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Isithombe esithunyelwe: UPatrick Sullivan waseFort Dodge uncintisana engxenyeni yomjaho we-marathon wenkinga yakhe ye-Ironman Triathlon ngoMgqibelo.

UPatrick Sullivan uphumelele ukudlula izifiso zakhe ezimbi kakhulu kuye "ICoronaman 140.6" inkinga ngoMgqibelo.

Lo mfundi owathola iziqu zikaManson Northwest Webster ngo-2002 wabhala isikhathi ayengeke alindele ngaso sonke isikhathi kumuntu wakhe i-Ironman Triathlon esikhaleni saseFort Dodge. Okubaluleke kakhulu, noma kunjalo, uSullivan oneminyaka engama-36 uzozithola esenyusa cishe u- $ 18,000 we-Staff ZERO - inkampani elwa nokuqeda umdlavuza omningi wesinye.

USullivan wafeza uhambo lwakhe ngamahora ayi-11, imizuzu engama-22 nemizuzwana engama-50 yokudlulisa isikhathi, okwakungaba yimizuzu engama-80 ngaphezulu kunophawu lwakhe lwangaphambilini. Uqedile ukubhukuda kwakhe okungamamayela angu-2.4 ngehora elilodwa nemizuzu engama-20, ibhayisikili lakhe elingamakhilomitha angu-112 ngamahora ama-5 nemizuzu engama-40 ngebanga elijwayelekile le-19.8, futhi wasonga usuku endaweni yokupaka izimoto yaseFort Dodge Senior Excessive ngaphambi kwesikhathi Ngo-7 ntambama ngokugijima kwamamayela angu-26.22 ngamahora ama-4 nemizuzu engama-22 - iminithi elingu-9.58 ngemitha ngayinye.

"Kuwo wonke umjaho, izinga eliphakathi nakho konke ukuzikhuza lalibalulekile ukuze ngazi kuphela ukuthi ngangivame ukwehla kuleyo ngxenye," sisho uSullivan, osebenza kwaBemrich Electrical eFort Dodge. “Amayadi wokugcina okubhukuda abenzima kakhulu, ngenxa yokuqeqeshwa okuvinjelwe engikuthole (ngaphambi komjaho) lapho amachibi okubhukuda evaliwe.

“Umndeni nabangane abebelokhu bejabule ohlangothini lomgwaqo ngesikhathi sebhayisikili bebehle kakhulu. Ukuba nomfowethu, uTravis, ahlangabezane namagquma angama-30 ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhungo kwakukuhle. Isikhathi sokuqala lapho besigibela khona amabhayisikili sisonke njengoba besiyizingane esishayela siya kwagogo nakwa-pa eBarnum. ”

Isithombe esithunyelwe: Ihembe kanye nendondo enikezwe uPatrick Sullivan ngemuva kokuqeda inkinga yakhe 'yeCoronaman 140.6' ngoMgqibelo wafika lapha evela kumama wakhe, uNancy, nomqeqeshi / umqeqeshi, uKatie Silfies, ngenhlonipho.

USullivan waqala ukucubungula ngokuhlanganyela uhlelo lwakhe ngemuva kokukhanselwa kaningi kwesizini ka-2020 ngenxa yobhadane lwamazwe omhlaba i-COVID-19. Wabe esenquma ukukhipha imali yeqembu elifanayo ayelisekele kulo lonke ubuchwepheshe bakhe be-Ironman Wisconsin ngo-2017.

Inhloso eyiqiniso kaSullivan - ayecabanga ukuthi ayitholakali ekuqaleni - kwakuwukuqoqa ama- $ 10,000 azosiza kakhulu umdlavuza. Kusukela ngoMsombuluko, uliphindaphinde lelo nani.

"Iqembu ebelisemzini wami elingamukele futhi ebhayisikili ukuqala ukugijima belilihle kakhulu," Sullivan okukhulunyiwe. “Ulayini wokugcina ubuyiyo ephelele. Abashadile, abendlu nabo bonke abantu abasekelayo… engingakwenza nje ukumamatheka.

“Wonke umuntu oqhamuka kuleli qembu ubengakholeki (ekuhlanganeni ngemuva) kwami ​​nabasebenzi bakwaZERO. Ngibonga kakhulu. ”

Kanye nesixuku sabantu abasizile uSullivan uzophela umugqa wokugcina eceleni kwendlela ehamba phambili, umgijimi wesizwe esiphakeme waseSt. Edmond u-Rick Xu uhlanganyele noSullivan isikhathi eside.

Isithombe esithunyelwe: UPatrick Sullivan waseFort Dodge nomlingani wakhe, uJennifer.

"Ugijime nami yonke imarathon," Sullivan okukhulunyiwe. "Ungenze ngaba umgijimi omkhulu ngoMgqibelo."

USullivan ubonge umqeqeshi nomqeqeshi wakhe, uKatie Silfies wePace Sherpa Nation - "Wangihlelela uhlelo oluhle kakhulu lokuqeqesha ngokubambisana - kanye nomlingani wakhe, uJennifer,"ukungihlanganisela kuyo yonke indawo ngebhayisikili nokushayela zonke iziteshi zosizo ezibalekayo, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bakulungiselele engikufunayo ukuze ngithole uketshezi. ”

Inkinga elandelayo kaSullivan kumele inqunywe.

"Ngizofinyelela esikhungweni sokuzivocavoca okwamanje futhi ngithole amandla omzimba futhi."

Okwamanje, ukugxila okuyinhloko ukululama.

"Ngibeke usuku lonke (ngeSonto)," USullivan. "Ngingahle ngithayiphe ukuhambahamba - kodwa izitebhisi beziyinkinga impela."