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Speaker 1: I want you to ask yourself the question that I've

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Speaker 1: been asking myself, what are you running by? With the

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Speaker 1: blinders on fun fact to kick off today's episode. When

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Speaker 1: I started the podcast at the very end of twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: I originally envisioned it as like the Hurdles of New York,

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Speaker 1: similarly to Brandon Stanton's Uber Famous Humans of New York.

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Speaker 1: I had this idea that I would go around and

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Speaker 1: find the stories of everyday people that were just like me,

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Speaker 1: leaned into fitness and wellness to become better versions of themselves.

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Speaker 1: And I still want to do that in some capacity,

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Speaker 1: but in the meantime, this girl has got a lot

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Speaker 1: of other things on her to do this anyway. Emily

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Speaker 1: A body here. I'm a freelance journalist writing everywhere from

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Speaker 1: GQ to Runners World, and I'm also the creator of

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Speaker 1: this special show called Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast where

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Speaker 1: I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything

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Speaker 1: from their big wins to how they've gotten through some

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Speaker 1: of life's toughest moments. For Hurdle Moment this week, I

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Speaker 1: am chatting about a really important moment I had a

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Speaker 1: few days back running the Miami half marathon. In summary,

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Speaker 1: it took me about an hour on the course or

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Speaker 1: so to actually start paying attention to what was going

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Speaker 1: on around me, to my surroundings. Thanks to a fellow runner,

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Speaker 1: I was reminded of the importance of being truly presence,

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Speaker 1: the importance of not just showing up, which is often

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Speaker 1: the first and very most important step, but also of

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Speaker 1: opening our eyes to all that is around us to

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Speaker 1: So what is it that you want to know about?

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Speaker 1: What are you struggling with? How can I help let

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Speaker 1: to me over at email It's Emilyefcurdle dot us. Before

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Speaker 1: Emily Badi at Hurdle Podcast. Let's get to hurdling the

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Speaker 1: good news. It was a lot less hot and a

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Speaker 1: lot less humid than I anticipated down in Miami. Now,

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Speaker 1: the course itself, let me tell you pretty nice. It

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Speaker 1: was nice to run over that bridge at first, although

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Speaker 1: I did not love the hill situation, but the rest

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Speaker 1: And so I was definitely in my head. I didn't

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Speaker 1: we're often so worried about all of the little details.

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Speaker 1: It's funny, you know. A few months ago, I made

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Speaker 1: What if someone's special just happened to be walking by

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Speaker 1: and I looked at him and I smiled, and I said,

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Speaker 1: the other runners that were out there giving it all

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Speaker 1: that comes when I am willing to entirely and completely

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Speaker 1: yourself the question that I've been asking myself. What are

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Speaker 1: you running by with the bhinders on What are you

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Speaker 1: either consciously or not consciously, stopping yourself from reaping the

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Speaker 1: You know, I love the word opportunity, and that's because

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Speaker 1: it is true. There is so much opportunity out there

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Speaker 1: for us if we simply truly open our eyes and

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Speaker 1: only not the only person who wants to really embrace

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Speaker 1: that opportunity. At Hurdle Podcast at Emily Abadi another Hurdle conquered.

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Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time,