نَجْرِي مَعًا فِي عَمَّانَ

فِي عَمَّانَ مَجْمُوعَةٌ لِلْجَرْيِ، اسْمُهَا «رَانِنْغ عَمَّان». يَجْرِي مَعَهَا مِئَاتُ النَّاسِ كُلَّ أُسْبُوعٍ. وَالْجَرْيُ مَعَهَا مَجَّانِيٌّ، وَهُوَ لِلْجَمِيعِ. فِيهَا عَدَّاؤُونَ جُدُدٌ، وَعَدَّاؤُونَ مُحْتَرِفُونَ، وَسُيَّاحٌ أَيْضًا. بَدَأَتِ الْمَجْمُوعَةُ صُدْفَةً، مَعَ صَدِيقَيْنِ: يَزَن مَلَاخَة وَمُحَمَّد الرَّزِم. قَرَّرَ الصَّدِيقَانِ أَنْ يَجْرِيَا كُلَّ يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ صَبَاحًا. فِي سَنَةِ ٢٠١٤، كَتَبَا رِسَالَةً قَصِيرَةً عَلَى «فِيسْبُوك». فَجَاءَ خَمْسَةُ أَشْخَاصٍ لَا يَعْرِفَانِهِمْ. وَصَارَ الْخَمْسَةُ عَدَّائِينَ سُعَدَاءَ. الْيَوْمَ، تَجْرِي الْمَجْمُوعَةُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ. يَقُولُ يَزَن: نُرِيدُ أَنْ يُحِبَّ النَّاسُ الْجَرْيَ وَالرِّيَاضَةَ فِي الْهَوَاءِ الطَّلْقِ. وَنَرَى مَعًا أَمَاكِنَ جَمِيلَةً فِي الطَّبِيعَةِ وَفِي الْمَدِينَةِ. فِي الْمَجْمُوعَةِ نَاسٌ مِنْ بُلْدَانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. أَصْغَرُ عَدَّاءٍ عُمْرُهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. وَأَكْبَرُ عَدَّاءٍ عُمْرُهُ أَرْبَعٌ وَسِتُّونَ سَنَةً. فِي سَنَةِ ٢٠١٩، كَوَّنَتِ الْمَجْمُوعَةُ فَرِيقًا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ لِسِبَاقٍ طَوِيلٍ. وَفَازَ الْفَرِيقُ بِالْمَرْتَبَةِ الْأُولَى. وَفِي سَنَةِ ٢٠٢٠، جَرَى مِئَةُ شَخْصٍ فِي سِبَاقٍ عَلَى الْإِنْتَرْنِتِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ وَحْدَهُ. وَقَطَعُوا مَعًا قُرَابَةَ ثَمَانِيَةِ آلَافِ كِيلُومِتْرٍ فِي أُسْبُوعٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَطْ. أَحْمَد خُزَاعِي عُمْرُهُ اثْنَتَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً، وَجَرَى مَعَ الْمَجْمُوعَةِ مَرَّتَيْنِ. يَقُولُ: نَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا جَيِّدًا لِأَجْسَامِنَا، وَنَرَى أَمَاكِنَ رَائِعَةً فِي عَمَّانَ. وَالْجَرْيُ مَعَ الْمَجْمُوعَةِ مُمْتِعٌ جِدًّا.

In Amman there is a running group, called “Running Amman”. Hundreds of people run with it every week. And running with it is free, and it is for everyone. It has new runners, professional runners, and tourists too. The group started by chance, with two friends: Yazan Malakha and Mohammed Al Razem. The two friends decided to run every Friday morning. In 2014, they wrote a short message on Facebook. So five people came whom the two friends did not know. And the five became happy runners. Today, the group runs three times a week. Yazan says: we want people to love running and sport in the open air. And together we see beautiful places in nature and in the city. In the group there are people from many countries. The youngest runner is twelve years old. And the oldest runner is sixty-four years old. In 2019, the group formed a women’s team for a long race. And the team won first place. And in 2020, a hundred people ran in a race on the internet, each one on their own. And together they c