Name: 透過這位超級馬拉松跑者打破刻板印象 (Breaking Stereotypes With an Ultramarathoner)
Uploaded: 2018-04-22T21:01:01.000Z
Duration: 2 min 49 s

頻率副詞

- People think fat people never get off the couch

and people think that fat people sit around eating all day.

My mission is to challenge people's assumptions

我的任務便是挑戰人們對肥胖者的

I've been running long distance for about eight years.

I've done nine marathons and 10 ultra-marathons

我曾參加過 9 次馬拉松，以及 10 次超級馬拉松，

Traditionally, trail races and other outdoor events

一般來說，越野跑和其他戶外活動

have not always been welcoming to people like me.

並非總是很歡迎如我這樣的人參與

因為我是黑人，是個女性，身材肥胖

When I go to a race, I know I'm breaking the mold.

當我參加比賽時，我知道自己正在打破這種刻板印象

這項運動仍然相當白人化且男性化

So I know going in that I'm going to be different.

因此我清楚一旦參與了，會讓自己變得與眾不同

10 years ago I lived a very stressful life,

10 年前，我過著很有壓力的生活，

and so that took a huge toll on my health.

that I needed to change my lifestyle pretty drastically

他告訴我如果想看到孩子長大成人，

if I wanted to see my son grow up, so I did.

需要徹底改變現有的生活方式 ，所以我照做了

always making the assumption that whatever I was doing

我剛起跑的第一個英里特別糟糕

When I'm feeling like this is really too difficult,

I know that in the end I'm doing it for a reason.

我知道自己最後會因為某種緣由而繼續努力

The end goal not always only being to finish,

最終目標並不只是去完成比賽，

but the more important thing is that I'm out there

更重要的是我成功來到了終點，

因為有時候我是最後一個抵達的人

It's amazing to me how many messages I get

對我來說每天收到許多訊息很驚喜，

對我來說每天收到許多訊息很驚喜，像是：

"and taking up space, and not being afraid to do that

在那努力前進，並不害怕參與 ，

"because that has allowed me to do that."

因為這讓我也有勇氣去嘗試。 」

I'm gonna continue doing it because I think

我將會繼續堅持下去，因為我認為

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