Judith Som, makumi masere nemasere, achangomhanya 21st NYC Marathon uye ane zano rekugovera.

(CNN)— Judith Som ane makore 82 okuberekwa haakwanise uye haamire mujaho nemuguta raanofarira.
Kuda kwake kwekumhanya (uye kwenguva) kwakamutswa makore makumi mana nemasere apfuura.
Som paakanga ava nemakore makumi matatu nemana, dzimwe shamwari dzepakirabhu yezveutano dzemunharaunda dzakamukurudzira kuti achinje maekisesaizi aaiita bhasikoro achiitira kutsika. Mushure mekuita shanduko, akabatikana.
Svondo rapfuura, Som ndiye aive mukadzi mukuru kupedzisa TCS New York City Marathon, achiyambuka mutsetse wekupedzisira mumaawa masere, 39 maminetsi uye 39 masekondi.
Yakanga iri nguva yake yechi21 achimhanya mujaho une mukurumbira pasi rose.
"Mushure mekuita chimwe chinhu chakadaro, zvinokupa pfungwa yechinangwa uye pfungwa yekuti unogona kuita chero chinhu chaunoda," akaudza CNN.
Kupedza rwendo rwemamaira 26.2 pazera ripi zvaro ibasa guru, uye Som akanzwa kutsva gore rino.
Asi octogenarian mumhanyi anotyairwa, achiramba kuregedza nzvimbo inoda kosi - kusanganisira mabhiriji mashanu uye zvimwe zvikomo zvisingatarisirwe - kumunonotsa.

Kukunda matambudziko

Kuna Som, New York's marathon ine mukurumbira inopfuura nhangemutange chete - kudzoka kumba. Nepo mamwe marathon achigona kupa kukwezva kwawo kwakasiyana, Som anoramba akavimbika kumidzi yake.
"INew York City, mwana," akadaro. "Handina imwe marathon. Ini kumba kwangu."
Raive rimwe boka raitsigira rakaita kuti Som atore shungu dzake kune imwe nhanho.
Makumi mana apfuura, achimhanya achitevedza Rwizi rweEast, akasangana nevamwe vamhanyi vakamukurudzira kuti anyorere yake yekutanga NYC Marathon muna 1982.
Asi kwasara mazuva mashoma kuti mujaho utange, Som akaiswa parutivi nechirwere chepneumonia uye akatadza kukwikwidza. Kwaive kudzosera kumashure - asi hapana chaigona kumumisa.
Gore rakatevera racho, Som akanga akatsunga zvikuru kupfuura nakare kose, kunyange zvazvo mamiriro okunze akanga ane zvimwe zvirongwa pazuva remijaho sezvo mvura yakanaya isinganeti mumakwikwi ose.
Som paakaona murume wake munzira, akabvunza, "Zvakanaka, zvakamira sei?"
Haana kana kumbopotsa akabva adaira kuti, "Izvi zvinobhowa."
Pasinei nokusagadzikana kwake, akanga asiri kuda kurega.
"Ndichazvipedza, usazvinetse hako," akadaro.
Uye ndizvo chaizvo zvaakaita, kupedza marathon yake yekutanga mumaawa anopfuura mana chete.
Iyo 2024 marathon yakaunza matambudziko ayo. Anenge mamaira gumi nepfumbamwe, Som akatanga kurwadziwa zvakanyanya muhudyu uye akafunga kuti angangofanira kuzvirega. Pashure pokunge amira kuti akurukure navaoni munzira, marwadzo ake akaerekana apera, akadaro, uye akananga kunhangemutange neshamwari yake yepedyo.

Simba renharaunda

Kunyange zvichishamisa kumhanya marathon makumi maviri nerimwe - ayo anopfuura mamaira mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu pamwe chete - Som anoda kumhanya nekuda kwenharaunda yaakawana.
Kwemakore, anga ari nhengo inodada yeMercury Masters, kirabhu yekumhanya kuNew York City yevakadzi vanopfuura makore makumi mashanu. Uye kushamwaridzana nerutsigiro rwaanowana kubva kune vamwe vamhanyi - pamwe nevaoni panguva yekosi - izvo zvinoita kuti arambe achidzoka gore negore.
Som akayeuka kuti, “Gore rino, paiva nezviratidzo zvakati kuti zvaiti: ‘Nhasi, tose tiri mhuri.’
"Vanhu vaibatsira (vamwe vanhu), uye isu takanga tichikwira-chishanu chero chinhu chaifamba kana kusafamba."
Kumhanya kwavewo raramo kuna Som, kunyanya mushure mekufa kwemurume wake makore mashoma apfuura.
"Kumhanya kwachinja hupenyu hwangu," akadaro. "Ndivo vanhu vandakasangana navo, zvandakasangana nazvo, manzwiro andinoita pamusoro pangu, ndizvo zvakakosha."
Kune ani nani anofemerwa nekubudirira kunoshamisa kwaSom uye kutarisa kutevera mumakwara ake, anokurudzira vamhanyi vatsva kuti vatore zvishoma uye vateerere kumiviri yavo.
"Zvishoma nezvishoma wedzera daro rako, pamwe kumhanya neboka kana kutora kosi yekudzidzira. ... Unofanira kuva nesimba uye simba usati wazviita," akadaro. "Kutora nguva refu. ... Uye kana wakuvara, mira uye uremekedze kukuvara."
Kunyangwe pamakore makumi masere nemaviri, kutsunga kwaSom kuramba achimhanya kunoratidza kusanonoka.
“Ini nemusikana wangu takapika kuti uyu ndiye wekupedzisira,” akadaro. "Asi ndamuona nhasi, uye ndati, 'Zvakanaka, zvichida.'
Takatarisana ndokuseka, ndokuzoti, 'Zvimwe tichazviita zvakare.'
Mikana ndeyekuti Som achatenderedza mujaho wa2025, wakagadzirirwa Svondo, Mbudzi 2, pakarenda yake.