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Umfanekiso ohanjisiweyo: UPatrick Sullivan waseFort Dodge ukhuphiswano lwenxalenye yembaleki yomdyarho wengxaki yakhe ye-Ironman Triathlon ngoMgqibelo.

UPatrick Sullivan waphumelela edlula eyakhe iminqweno emibi kuye "ICoronaman 140.6" ingxaki ngoMgqibelo.

Umfundi ophumelele isidanga sika-Manson Northwest Webster ngo-2002 wabhala ixesha ebengakhange alindele ngalo kumntu wakhe i-Ironman Triathlon kwi-Fort Dodge space. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, nangona kunjalo, uSullivan oneminyaka engama-36 uya kuzifumana enyusa kufutshane ne-18,000 yeedola kubasebenzi beZERO-iqumrhu elilwa ukugqiba umhlaza webala lendlala.

USullivan walufezekisa uhambo lwakhe ngeeyure ezili-11, imizuzu engama-22 kunye nemizuzwana engama-50 yokudlulisa ixesha, elalimalunga nemizuzu engama-80 ngaphezulu kunophawu lwangaphambili. Ugqibile ukubhukuda i-2.4-mile ngeyure enye kunye nemizuzu engama-20, ibhayisekile yakhe eyi-112 -mitha ngeeyure ezi-5 kunye nemizuzu engama-40 nge-19.8 yeeyure ngeyure efanayo, wayisonga loo mini kwindawo yokupaka iimoto eFort Dodge Senior engaphezulu kune Ngo-7 ntambama nge-26.22 yeekhilomitha ezibaleka iiyure ezi-4 kunye nemizuzu engama-22- imizuzu engama-9.58 nge-clip yemayile.

"Kuwo wonke ugqatso, inqanaba eliphakathi lokuziqeqesha kwakubalulekile ukuze ndazi nje ukuba bendikhe ndaya ezantsi kuloo ndawo," wakhankanya uSullivan, osebenza eBemrich Electrical eFort Dodge. “Iiyadi ezili-1,000 XNUMX zokuqubha zazinzima kakhulu, ngenxa yokuthintelwa koqeqesho endalufumanayo (ngaphambi komdyarho) xa amadama okuqubha avaliwe.

“Usapho kunye nabahlobo ebebechwayitisa apha endleleni yesitrato bebebalasele. Ukuba nomninawa wam, uTravis, amava eenduli ezingama-30 ngaphakathi kweziko kwakumnandi. Lixesha lokuqala esihamba ngalo iibhayisekile sisonke singabantwana abaqhubela umakhulu kunye nomzi wakhe eBarnum. ”

Umfanekiso ohanjisiweyo: Ihempe kunye nembasa ezinikwe uPatrick Sullivan emva kokuphelisa ingxaki yakhe 'yeCoronaman 140.6' ngoMgqibelo wafika evela kumama wakhe, uNancy, kunye nomqeqeshi / umqeqeshi, uKatie Silfies, ngentlonelo.

U-Sullivan waqala ukucoca ngokudibeneyo isicwangciso sakhe emva kokuba izihlandlo ezininzi zaye zarhoxiswa ixesha lonyaka ka-2020 ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19 welinye ilizwe. Emva koko wazimisela ukuphakamisa imali yeqela elifanayo awayelixhasa kubuchwephesha bakhe be-Ironman Wisconsin kwi-2017.

Injongo eyiyo kaSullivan - awayecinga ukuba ayinakufumaneka ekuqaleni - yayikukuqokelela i-10,000, XNUMX yeedola kwezona zinto zinomhlaza. Ukusukela ngoMvulo, uliphindaphinde kabini elo nani.

"Iqela elisekhaya lam elindamkeleyo kwakhona kwibhayisikile ukuqala ukubaleka belilungile," Sullivan ukhankanyiwe. Umgca wokugqibela wawulungile. Abantu abatshatileyo, abendlu kunye nabo bonke abantu abaxhasayo… yonke into endinokuyenza kukuncuma.

Wonke umntu kwiqela ebengakholeleki (ekuhlanganeni ngasemva) kum nakubasebenzi ZERO. Ndiyabulela kakhulu. ”

Kunye nesihlwele sabantu abasincedileyo uSullivan uza kuphelela ecaleni kweyona ndlela ibalaseleyo, imbaleki yaseSt Edmond imbaleki yesizwe iRick Xu ijikeleze uSullivan ixesha elide.

Umfanekiso ohanjisiweyo: UPatrick Sullivan waseFort Dodge kunye neqabane lakhe, uJennifer.

"Ubaleke yonke imbaleki kunye nam," Sullivan ukhankanyiwe. "Undenze ndaba yimbaleki enkulu ngoMgqibelo."

USullivan ubulele umqeqeshi nomqeqeshi wakhe, uKatie Silfies ovela kwiPace Sherpa Nation - "Wabeka isicwangciso esihle sokuqeqesha ngokudibeneyo kum-kunye neqabane lakhe, uJennifer,"ukundidibanisa kuyo yonke indawo ngebhayisekile kwaye siqhube kwizikhululo zoncedo ezibalekayo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba bayilungisile into endiyifunayo kulwelo. ”

Ingxaki elandelayo kaSullivan kodwa kufuneka igqitywe.

"Ndizokungena nje kwiziko lokuzilolonga okwangoku kwaye ndizokufumana amandla omzimba kwakhona."

Okwangoku, eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo kukuchacha.

"Ndilele imini yonke (ngeCawa)," USullivan. "Ndingachwetheza - kodwa izinyuko bezinengxaki."