Nun amayendetsa mpikisano wothamanga, amakweza ndalama kwa osauka aku Chicago

Pamene Marathon ya Chicago idathetsedwa chifukwa cha coronavirus, mlongo Stephanie Baliga adaganiza zovala aphunzitsi ake ndikuyendetsa ma 42,2 mamailosi mchipinda chapansi cha nyumba yake ya masisitere.

Zinayamba monga lonjezo. Baliga adauza gulu lake loyendetsa kuti ngati atayimitsidwa, ayendetsa mpikisano wothamanga kuti apeze ndalama zodyera chakudya cha Mission of Our Lady of the Angels ku Chicago. Anakonzekera kuti achite yekha, kuyambira 4 koloko m'mawa, ndi nyimbo kuchokera pa stereo.

"Koma bwenzi langa adanditsimikizira kuti ichi ndi chinthu chamisala chomwe anthu ambiri samachita," adatero. "Ndikuti anthu ambiri samathamanga ma marathoni pa chopondera chapansi ndikuti ndidziwitse anthu ena."

Chifukwa chake kuthamanga kwake kwa Ogasiti 23 kudatsitsidwa pa Zoom ndikulemba pa YouTube. Patsikuli, sisitere wa zaka 32 adavala mbendera yaku America ndipo adathamanga pambali pa ziboliboli za St. Francis Assisi ndi Namwali Maria.

Gulu laphokoso la marathon aku Chicago, lomwe lidayenda zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zapitazi, linali litatha. Koma amasangalalabe ndi anzawo aku sekondale komanso aku koleji, atsogoleri achipembedzo komanso abale omwe adawonekera pazenera ndikumusangalatsa.

"Zikuwoneka kuti zalola anthu kukhala ndi chilimbikitso, chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo munthawi yovuta kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri," adatero Baliga. "Ndimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi chithandizo chodabwitsa chomwe anthu ambiri andisonyeza paulendowu."

Pamene adathamanga, adapemphera kolona, ​​adapempherera omuthandizira, ndipo koposa zonse, adapempherera anthu omwe adatenga kachilomboka komanso omwe amakhala okhaokha panthawi yamavuto a COVID-19.

"Izi sizingafanane ndi zomwe anthu ambiri adakumana nazo mliriwu," adatero.

Mphindi 30 zomalizira, komabe, zakhala zotopetsa.

"Ndinali kupemphera kuti ndikwanitse ndipo kuti ndisagwe ndikapulumuka," adatero.

Kukankhira komaliza kunabwera chifukwa chodzidzimutsa kwa Deena Kastor, wopambana mkuwa wa Olimpiki wa 2004. "Ali ngati heroine wanga wachinyamata, zinali zodabwitsa," adatero Baliga. "Izi zidandisokoneza ku zowawa."

Baliga adatumiziranso maola atatu, mphindi 3 ku Guinness World Record pa mpikisano wothamanga wapakati.

"Chifukwa chokha chomwe ndidakwanitsira kuchita izi ndikuti palibe amene adachitapo kale," adamwetulira.

Chofunika kwambiri, mpikisano wake wopondera mpaka pano wapeza ndalama zoposa $ 130.000 kuti anthu atenge nawo gawo pantchito yake.

Baliga, yemwe adayamba kuthamanga ali ndi zaka 9, adapikisana nawo kale ku Division I ndikulowetsa magulu ku University of Illinois, komwe adaphunzira zachuma ndi geography. Anati moyo wake udasintha atapemphera mwamphamvu ndipo adamva kuyitanidwa kuti akhale sisitere.

Koma Baliga adapitilizabe kuthamanga. Atalowa nawo gulu la Franciscan la Ukaristia ku Chicago, adakhazikitsa gulu lotsogolera la Our Lady of the Angels kuti lipeze ndalama kwa osauka.

“Tonse timagwira mbali yofunika kwambiriyi. Zochita zathu zonse ndizolumikizana, ”adatero. "Ndikofunikira kwambiri, makamaka munthawi ino, pomwe anthu ambiri amakhala osungulumwa komanso otalikirana, kuti anthu apitilize kudzipereka wina ndi mnzake ndikukhala okoma mtima