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Umuntu ufinyelela uphawu oluphakathi nonyaka lwemarathoni yansuku zonke
2024-07-10 09:45:24
NguJuliette Parkin, BBC News, East Grinstead
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UJames uthe akudingeki ukuthi abantu bagijime i-marathon ngosuku ukuze "bazuze ukuzivocavoca umzimba"
Indoda yaseWest Sussex eyathembisa ukugijima i-marathon nsuku zonke zonyaka ukuze iqoqe imali yenhlangano esiza abantulayo ngokwengqondo isifinyelele eqophelweni eliphezulu.
UJames Cooper, wase-East Grinstead, uzibekele inselelo yokugijima ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-26.2 (42.1km) nsuku zonke ngo-2024.
UMnu Cooper, 36, uthe uzimisele ukuqhubeka futhi ujabule ngokuphela konyaka ozayo.
Uthe: "Ngingathi asikho isidingo sokuthi ugijime imarathon ngosuku ukuze uthole izinzuzo zokuzivivinya - kodwa kimina kuyithuba lokuzitholela isikhathi sami. Kunikeza umuzwa wokuthula nempilo enhle."
'Ukumamatheka zonke izinyathelo'
UJames, osebenza njengomqeqeshi womuntu siqu, ugijima ukuze aqoqele amaSamariya asiza abampofu imali.
Ukugijima ibanga kumsize ukuthi abhekane nezinkinga zakhe zempilo yengqondo, okuhlanganisa nesikhathi sokucindezeleka ngo-2014 no-2015 athi "kwanginyakazisa kwaze kwafika enhliziyweni yami."
Wengeze wathi: “Kunginikeze ithemba nokuqina ngokomqondo. Izinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo zizoba mnandi ngaphambi kokuthi singene kabusha ebusika.
"Ngizokwenza okumele ngikwenze ukuze ngidlule entanjeni, ngimamatheka njalo!"
Kanye ngenyanga amalungu omphakathi wendawo ogijimayo amhlanganyela naye engxenyeni yomzila wakhe, nabagijimi abangafika kwabangu-80 ababamba iqhaza.
Ingoduso kaJames u-Annabel Crisp uthe: “Bekuwunyaka onzima ngendlela yokuthi siguqule yonke indlela ebesisebenza ngayo kodwa bengingakwazi ukuziqhenya ngaye.
"Ukubona wonke umphakathi awudalile ngenkathi enza inselelo kube isivunguvungu esihle."
Kuze kube manje usenyuse ngaphezudlwana kuka-£30,000 ku-£703,000 ahlosiwe - iphawundi layo yonke impilo elahlekelwa ukuzibulala emhlabeni wonke unyaka nonyaka, njengoba kuqoshwe yi-World Health Organization.
UJames waqala inselelo yakhe ye-marathon ngoJanuwari eyedwa kodwa usezakhele umphakathi wabagijimi abafuna ukumeseka futhi baqine.
Kanye ngenyanga, abanye abagijimi base-East Grinstead bahlangana ngeSonto ukuze bamjoyine engxenyeni yomzila wakhe, kunabantu abangafika kwabangu-80.
UJim Dorrington, usihlalo we-East Grinstead Runners, uthe: “Ukuphinda umjaho webanga elide usuku nosuku, angikwazi ukukubheka!
"Kuyajabulisa ukuthi uyaqhubeka nokwenza futhi usathola injabulo enkulu ngakho."