.HelloIntisar: “[The pandemic] solidified that there’s no health without mental health”
Photo-Illustration: Maha Yusuf When Intisar Abdul-Kader says that she wants to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, she’s simply letting you know that it’s only a matter of time until she does, not a question of whether she actually will.
How COVID-19 changed her idea of wellness: During the first couple of months of the pandemic, everything was anxiety inducing. I would wear a mask while running for my safety and others around me, but back then, the minute you saw someone on your path, you would cross the road and hide behind a bush to avoid them. Some days I’d be like, “I want to go out for a run,” and then remember that I had to be extra careful outside, and I would just cancel the whole thing.
When my MRI scan results came back to my neurologist, the doctor said, “You need to come in ASAP.
On preparing for the New York City Marathon: One of my very good friends, Amritpal Ghatora, is a running coach, and he’s running the New York City Marathon too. He’s a six-time world major marathon runner, so I reached out to him and asked, “Can you train me for New York because I really want to come in at a good time, and I heard New York is quite hilly.” He sent me this brilliant run plan, and it’s 16 weeks long.
We hardly camped out. All of our nights, we stayed in tea houses. You’d have a wooden bed, essentially a wooden slab, and you’d put your sleeping bag on there. At some tea houses, a shower would be three minutes for six dollars, and as you went up, the shower price would go up. Most of the girls, the first thing they’d go for was Coke and Pringles. Me, I was like, “Can I get a hot shower?” That was my priority.
But, that said, it was so beautiful — scenery that I cannot describe and that no picture I took will ever do justice. When I got to the top, I cried, and my tears would freeze. It was the best thing I’ve done in my life.
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