Ama-50,000 abagijimi Bekulungele ukuPhula kwePound e-NYC ngoNovemba 2, 2014
Yilelo xesha lonyaka kwakhona, xa abo baqhubi be-mega baqhubekile bekhawuleza khona aphoya kwaye bakulungele ukuhamba ngemitha engama-26.2 e-NYC-beshiya bonke bethu bangaphantsi ukuba baziva benganelisekanga njengoko sikulungele ukucinga ngeSonto lethu elilivila. Kulungile kungekho sizathu esinako ukuba singabonakali ukuba sibukeke! Ukuphatha iCawa yokuqala ngoNovemba, i-2014 TCS iNew York City Marathon, ngoku unyaka wayo wama-44, iya kwenzeka ngoNovemba 2.
Ukuya kwi-marathon ephakamileyo yehlabathi kukuqinisekiswa kwe-goose bumps, kunye ne-adrenaline kunye neentshiseko ezixhambileyo emoyeni. Nantsi i-downdown ekuya kuyo ukuya eManhattan ukuxhamla kubagijimi abangaba ngu-50 000 abathathe inxaxheba kulo mdlalo we-marathon:
Ndingawubona Njani Umkhosi eManhattan?
I-Manhattan ibonisa ukubonakala kwembini kwinqanaba le-five-borough circuit (kwisikroti saseStenen Island), kunye nabagijimi bokuqala ukungena kwisiqithi eMile 16-ngaphambi kokuba bahambe baye kwiBronx-baze babuyele ekupheleni kweekhilomitha ezintlanu Mile 21. Nantsi ukuphazamiseka apho ukugcina abagijimi eManhattan (unokukhuphela kwakhona imephu yemfundo apha):
- Iimitha 16-18: Abagijimi bathululela phezu kweBhookhoji yaseQueensboro ngenjongo yokungena kwabo eManhattan kwi-59th Street. Ababukeli abavunyelwe kwibhuloho, kodwa banokuludibanisa ulula oluvulekileyo lwe-First Avenue, kunye nabaninzi ababukeli kwaye baphile amaqela.
- Iimitha 18-20: Abaqhubi baqhubela phambili ukuhamba nge-East Harlem kwi-First Avenue, besendleleni eya kwi-Willis Avenue Bridge kwiBronx.
- Iimayile 21-23: Emva kokuphosa ngokukhawuleza kwiBronx, abagijimi babuyela kwiMadison Bridge ukuya eHarlem kwiFifth Avenue.
- I-Mile 23: Abagijimi banokucinga ngeengqokelela ezimnandi zeemyuziyamu ezininzi abadlulayo kule ndawo yeFifth Avenue "I-Museum Mile" elula: i-Guggenheim, iMyuziyamu yeSixeko saseNew York, kunye nokunye. Ababukeli, okwangoku, banokubhangqa i-marathon yabo bexhamla ngomncintiswano wezobugcisa kwicala.
- Iimitha 24-25: Ikhonksi yaseMpuma yeCentral yeyona mpuma iyakwamkela abagijimi kunye namahlamvu atshabalalayo.
- Iimayile 25-26: Amandla kunye nemihlali ijongene neCentral Park South kunye neColumbus Circle, njengoko abagijimi bekulungele ukungena epaki ukuwela umgca wokugqibela.
- Mile 26.2: I-homestretch yomqhubi wemimoya iyanqoba ukunqoba uzuko lwabagijimi ekupheleni komgca: I-Central Park yaseWest Drive kwi-67th Street. Qaphela ukuba awuyi kukwazi ukufikelela ekupheleni komdlalo ngaphandle kokuba uthenge indawo yokuhlala kuma-bleachers (i-$ 75; ukuthengiswa kwe-intanethi ngoku sele kuthengiweyo kumntu kwi-TCS iNew York City Marathon yezeMpilo kunye neFitness Expo, Javits Centre).
Yintoni endimele ndiyizise / ndenze / ndenze?
- Ukunyuka: Ixesha liqikelelwe ukuba lifikelele kwizinga eliphezulu lama-50 ngeSonto, ngoko qi niseka ukuba unxibe iindawo ezininzi zokumelana nexesha elipholileyo ngaphandle.
- Bathumelele ngegama: Abagijimi banxiba loo mikhono ngokuziqhenya ngokuphatha amagama abo kunye neentlanga ngenxa yezizathu-zokuqala-magama, isikhuthazo somntu siqu sichitha ixesha elide ekubolekiseni i-steam eyongezelelweyo.
- Ukumisa indawo evuyisayo: Ukujonga okuphezulu kwamandla, ukutshatyalaliswa "kwiindawo ezixhasayo," apho amaqabane abanjengo-Airbnb agcina izihlwele kunye nabagijimi behamba nabanomsindo, bahlabelela umculo, izikrini zevidiyo, i-giveaways, kunye nokunye.
- Amanqaku aphilayo: Umculo wenza konke okujabulisayo kunye nokuzonwabisa, ngoko jonga amaqela angama-130 aphilayo (oku malunga neetlanu izenzo zonke iirele!) Zisasazeka kwindlela ye-marathon.
Ndingayivuyisa Kanjani Umntu Ocacileyo?
- Cwangcisa phambili: Kuya kufana nokufumanisa izicathulo ezingenaliti-kwi-stack enkulu enkulu-ukuba ukhangele umhlobo wakho we-marathoner okanye ilungu lentsapho kwi-fly. Batshele, kusengaphambili, ngokuthe ngqo apho uya kuba khona ukuze ujonge (eg. "Ikhoneni langasempuma ye-76th Street kunye ne-First Avenue"), ngoko banokukukhangela. Yaye qi niqiniseke ukuba ubacele ixesha lokufika elilindeleke kuloo nto, ngoko unokuluqhawula amehlo akho ukhozi ngeli festile lexesha.
- Yenza Uphawu: Awuyi kukhanya kuphela umgijimi wakho ozithandayo, kodwa uphawu lwakho lwenza ukuba kube lula ukuba ubambe iso labo endleleni.
- I-App App: I-TCS yeNew York City Marathon Mobile App (i-Tata Consultancy Services) i-TCS ye-2014 TCS ivumela abasebenzisi ukuba bakwazi ukulandelela ngokukhawuleza abagijimi baqhubela phambili kwindlela, nangona bengaqapheli indawo yabo ngokuchanekileyo.
Ukuba sekujikelezeni
- Sebenzisa iTransport: Iitrato ezininzi zivaliwe kwizithuthi kwixesha le-marathon, ngoko kukulungele ukugcina kwiindlela eziphantsi komhlaba. Kwakhona, khumbula ukuba ukuwela izitalato kwisiphaluka se-marathon kuya kuba nzima ukucwangcisa-ke cwangcisa iindlela zakho zokuhamba ngeendlela ezisemgangathweni kunye neendlela eziqhelekileyo.
Ukufumana iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo zeNew Marathon, tyelela i-tcsnycmarathon.org.