I'm in a very cathartic state.

我會處於一種非常宣洩性的狀態。

It's like an active meditation.

這就像一種動態的冥想。

When I'm putting all my energy into it, I feel like I'm on the top of the world.

當我把所有的精力投入其中時，我感覺自己站在了世界之巔。

My name is Hannah Gavios and I am a runner.

我的名字是 Hannah Gavios，我是一名跑者。

I've been a runner since high school. I was on the LaGuardia High School track team.

我從高中開始就一直是個跑者。我曾是拉瓜迪亞高中田徑隊的一員。

Running is just a way of letting go and just getting my mind off of anything that bothers me.

跑步只是一種放空的方式，讓我忘掉任何困擾我的事情。

I am classified as a level 3 patient.

我被診斷為第三級病人。

I was diagnosed with a spinal cord injury.

我被診斷出患有脊髓損傷。

I have a fracture at T12 and my bones were completely shattered.

我在 T12 處有骨折，我的骨頭完全被打碎了。

My accident happened in September of 2016.

我在 2016 年 9 月發生意外。

After I graduated, I landed a job in Vietnam teaching English.

畢業後，我在越南找到了一份教英語的工作。

I was on my way back to my hotel but got a little bit lost.

當時我在回酒店的路上，但有點迷路了。

I asked for directions and the guy took me up to a dark wooded area and attempted to rape me.

我向人問路，但那人把我帶到一個黑暗的樹林裡並試圖強姦我。

I pushed my attacker away and when he began following me, I picked up speed and that was the last time I ran in over three years.

我把攻擊者推開，當他開始追著我時，我加快了速度，那是我之後的三年多來最後一次跑步。

According to various reports, as I ran away from him, I fell 150 ft off the cliff.

根據各種報告顯示，當我從他身邊跑開時，我從懸崖下 150 英尺深。

I was in the air for almost a minute long enough to have all these thoughts.

我在空中停留了將近一分鐘的時間，足以讓我產生很多負面的想法。

I already committed to the idea that I wasn't going to live.

我本來已經認為我活不下來了。

When I was in Mount Sinai Hospital, I would walk around with my walker with my crutches in Central Park.

當我在西奈山醫院時，我會帶著我的助行器在中央公園裡散步。

I saw runners doing the New York City marathon and I would just pay attention to people's steps and how effortlessly they would take those leaps.

我看到跑者在進行紐約市馬拉松比賽，我注意到人們的步伐，以及他們如何毫不費力地完成這些跳躍。

I just remember feeling bitter and jealous that I wasn't able to do those things anymore.

我只記得我感到苦澀和嫉妒，因為我不能再做這些事情了。

My dream was to one day run the marathon and I felt like after my accident that was completely taken from me.

我的夢想是有一天能參加馬拉松比賽，我覺得在我發生意外後，這個夢想被完全奪走了。

I thought the most important thing to do at that very moment was focus on all the small steps rather than the bigger picture.

我認為在那個非常時刻，最重要的事情是專注於所有的小細節，而不是大局。

Even though I can't move my ankles and feet, I have some function in my lower body that allows me to walk and do all the things I do today.

儘管我的腳踝和腳不能動，但我的下半身還有一些功能，讓我能夠行走，做我今天做得到的所有事情。

Release anything that doesn't serve you. On your next inhale, reach the fingertips off.

釋放任何不為你屬於的東西。在你下一次吸氣時，把指尖伸開。

In addition to running, I teach yoga and I practice yoga. If I could learn anything from my practice of doing yoga is to keep breathing.

除了跑步，我還教瑜伽及練習瑜伽。如果我可以從做瑜伽的實踐中學到什麼，那就是保持呼吸。

That helped me get through this horrible experience.

這幫助我度過了這個可怕的經歷。

And I decided after my yoga teacher training to sign up for Krav Maga lessons and learn self-defense, just in case I'm ever in a similar situation again, I'll know how to protect myself.

我決定在瑜伽教師培訓後報名參加 Krav Maga 課程，學習自衛，以防我再次遇到類似情況，這樣我就知道該如何保護自己。

I love being faced with new challenges every day because the more challenges I face, the stronger I feel as a person.

我喜歡每天面對新的挑戰，因為我面對的挑戰越多，我就越覺得自己是一個強大的人。

Running now is not so different from the way it was before my accident.

現在的跑步與我出事前的情況沒有太大區別。

I like to call it crunching or going out for a crutch, it's just maybe looks a little bit different.

我喜歡把跑步稱作腹肌訓練，或是拐杖跑步，差別只是在於跟一般的跑步看起來有點不同。

But mentally, it feels exactly the same.

但精神上的感覺是完全一樣的。

Because I could still use my legs, I've decided to use my legs in the marathon.

因為我的腿還是有力的，所以我已經決定在馬拉松比賽中讓我的腿派上用場。

Good luck, good luck, good luck out there today. Have a great run.

祝你們今天好運。祝你們跑得順利。

I wanted to run in my own way, but I never really thought that it was possible until my sister sent me a photo of a woman named Amanda Sullivan, who is an amputee and she completed various marathons with her crutches.

我想用自己的方式跑步，但我從未想過這是可能的，直到我姐姐給我發了一張名叫 Amanda Sullivan 的女人的照片，她是一名截肢者，她拄著柺杖完成了各種馬拉松比賽。

I thought maybe that's something I can do as well.

我想也許這也是我可以做的事情。

26.2 miles is such a long distance for anybody. You really have to have that mental willpower.

26.2 英里對任何人來說都是一個很長的距離，你必須有堅強的意志力才有辦法跑完。

In my case, I'm out there for over 11 hours, most people, you know, finish in five hours.

以我的情況來說，我跑了超過 11 個小時，但是大多數人在五個小時內就可以完成。

I have to tell myself, "I'm going to get through this. Everything's going to be okay. I might be hurting now, but once I cross that finish line, I'm going to heal. I can do anything."

我必須告訴自己：「我會度過這個難關，一切都會好起來的，我現在可能很痛苦，但是一旦我越過終點線，我就會復原，我可以做到任何事情。」

I want people to know that no matter what adversity that they're facing in their lives, they can just use that to grow as a human being, and maybe that will steer them in a different direction that they wouldn't have normally thought of.

我想讓人們知道，無論他們在生活中面臨什麼樣的逆境，他們都可以利用這些逆境來成長，也許這將引導他們走向他們從沒有想過的方向。

Before my accident, I was a very active person, but I almost feel like my adversity exposed my character even more.

在我出事前，我是一個非常好動的人，但我覺得我的逆境更加展露出我的性格。

No matter how much you've lost in your life, there's always gains and there's always something that you're going to grab from it.

無論你在生活中失去了多少，總會有收穫，也總有一些你要從中抓住。

If you want something so badly, you're going to find a way to still bring it back into your life, no matter what.

如果你如此渴望某樣東西，無論如何你都會找到方法讓它重回你的生活中。