1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: It was sitting and doing the work. Over these last 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: few years, I'm learning how to accept things how they 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: are and like go of the things that I can't 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: control and understand that all I can do is the 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: best I can with what I have, instead of being 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: angry about my circumstance. Implementing all of these lessons into 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: my day to day on the regular is what empowered 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: me to get through the New York City Marathon on Sunday, 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: hard stop period. Wasting my energy in these miles on 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: the things that I could not change was not going 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: to serve me. And if there's one thing you take 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: from this recap, I hope that it is that you 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: too can harness your own power to go after what 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: you want and sometimes the outcome may not be as 15 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: you envisioned, but no matter what the journey is, you 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:01:09,199 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to learn from it. Hey everyone, Emily 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: A Badi here coming to you live from the AG Studio. 18 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: You are listening to another installment of Hurdle Moment from 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Hurdle Today's episode one. I know you have been anxiously 20 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: waiting for my New York City Marathon recap. Obviously, if 21 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: you can't tell how wonderful. My voice sounds right now. 22 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: I definitely had myself a fun time both on the 23 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: course and after running the course. But I am happy 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: that I've finally had some time now recording this on Tuesday. 25 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: Marathon was on Sunday to think about what happened out 26 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: there and to reflect on how it has all gone 27 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: for me, not just the marathon and forest. And I 28 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: think that's important to reiterate, is that Sunday was, you know, 29 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: the culmination of I guess this year, you know, almost 30 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: twenty weeks of training with an injury smack dab toward 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: the end of it, but also of course my journey 32 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: with running. 33 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: Now, if you're new to the show, you're. 34 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: New a new hurdler, welcome, I'm happy to have you, 35 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: but make sure to get some more context, maybe head 36 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: on over to episode one to hear about my journey, 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: which involved a pretty sizable weight loss in college, and 38 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: that weight loss those efforts. 39 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: Led me to running anyway. 40 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: New York City Marathon quick stats twenty six point two 41 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: miles through all five boroughs of New York City, and 42 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: this go around, I ran the race in three hours, 43 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: forty two minutes and fifty three seconds that averages out 44 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: to be an eight thirty one average pace, and it 45 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: is a New York City Marathon course PR for me, 46 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: not an. 47 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: Overall marathon PR. 48 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: My marathon PR as it stands, is my virtual New 49 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: York last year, which was three twenty three fifty six 50 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: my IRL PR three twenty eighth A in Chicago twenty nineteen. 51 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: So today I'm going to go through what happened, give 52 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: you the blade by play. As usual with these, I 53 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: tend to kind of just give it to you straight. 54 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: These episodes aren't heavily edited because I want you to 55 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: know what I was going through and where my head 56 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: was at going into during, etc. So make sure you're 57 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: following along with me over on social media. I'm over 58 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: at Emily a Body, and of course over at Hurdle Podcast. 59 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: Some really exciting stuff happening here on the feed. 60 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: Not just today but this week, with an episode from 61 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: Selene Flanagan that went live yesterday, as well as some 62 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: really exciting big guests in the weeks to come. So 63 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: I won't keep you waiting anymore. With that, Let's get 64 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: to Hurdling. I was thinking about where I wanted to 65 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: start today's recap, and I think I want to start 66 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: with the moment that I decided that I was actually 67 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: going to run New York. 68 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: So I started. 69 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: Training for the London Marathon about twenty weeks ago, and 70 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: I knew going into the London Marathon that because of 71 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: what was going on in our world with the COVID pandemic, 72 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: that I would hopefully get to toe the line, but 73 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: there could be things out of my control which prevented 74 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: me from getting to London and running the marathon that 75 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: I was so excited about knowing that I decided that 76 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 1: I would accept a bib. I was offered a BIB 77 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: from Strava, one of the big sponsors for the New 78 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: York City Marathon, and I would accept that bib just 79 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: in case I couldn't get to London, also knowing that 80 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: with the races being slated for about a month apart, 81 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: I would have enough time after London to get my 82 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: legs back under me. I've run a couple of marathons 83 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: in a short time span before, and so I knew 84 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: or I had a lot of confidence anyway, that it 85 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: would not be an issue. Fast forward, Training's going really well, 86 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: and after my longest run in the London Marathon, build up. 87 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: As I spoke about here on the show in depth, 88 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: I developed an injury. I'll link to that episode where 89 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: I kind of talk about that in the show notes. Again, 90 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: if you're new to the feet, my injury, as I 91 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: talked about that day, is kind of a hip strain. 92 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: But to be a little bit more specific, what we 93 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: think it could have been was something like a strange 94 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: so as now that's like a very deep muscle and 95 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: one that I knew would be a difficult situation to navigate, 96 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: but also a long time. It would take a long 97 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: time to heal. And so with about what would have 98 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: been a month until the London Marathon, I started to 99 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: see different experts, and because running at that time caused 100 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: me pain, I made the decision to withdraw from the 101 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: London Marathon with hopes to still to the line in 102 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: New York. Long story short, I travel to Europe, I 103 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: don't run a marathon. I start to get in some 104 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: distance with out pain on I would say around October 105 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: seventh or eighth. 106 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 2: I remember before heading out to Europe. 107 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: On September twenty eighth, it was a Saturday, and I 108 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: went for a four point one two mile run and 109 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: labeled it on strava long run. I then remember getting 110 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: to Milan and wanting to shake off, like my legs 111 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: from the plane, and I went out on what I 112 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: thought would be a similar four mile loop but ended 113 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: up being a five mile loop, and instantly thinking, okay, 114 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: that was a little too much. I think I pushed 115 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: it a little too far. I need to reel it 116 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: back in. Anyway, fast forward. I ultimately get to a 117 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: place where I can run pain free and confidently for 118 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: two quote unquote long runs before making the decision that yes, 119 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: I was going to show up in New York. The 120 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: first long run was about fourteen miles on October sixteenth, 121 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: and then I did one that was almost nineteen miles 122 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: on October twenty third, So I had some good mileage 123 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: under my belt that made me feel confident in terms 124 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: of the injury that I would be in a good 125 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: place to show up on last Sunday, November seventh. With 126 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: that said, this is the first ever training program that 127 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: has been interrupted for me by a legitimate injury. I've 128 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: never had a build up where I've had to be 129 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: strategic about choosing activity versus completely sitting out, and I 130 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: recognized going into this marathon that it could be a 131 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: little bit different than what I had experienced before. With 132 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: that said, I was really hopeful, Like I feel as 133 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: though what I've learned in running my last two marathons, 134 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: which completely exceeded my expectations, is that hope is the 135 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: most beautiful thing that we have, especially when it comes 136 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: to running. To go out there and be inspired and 137 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: excited and wowed by your own potential is just such 138 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: an unbelievable opportunity. And so going into this Sunday, I 139 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: was so lit by my own fire, by my own potential, 140 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: by what could be like this arc of coming back 141 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: from injury, knowing that no matter how I showed up 142 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: on Sunday, like the arc was gonna be the same. 143 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: Right could showing up and finding myself a new marathon 144 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: pr a sub three twenty three fifty six moment in 145 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: New York City wouldn't like it would have been phenomenal, 146 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: But I tried to maintain perspective going into it of 147 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: what I was coming in with. So with that said, 148 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: let's fast forward straight to New York City Marathon morning. 149 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: It's Sunday, It's three thirty in the morning. I am 150 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: awake because the clocks fell back and my nerves totally 151 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: have the best of me, and I have my entire 152 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: plan written down, everything I need to make sure that 153 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: I do before I leave, everything that should be in 154 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: my go everything set aside, including my food and my 155 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: outfit and my throwaway clothes and everything that I could need. 156 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: My girlfriend picks me up in uber at four fifty 157 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: five to head to Bryant Park. 158 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 2: Heads up, you do not need to bank in. 159 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: Thirty to forty minutes for a commute to Brian Park 160 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: at five am, but we did, and so at five 161 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: point fifteen we decided to wait before getting on the 162 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: bus that would take us to Staten Island, just somewhere 163 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: that would have a little bit more breathing room, i e. 164 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 1: The steps at Bryant Park. We finally got on the 165 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: bus around five forty five. We headed to Staten Island 166 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: and for the next few hours I was able to 167 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: hang around with my teammates, shout out old Man Run 168 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: Club and just kind of kick back, try to chill 169 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: as much as possible and prep for what was on deck. 170 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: My start time was ten fifty five and at ten 171 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: fifty five on the dot we were off. So going 172 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: into this race, my goal was to find flow, and 173 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: I talk about this in my Chicago Marathon recap, and 174 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: if you didn't listen to that one, I'll linked in 175 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: the show notes here. But the Chicago Marathon for me 176 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen was the definition of flow. I never 177 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: felt like I was working too hard. In fact, that 178 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: pace that I ran that day of seven fifty seven 179 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: average overall, that felt miraculous and for the most part, 180 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: effortless and super comfortable for me. Whereas from the get 181 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: go in New York when I started running, my first 182 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: mile was a seven to fifty five, which felt okay 183 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: but difficult because we were going up the hill of 184 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: the Arizona. I then proceed to run the next six 185 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 1: miles sub eight minutes, one of which was at a 186 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: seven fifteen. I am like cruising, but comparatively, when I 187 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: think about how I felt for the first eight miles 188 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: of this marathon compared to Chicago, they didn't feel effortless, 189 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: and in fact, I definitely felt like I was working 190 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: a little bit harder. By mile eight and nine, I 191 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: am cruising through Williamsburg. Things are starting to already feel 192 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: a little bit hard, and I get a super massive, 193 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: beautiful boost of energy. Running across Bedford. I see Willie Valderrama. 194 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: He was on the show last week, right by mccarren Park, 195 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: which really makes me just like the most excited, because 196 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: even at this point I'm starting to dig in to 197 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: my mental toolbox of you get to do this. At 198 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: mile seven and eight, like that is just not where 199 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: I expected to be, and I was thinking about him 200 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: and his story and how he would have killed to 201 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: feel how I felt in that moment when he was 202 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: incapable of walking back in April. 203 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 2: I digress. I see Willie. I keep going. 204 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: I run into a friend of mine right before heading 205 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: toward the Pulaski Bridge at the halfway point. This is 206 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: around mile eleven or twelve, and I'm running with him, 207 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: and I say to him, I already feel at mile 208 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: twelve like I've run twenty miles, Like that's how my 209 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: legs felt, my quads felt heavy, and I just kept 210 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: going along. 211 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: And here is certainly. 212 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: Where my pace starts to slow down, from sub eights 213 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: to around for the next five or six miles, ranging 214 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: between like eight fifteen and nine minutes, a little bit 215 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: all over the place in there, but mostly around eight thirty. 216 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: Just giving some context, I get over the Queensboro and 217 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: I just keep thinking, like, you've got to hold this together, 218 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: because this is where you're about to see all of 219 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: these people that are so so amped for you, like 220 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: both of my parents on the Upper east Side. 221 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 2: My entire run club has a cheer section up there. 222 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: Eventually, I knew I was going to get to see 223 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: friends up in Harlem and then on Fifth Avenue, and 224 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: so I was about to be surrounded by so many 225 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: people that I love, and I just wanted to continue 226 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: to do. 227 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: Good for them, if that makes sense. 228 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: But I am slugging up First Avenue and it is 229 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: like in me and every person I see they give 230 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: me like that necessary boost of energy to keep going 231 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: until I get to the next person. And the cheers 232 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: are coming from everywhere. There are so many people that 233 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: both I know along the course and that I don't 234 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: actually know. Many of you may even be listening to 235 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: this podcast that we're just yelling my name, and every 236 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: single person that yelled my name, I would just point 237 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: at that and point at them. I'm at this point. Okay, 238 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: So we're at sixteen seventeen eighteen. Back at mile twelve 239 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: thirteen when I was with my friend I said to him, 240 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: my name for this marathon is like on my bib 241 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: in a very small way, like I did not put 242 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: it across my chest like I've done in marathon's past. 243 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: And I said to him, it's like, I don't think 244 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: this many people. 245 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: Know who I am. My ego is not that big. 246 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: And I keep hearing Emily Emily like cheering for me, 247 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: and it's blowing my mind because again, like they must 248 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: have really good eyesight. I'm thinking to myself. I asked 249 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: my friend, is there another Emily anywhere around me that 250 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: you see? Because I feel like there's got to be 251 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: someone with my name on their shirt. He doesn't see them. 252 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: It's not until mile twenty one, when I'm circling Marcus 253 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: Garvey Park that I realize the woman that's running in 254 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: front of me. The back of her shirt says it's 255 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: my birthday. Her name is Emily, and Emily had probably 256 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: been running with me. I'm not even exaggerating for the 257 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: better part of like a half marathon at that point. 258 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: And I run up behind her and I tap her 259 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: on the back back and I give her a fist 260 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: bump and I say, em I was like, happy birthday, 261 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: And by the way. Thank you for running with me 262 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: this whole time without knowing it. You are seriously a 263 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: thing that has helped me push forward when my legs 264 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: just like awful. And she looks at me and she 265 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: looks like a little like thrown off that I came 266 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: up to her, which is like understandable. 267 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: We're running a marathon. 268 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: And she says, can I tell you something funny? And 269 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, sure, what's up? And she's like, so I 270 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: know who you are actually because I listened to your 271 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: podcast on so many of my long runs. 272 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: I can't I can't even believe that she said that 273 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: to me. 274 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: I literally lost my shit and it was just so 275 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: funny because I needed her for those twelve miles, just 276 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: like maybe at times when she was training for this race, 277 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: like she needed me. Taking a break from today's recap 278 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: to give some love to two sponsors that I would 279 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: have been absolutely lost in this training cycle without. 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They were really 340 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: really hard, and it's been I don't know how to 341 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: say this. I definitely hit the wall in this marathon, 342 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: but it felt differently than maybe. 343 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 2: When I'd hit the wall before. 344 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: I think when I've hit the wall before, I just 345 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: felt totally exhausted, but this time, like I just felt 346 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: super depleted in my quads. And I looked at videos 347 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: of me running where I felt like I was moving 348 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: and I looked better than I felt, but I just 349 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: felt like an absolute snail. And so I'm heading up 350 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: the Fifth Avenue Hill. I see so many great people 351 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: in these moments. I see just Sims and the entire 352 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: Peloton crew. Then one of my dear dear friends, Karen 353 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 1: and her husband like run up on both sides of 354 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: me and like run with me for a block, and 355 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: that made me super emotional. Then I ran by my mom. 356 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: Then I turned into the park and I see my 357 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 1: friends from Brooklyn Track Club and like it was just 358 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: like bam bam, bam bam, really overwhelming because again at 359 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: this point, like I'm just not feeling my best and 360 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 1: I'm seeing all these people and like the strong Emily 361 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: just wants to stay really strong and wants to look 362 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: really good, but on the inside is just continuously going 363 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: back to you get to do this, you get to 364 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: do this, you get to do this, one step at 365 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: a time, one step at a time. And even when 366 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: I felt like I was crawling, I was in this 367 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: mental place where I thought at some points like maybe 368 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: I should just try to speed walk a little bit 369 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: in this moment, and I would try to slid it 370 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: into a speedwalk, but like it didn't happen, Like my 371 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: body wasn't letting me just stop running, If that makes 372 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: any sense anyway long at the end of the story 373 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: really is that I make my way to the finish. 374 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: I see my family, uh turning in to Central Park South. 375 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Right after I turn out of the park, I make 376 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: my way across Central Park South. I feel like Central 377 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: Park's South crowd is kind of letting me down. I 378 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: look to them and I like raise my arm for 379 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: some more noise a video which someone sends me on Instagram. 380 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: And I get to the finish and I do it. 381 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: And you know, right before the finish, I thought that 382 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: I was still going to be able to finish in 383 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: a like a three thirty something time. I ended up finishing, 384 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: like I said at the top of this episode, three 385 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: forty two fifty three eight thirty one piece overall. And 386 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: that's kind of, like I guess, the play by play 387 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: of the race. So now you're probably wondering how I 388 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: feel about it. I feel so fucking proud of myself. 389 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna mark this episode as explicit because I feel 390 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 1: like I'm about to start swearing a lot. I'm so 391 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: proud of myself because, like I said, my legs just 392 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: started not to feel good at ten or eleven, and 393 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: I was chasing happiness. And I knew in that moment 394 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: that if I didn't shift my attitude and get some 395 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: perspective on what I was doing, then if this is 396 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: going on at mile ten, how was I going to 397 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: stay in the game for another sixteen miles two hours? 398 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: There was just absolutely no way. So I went to 399 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: those two mantras, I get to do this and one 400 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: step at a time. And it's just so applicable to life, 401 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: because there is so much hardshit that we all deal 402 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 1: with on a regular basis, and sometimes when you look 403 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: at that bigger picture, just it's so overwhelming that we 404 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: don't even know where to start. And I didn't want 405 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: to continue on ten, ten point five, eleven, eleven point 406 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: five thinking about how intimidated I was to get through 407 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: the next sixteen miles. I knew that I needed to 408 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: break it up into small, little doables, and so I found. 409 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 2: My gratitude and I just kept moving. 410 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: I felt like finding Nemo, and in these miles I 411 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: tried to focus as much as I could as being 412 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: really present and like soaking up what was happening around me. 413 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: This is the first marathon I have ever run without music. 414 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: Do I wonder, like scientifically speaking, if that had an 415 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: impact on what happened out there, maybe, But I think 416 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: that the cheers probably had the same effect on me 417 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: when it comes to getting that hype up from a 418 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: playlist versus hearing so many people I didn't even know 419 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: cheering for me or like I said, maybe cheering for 420 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: the other Emily. But so many hurdlers on the course, 421 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: such a great energy, and I was so appreciative for 422 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 1: all of these people for showing up that if you 423 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: yelled my name like I wanted to hear it because 424 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to acknowledge you. 425 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 2: I wrote about this a little bit on Instagram. 426 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: But the training for a marathon, like I said, I 427 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: started training for my first marathon of the year about 428 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: twenty weeks ago this injury popped up. I've been doing 429 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: this for a long time. That's just the physical part 430 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: of things. The mental training for a marathon is something 431 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: that happens all of the time, whether you are in 432 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: season or out of season. This is work that I 433 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: have been putting in for a really, really long time. 434 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: And if you were to ask me if I would 435 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: have been able to handle this not as expected or 436 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: hope situation the way that I navigated it on Sunday 437 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: three four, five years ago. 438 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: I don't really know. I don't really know. 439 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: If I could have because it was sitting and doing 440 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: the work. Over these last few years, I'm learning how 441 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: to accept things how they are and like go of 442 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: the things that I can't control and understand that all 443 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: I can do is the best I can with what 444 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 1: I have, instead of being angry about my circumstance. Implementing 445 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: all of these lessons into my day to day on 446 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: the regular is what empowered me to get through the 447 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: New York City Marathon on Sunday, hard stop period. Wasting 448 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: my energy in these miles on the things that I 449 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: could not change was not going to serve me. And 450 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: if there's one thing you take from this recap, I 451 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: hope that it is that you too can harness your 452 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: own power to go after what you want and sometimes 453 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: the outcome may not be as you envisioned, but no 454 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: matter what the journey is, you have the opportunity. 455 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 2: To learn from it. 456 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: Now I say this recognizing that it doesn't. This doesn't 457 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: mean that I hadn't hoped for a different outcome on Sunday, 458 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: but realistically, with what I went through over the last 459 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: twenty weeks. I am so damn grateful. I'm so damn 460 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: grateful that I was able to run this marathon. I 461 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: am so damn grateful for this place that I live in, 462 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: for the people that are here, for my running community, 463 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: for the community of podcast listeners that lifted me up 464 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: literally through every single burrow, from the moment that I 465 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: was taking photos with hurdlers on Staten Island to seeing 466 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: you all cheering in. 467 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: Central Park in mile twenty five. 468 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: Like of course, I've sat here and wondered what I 469 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: could have done differently or what quote unquote went wrong, 470 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: But in the grand scheme of things, focusing on those 471 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: things isn't going to serve me. I think that reflection 472 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: is important. I would be remiss if I didn't admit that. 473 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: I certainly have taken a closer look at some of 474 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: the whoop data that I had in the days leading 475 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: up to the marathon to try to learn a little 476 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: bit about my body. And I'm also going to be 477 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: doing an inside tracker test to see if something's going 478 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: on with my blood work as well. I think all 479 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: these insights are going to be helpful for me in 480 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: my life. But at the end of the day. I 481 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: went out there on Sunday and I had a hell 482 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: of a time and I put down a New York 483 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: City marathon course record for me, which is something I'm 484 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: really proud of. And on my way that day, there 485 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: were just so many things I thought about to find 486 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: that gratitude. 487 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 2: Right. I kept coming back to the people that would 488 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 2: kill for. 489 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: My worst day and a former version of myself that 490 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: would have killed for this day, right, I thought. When 491 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: Shelene and I were talking, I thought a lot about this. 492 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: She was mentioning how so many girls they drop out 493 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: of sport at a higher rate than young boys do. 494 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: And because of the system that was in place at 495 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: my high school, I didn't make my JV volleyball team 496 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: because I couldn't run a mile in under ten minutes. 497 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: Tell me why that is like the most applicable thing 498 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: for playing volleyball. They completely dissuaded me from showing up 499 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: and participating. And after that I gained a ton of 500 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: weight and I lost a lot of self confidence. 501 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 2: And that Emily back. 502 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: Then would have given her right leg if you were 503 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: to tell her that she would have the opportunity and 504 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: the endurance and the ability to go out there and 505 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: run the New York City Marathon at all. Nevertheless, at 506 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: an eight thirty overall pace, I continued on my way 507 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: last Sunday for her and for all of the people 508 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: that are made to feel like they just aren't good enough. 509 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: Who I fucking love running. 510 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: I love running because it's just a reminder of all 511 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: the things that we are capable of, and there are 512 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: going to be days that don't go as planned. And 513 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: for me, maybe that was last Sunday. But the reality 514 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: of it all is that I'm a firm believer. We 515 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,719 Speaker 1: learn more in these hurdles, in these difficult moments than 516 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: maybe we learn on our best days, and all of 517 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: these experiences, a culmination of them are what make me 518 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: who I am, a more empathetic and better person, so 519 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: that I can keep choosing to show up every day 520 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: with gratitude and optimism to go after whatever the next 521 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: big thing that I want really is. I will always 522 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,479 Speaker 1: look back when I stare at my Tracksmith Marathon boaster 523 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 1: and look at that time and think about this race. 524 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: I will think about how proud I am for how 525 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: far I have come mentally, and how great it is 526 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: that I get to do this. I don't know necessarily 527 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: what's next. I mean, in terms of racing, I am 528 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: definitely looking forward to taking on a fair amount of 529 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: strength training, especially as it gets a little chillier out. 530 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: I feel like this is the time of year that 531 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: really accommodates that I have a hunch that twenty twenty 532 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: two is the hear I may do some sort of 533 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: an ultra and in the meantime, I'm just looking forward 534 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: to being able to stand up without needing to use 535 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: my arms and continuing to interact with all of you again, 536 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: like the biggest freaking thank you I can give to 537 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,719 Speaker 1: you if you are out there on Sunday or if 538 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: you were just in my DMS or your friends or 539 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: my family and you're actually texting me and calling me, like, 540 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: I feel so supported by this community. And I always 541 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: talk about this with friends that can relate. But you know, 542 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm not married and I'm not engaged. I don't have 543 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: a boyfriend, I don't have a baby, And it might 544 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: sound silly, but like these moments for me, these marathons, 545 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: like these are the things that I'm excited about right now, 546 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: along with obviously my work and my job. And so 547 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: when these moments happen and they're few and far between, 548 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: but like they're a big deal to me. And to 549 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: have people in my life that understand that and support 550 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: me and show up for. 551 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 2: Me, it's it's. 552 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: So it's so special, It's truly so special, and it 553 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: just makes me feel the luckiest. 554 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 2: Make sure you're. 555 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: Following along with hurdle Over on social media. I've heard 556 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: a podcast I'm over at Emiabadi and hey, I asked 557 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: this all the time, but if you have to do so, 558 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: just take a few seconds to reate interview the show 559 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: in Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. It 560 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: makes a really big difference. It means the world to me, 561 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: and it helps the show get, you know, the recognition 562 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: and the visibility that I. 563 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 2: Truly believe it deserves. 564 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: The last takeaway I guess from this marathon really is 565 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: that you know how unbelievably blessed I feel to have 566 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: the opportunity to help so many of you go after 567 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: the things that you want. And so thank you for 568 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: letting me into your life, for empowering me to continue 569 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: to have these important conversations and go after my big goals. 570 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: Because as much as you tell me that I inspire you, 571 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: you inspire me to be the best me possible. 572 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 2: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.