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Umntu ufikelela kwisiqingatha sonyaka weembaleki zemihla ngemihla
2024-07-10 09:45:24
NguJuliette Parkin, Iindaba zeBBC, East Grinstead
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UJames uthe akufuneki ukuba abantu babaleke umdyarho ngosuku ukuze "bafumane inzuzo yokusebenza ngokomzimba"
Indoda yaseWest Sussex eyathembisa ukubaleka umdyarho yonke imihla enyakeni ukunyusa imali yenkxaso yezempilo yengqondo ifikelele kwinqanaba lesiqingatha sendlela.
UJames Cooper, osuka eMpuma Grinstead, uzibekele umngeni wokubaleka umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-26.2 (42.1km) yonke imihla ngo-2024.
Umnumzana Cooper, oneminyaka engama-36, uthe uzimisele ukuqhubeka kwaye uchulumancile kulo nyaka uzayo.
Wathi: "Ndingathi akudingeki ukuba uqhube i-marathon ngosuku ukuze ufumane inzuzo yokusebenza ngokomzimba - kodwa kum lithuba lokufumana ixesha lam. Inika ingqiqo yoxolo kunye nokuphila kakuhle."
'Ukuncuma lonke inyathelo'
UJames, osebenza njengomqeqeshi wobuqu, ubaleka ukuya kuqokelelela amaSamariya aswele imali.
Ukubaleka umgama kuye kwamnceda ukuba amelane nemiba yakhe yempilo yengqondo, kuquka ixesha lokudakumba ngo-2014 kunye no-2015 athi "ndishukumise ukuya entliziyweni yam."
Wongeze ngelithi: “Indinike ithemba nokomelela kwengqondo, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo zizakuba mnandi phambi kokuba singene ebusika kwakhona.
"Ndiza kwenza into ekufuneka ndiyenze ukuze ndidlule emgceni wokugqiba, ndincuma onke amanyathelo endlela!"
Kanye ngenyanga amalungu oluntu olubalekayo lwasekuhlaleni ahamba naye kwinxalenye yendlela yakhe, kunye neembaleki ezifikelela kuma-80 ezithatha inxaxheba.
Iqabane likaJames u-Annabel Crisp uthe: “Ibingunyaka onzima ngengqiqo yokutshintsha yonke inkqubo yethu kodwa andinakuzingca ngaye.
"Ukubona lonke uluntu aludalile ngelixa esenza umngeni kuye kwaba sisivunguvungu esimangalisayo."
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uye wanyusa ngaphezulu kwe-£ 30,000 ye-£ 703,000 ekujoliswe kuyo - iponti kubo bonke ubomi obuphulukene nokuzibulala emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka, njengoko kubhalwe nguMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi.
UJames uqale umceli mngeni wakhe womdyarho ngoJanuwari eyedwa kodwa ukusukela oko wakha ibutho leembaleki ezimngqongileyo ezifuna ukumxhasa kwaye zilungele ngokwabo.
Kanye ngenyanga, ezinye iimbaleki zase-East Grinstead zidibana ngeCawa ukuze zimjoyine kwinxalenye yendlela yakhe, kunye nabantu abangama-80 abathatha inxaxheba.
UJim Dorrington, usihlalo we-East Grinstead Runners, uthe: “Ukuphinda umdyarho wemidyarho imihla ngemihla, andikwazi kuyijika intloko yam!
"Iyamangalisa into yokuba uqhubeka eyenza kwaye usayonwabela kakhulu."