He aha ka mea e lanakila ai (Mahele o) ka Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon ma Turkey

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He aha ka mea e holo ai i 160 mau mile ma waena o ka wao nahele Tureke wela? ʻIke, ʻoiaʻiʻo. He makemake make anei? Maliʻa paha.Ma ke ʻano he holo kūkini, ʻaʻole wau he malihini i nā ala lōʻihi, akā ua ʻike wau i ke kau inoa no ka Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon he mea puʻupuʻu a me ka hoʻowalewale hoʻokolohua, ʻoiai no ka marathoner like me aʻu.

Ua huakaʻi au i nā hola 16 mai New York City a i ke kauhale ʻo Uchisar i Kapadokia. Akā ʻo kaʻu hoʻolauna mua maoli i ka ʻāina i hele mai ma o ka holo baluna ea wela ma waena o Anatolia. ʻO Kapadokia semi-arid he home no nā Heta kahiko, Peresia, Roma, Byzantine Christians, Seljuks, a me Ottoman Turks, a ua maʻalahi ka mahalo i ka nani o ka ʻāina aʻu e holo ai i ka wā e lele ana ma luna o nā papa pōhaku i kapa ʻia ʻo "fairy. nā kapuahi." ʻO nā kala ʻulaʻula o ke awāwa ʻo Rose, nā kahawai hohonu o ke awāwa ʻo Ihlara, nā piko craggy o ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Uchisar, a me nā ala hele ma nā kahawai i kālai ʻia i hoʻohiki ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa i ka ola holoʻokoʻa. (E like me kēia 10 Marathon maikaʻi loa e hele i ka honua.)

Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke kāhea iā ia i hoʻokahi manawa i ka manawa ke moeʻuhane nei ʻoe e pili ana i ka hana hou ʻana?

Ma mua o ka heihei, hoʻonoho mākou i kahi hoʻomoana ma nā hale lole Turkish ma ke awāwa ʻo Love. Me ʻeono mau koho like ʻole mai ka lā hoʻokahi 20K (ma kahi o ka hapalua marathon) a i kahi lā ʻehiku, kākoʻo piha iā ia iho he 160-mile ultra marathon, ua uhi ʻia nā mea hoʻokūkū 90 a pau ma kaʻu huakaʻi. ʻO nā mahele kaulana loa ʻehā a ʻehiku lā o ka "mini" ultras, kahi e hoʻokūkū ai ka poʻe haʻuki i 9 a 12 mau mile i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o nā meaʻai i mālama ʻia ma kahi hoʻomoana. Holo ka heihei i nā ʻāpana pōhaku, nā māla mahiʻai, nā awāwa lush, nā kauhale kuaʻāina, kahi lua pele, a me ka wai paʻakai maloʻo ʻo Tuz. Wela nā lā, kaomi nei i ka 100 ° F, a ʻoluʻolu nā pō, ke emi nei i lalo o 50 ° F.

Ua kau inoa wau no ka RFC 20K-ʻo kaʻu heihei huakaʻi mua loa-me ʻelua mau lā o ka holo. Akā, ua aʻo koke wau ʻo kahi kokoke i 13 mau mile ma Kapadokia ʻo ia nā mile paʻakikī a nani loa aʻu i ʻike ai. ʻO nā heihei he 100 a me nā holo he nui aʻu i kau ai ma nā ʻāina ʻeono, ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka wela, ka puʻu, hoʻohaʻahaʻa, a me ka hauʻoli e like me Runfire Cappadocia. Pehea ka paʻakikī o kēia heihei? ʻO ka manawa lanakila ma nā alanui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hapalua o ka marathon ma waena o 1 hola a 1 hola, 20 mau minuke. ʻO ka manawa lanakila ma ka RFC 20K he 2 hola, 43 mau minuke. ʻO kēlā lanakila ka wale kanaka e pau ma lalo o 3 mau hola. (E aʻo i ka hana o ka holo ʻana i ka wela i kou kino.)

ʻO ka pō ma mua o ka 20K, ua haʻi ʻōlelo ʻia mākou i ka papa-akā ʻoiai ʻo Ultra marathoners i huakaʻi me nā polokalamu GPS i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ke ala heihei, he papa inoa wale nō kā mākou o nā huli ma kahi papa i kahakaha ʻia. ʻO ka lā o ka heihei, ʻoiai naʻe kēlā ala mākaʻikaʻi, ua nalowale au. A laila nalo hou, a hou, a hiki i koʻu hala ʻana i ka manawa ʻoki hope loa ma ka lua o nā māka palekana ʻelua. Ua hoʻopau wau i nā mile he ʻelima mua me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka hanana ma kahi o 1 hola, 15 mau minuke a me nā mile eono e hiki mai ana i nā hola 2, 35 mau minuke. Ua kapa ʻakaʻaka au i ka heihei "Walkfire" ma hope o ka hele ʻana i nā pōʻai.

Ma ke ala, ʻaʻano ʻole ka lā, maloʻo ke ea, ka malu iki a mamao loa ma waena. Ua ʻae au e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia koʻu ʻaʻahu i kahi ʻula o ka hou. Akā, ua mālama au i nā mea e pale aku ai i ka hahau ʻana i ka wela, ka wela o ka lā, a me ka maloʻo ʻana i koʻu holo ʻana i loko o ka umu hoʻohihi. Ua lohi wau ma mua o ka maʻamau a ua hoʻomaha pinepine i ka hele wāwae. "Walkfire," me he mea lā, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole. He mea pono nā pahu karb a me nā electrolyte, me ka nui o ka wai. Ua ʻānai wau i nā ʻōmole wai holoʻokoʻa ma nā wahi kikoʻī a me ka ʻōmole aʻu i lawe ai me aʻu i ka holo. He mea nui hoʻi kaʻu bandana buff. Ua ʻaʻahu au iā ia ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi a me ke kiaʻi lā no koʻu ʻāʻī, e huki ana ma luna o koʻu waha i ka wā i lepo loa ke alanui. A sunblock, sunblock ʻoluʻolu, pehea wau e aloha aku ai iā ʻoe? Hoʻohana au i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka a lawe i nā swipes ma koʻu kāʻei heihei e hoʻopili i ka holo waena. Hoʻohui, ʻaʻole wau i ʻaʻa e neʻe me ka ʻole o nā malu a me kahi visor.

I ka hopena, ʻaʻole weliweli ka nalowale ʻana ma ka wao nahele ʻo Anatolian e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia. E like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, hūnā nā pōʻino i Turkey, e noho ana ma ke alahaka o ʻEulopa a me ka Middle East. Akā ma Cappadocia a me ʻIstanbul, ua ʻike wau i kahi honua mai ka ʻino o, maikaʻi, ka honua. ʻOiai he wahine e hele ana a holo hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole like kaʻu mea i ʻike ai ma ka honua i nā kiʻi o ka nūhou.

Ke ʻakaʻaka nei nā kaikamahine i nā poʻo poʻo i ko lākou ala i ke kula Sabati ʻoiai mākou e holoholo ana ma waena o ko lākou kauhale kaiāulu. ʻO nā kupuna wahine i loko o nā hijab i nalu mai nā puka makani lua. Ua noʻonoʻo kekahi wahine ʻōpio me ka ʻili wīwī i ka mea e lawe mai ai i nā kukini i kona wahi lepo lepo. Maʻalahi loa ʻoe e ʻike i nā wahine Tureke e holo ana i nā piko pahu a me nā pōkole ke ʻoʻoleʻa a paʻa hoʻi ʻoe. A ʻo ke kani ʻana o ke kahea pule a ka Mahometa e kani mai ana mai loko mai o nā minarets mosque, ua ʻoluʻolu e like me ka nani.

He launa kaulana ka honua holo, a ua ʻike wau i nā kukini kūkini Tureke a me nā hoʻonohonoho lāhui i waena o nā hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa aʻu i hālāwai ai. I loko o ka 20K, ua hoaloha au me ʻehā mau kukini nalowale i haʻi mai nā kihi like ʻole o Turkey. Ua kamaʻilio mākou, ʻakaʻaka, lawe ponoʻī iā mākou iho, kūʻai aku i nā mea inu ma nā ʻaoʻao pali pali, kelepona kelepona mai nā luna heihei e kuhikuhi ana iā mākou i ka papa, a ʻolokaʻa hope loa i ka lua ma hope o ka hele ʻana ma kahi o 11 o 13 mau mile i 3 mau hola, 49 mau minuke. (E aʻo i ke kumu o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi Buddy Fitness ka mea maikaʻi loa.) Ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu DNF mua (ʻaʻole i pau), me 25 mau mea holo ʻē aʻe i hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau i ka manawa ʻehā mau hola. (FYI: He 54 wale nō ka poʻe kukini e hoʻokūkū nei.) Akā, ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi o nā heihei poina loa o koʻu ola.

I ka lua o ka lā o Runfire, ua hele wau i ka hui GPS Garmin e holoholo nei, e ʻimi nei i nā mea holo i loko o ka papa ma Volkswagen Amarok. I ka hala ʻana o nā kukini 20K, he 40 wale nō ka poʻe kukini e nānā. Ua hauʻoli au i ka poʻe ultra marathoners mai kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ala, kahi i hāʻawi ai nā luna i ka wai, ke kōkua olakino, a me kahi wahi malu. A laila holo wau i nā mile ʻehā i hala o ka papa ma ke ala mehameha, akā maikaʻi a me ke one.

Hoʻokumu nā pua lā i nā makani makani ma waena o ka ʻāina mahiʻai wela, e kau ana i ke ala i kāhi ʻia me nā pua ʻāhiu. ʻO kaʻuala, kaʻuala, palaoa, a me ka palaoa i ulu ma ʻō aku o ka ʻeke berena Anatolian o ka puʻuwai o Turkey.

I koʻu hele ʻana, manaʻo wau me he mea lā ʻo wau wale nō ka mea kukini ma ka honua, e kīkē ana i ka lepo, e ʻimi ana i lalo o ka lā, a aloha i kēlā me kēia kekona wela a me ka hou. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻomaopopo au i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka ultra marathon-toiling ma ke ala mehameha a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka honua i hoʻokahi kapuaʻi i ka manawa. Ke holo nei me ka ʻole o ke mele, ua lohe wau i kēlā me kēia hanu, kēlā me kēia wāwae, ke kani ʻana o ka lele, a me ka palaoa wili makani. Ua manaʻo wau i kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻāina, he holoholona e holo ana, he malihini ma kahi ʻimi epic.

Akā i ka nalowale ʻana o koʻu mau manaʻo i loko o ka moʻo o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mea kukini, ʻekolu mau keikikāne i pakele iaʻu mai kuʻu hoʻomana. Ua kamaʻilio mai lākou iaʻu ma ka ʻōlelo Turkish, a laila ʻōlelo Pelekania i koʻu pane ʻana me ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻole merhaba, ke aloha kumu holoʻokoʻa. Makemake lākou e haʻi mai iaʻu i ko lākou mau inoa a e aʻo i koʻu inoa. Ua komo kekahi i kahi pahu Disney 101 Dalmatians. A eia hou, he kanaka wale au; he kukini wale, aole he ultra marathoner. Akā ua lūlū ʻia ka hua, ua liʻiliʻi ka ʻāpā. Ua makemake hou au.

No ʻeiwa mile i ka lā aʻe, ua hui pū wau me kahi kukini Tureke i kapa ʻia ʻo Gözde. Ua kāhāhā mākou i ka loko lua, kauhale pōhaku hāʻule, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka heihei ma 5,900 kapuaʻi, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi mile ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei ka helu wela ma luna o 100°F. Me ke kōkua o kahi mea GPS, ua ʻike au he maʻalahi loa ka noho ʻana ma ka papa. Ua ʻako ʻo Gözde i nā apricots a me nā cherry mai nā kumulāʻau kokoke. Hōʻike mākou i nā kiʻi i ka wā hoʻomaha wāwae-ʻo kāna pōpoki a me kaʻu ʻīlio. Ua kaʻana like wau i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka Bank of America Chicago Marathon, ka heihei nui hou aʻe ma kāna kalena, a aia wale nō i koʻu ʻāina hānau kamaliʻi. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iaʻu i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no kaʻu kipa ʻana i Istanbul, kona kūlanakauhale hānau. (Ke makemake nei i kahi huakaʻi mamao loa? Eia 7 mau wahi huakaʻi e pane ai i ke kāhea o ka 'Wild'.)

A kaumaha kuʻu puʻuwai i ka wā i ʻike ai au i ka wili ʻana o koʻu manawa i ka heihei. I ka pau ʻana o ka lā, kali kahi kaʻa e hoʻokuʻu iaʻu, hoʻi i Kapadokia a i Istanbul. Makemake wau e holo pū me nā mea komo ʻē aʻe i kahi hoʻomoana aʻe ma ka loko kai paʻakai ʻo Turkey. Makemake au e lilo i ultra marathoner no koʻu mau lā a pau. He aha ka mea e pono ai e holo i loko o ka wao nahele ʻo Tureke o nā hiʻohiʻona moʻolelo? ʻO ka makemake e lilo i koa "no ka wā pau ʻole," e like me kā David Bowie mele ʻana. A i ʻole, ʻike ʻoe, no hoʻokahi lā wale nō.

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