leso sikhathi, ngakho ungalula amehlo akho ukhozi phakathi naleli festile yesikhathi.
- Yenza uphawu: Ngeke nje ukhanyise umgijimi wakho ozithandayo, kodwa isibonakaliso sakho senza kube lula ukuthi uzobamba amehlo endleleni.
- Hlola uhlelo lokusebenza lomgijimi: I- App ye- TCS ye-New York City Marathon Mobile App (i-Tata Consultancy Services) ye-2014 TCS ivumela abasebenzisi ukuba balandele kalula abagijimi abaqhubekayo endleleni, nakuba bengaqapheli ngeke bakwazi ukukhomba indawo yabo ngokuqondile.
Ukuzungezela
- Sebenzisa i-Mass Transit: Izitaladi eziningi zivaliwe emgwaqweni ngosuku lwe-marathon, ngakho-ke kungcono ukugcina emigwaqweni engaphansi komhlaba. Futhi, khumbula ukuthi ukuwela emigwaqweni edolobheni le-marathon kuyoba cishe okungenakwenzeka-ngakho-ke clela amaphuzu akho okuphuma emgwaqeni kanye nomzila ovamile ngokuhlakanipha.
Ukuze uthole imininingwane ephelele ye-NYC, vakashela tcsnycmarathon.org.