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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily body here. You are listening to a

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Speaker 1: five minute Friday from Hurdle. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.

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Speaker 1: This week has been a blur for me. I came

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Speaker 1: back from Los Angeles. I was there to run the

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Speaker 1: Nike After Dark Tour. I got in late on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like it was off to the races

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Speaker 1: for me. I know that y'all love a race recap,

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Speaker 1: and I did talk about pushing myself in the middle

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Speaker 1: of last week to run that mile, but I feel

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Speaker 1: like the appropriate place for me to talk about this

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Speaker 1: is here because I don't want to do an.

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Speaker 2: Entire long recap for this.

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Speaker 1: I I haven't felt like I pushed myself that hard

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Speaker 1: in the mile, which I did, I was in twenty

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Speaker 1: on that day in October of twenty twenty one. It

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Speaker 1: felt so rewarding because I accomplished my goal of doing

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Speaker 1: into this half marathon on Saturday night with so many hesitations.

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Speaker 1: I thought to myself, you're a morning workout person. We

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Speaker 1: don't know how this is going to feel. At six

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Speaker 1: to look like all day? It's equivalent to your nine

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Speaker 1: the course itself was like wildly hilly, wildly hilly, and

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Speaker 1: so I went into it still hoping to get my

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Speaker 1: best time, which it is so rewarding and special to

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Speaker 1: me to say something like that when I just turned

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Speaker 1: thirty seven, I feel like I am just to no

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Speaker 1: pun intended, hitting my stride, within my overall health and

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Speaker 1: well being, within my wellness. I did an inside Tracker

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Speaker 1: test the other day, which if you're interested in inside Tracker,

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Speaker 1: I've got a code for twenty percent off that I'll

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Speaker 1: link to in the show notes. But I did an

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Speaker 1: inside Tracker test the other day and it told me

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Speaker 2: Actually thirty, which feels so rewarding. I digress.

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Speaker 1: I feel so good in my body right now, and

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Speaker 1: I felt like it was in my reach to do

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Speaker 2: I went for it.

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Speaker 1: I went for it thinking that my past previous best

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Speaker 1: I ran it in one thirty nine oh seven. And

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Speaker 1: I did that with the help of a myriad of supporters,

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Speaker 1: including women that were literally running with me. All of

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Speaker 1: them had race bibs, no bandits here. Shout out if

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Speaker 1: you're listening to this to Kim and Casey, Christina who

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Speaker 1: was on the show last week, and my girlfriend's Steph

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Speaker 1: and Aaron from the Nike Comms team.

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Speaker 1: I needed every ounce of your determination and grit and

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Speaker 1: the occasional you've got this. Steph was kept saying. She

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Speaker 1: just kept saying, I see it in you. I see

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Speaker 1: I caught my breath when I was done, and I

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Speaker 1: What a moment to persevere through something that felt so

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Speaker 1: do the work, you will be rewarded for it. And yes,

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Speaker 1: am cognizant that the journey is the destination. I love

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Speaker 1: the process of gearing up for something that excites me.

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Speaker 1: goals that you are chasing they excite you along the way.

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Speaker 1: after these things that excite me and do it with

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Speaker 1: some of the most wonderful and encouraging human beings in

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Speaker 1: have a strong why. It was fun. It was really

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Speaker 1: fun out there. The vibes were high. Would I do

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Speaker 1: it again? Absolutely? Do I want to run another hilly

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of wondering what could happen if I decide

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Speaker 1: my question for you this week. What's something that scares

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Speaker 1: Let's set a goal together, and when you're thinking about this,

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Speaker 1: tag me with what excites you over on social You

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Speaker 1: can always find me over at Emily Body and a

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Speaker 1: Hurdle podcast And now a listener question. Hey Emily, I'm Praya.

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Speaker 1: I'm a long time listener of your podcast and I

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Speaker 1: love your show. I love how you keep it real,

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Speaker 1: and I love following along with your journey on your

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Speaker 2: You're a very big inspiration to me.

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Speaker 1: My question for you is I struggle with consistently showing

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Speaker 1: up for myself. I know you say where there's a why,

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Speaker 1: there's a way, and I love it, but I just

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Speaker 1: can't seem to stick to my why. Does that make sense?

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Speaker 1: Can you help me with staying consistent and remembering my why?

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Speaker 1: Is there anything that you do regularly to stay in

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Speaker 1: touch with your why? I know you're really consistent with journaling,

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Speaker 1: said the journaling, so I'm gonna fall back to that.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you need to meet yourself with where you're at,

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Speaker 1: my morning journaling practice. It's just one page. It takes

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Speaker 1: life starts lifing right when you want to articulate your why,

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Speaker 1: and this is with regard to any of the goals

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Speaker 1: that you're going after, It really starts with articulating your values.

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Speaker 1: here for your listener questions. You can feel free to

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Speaker 1: shoot over an email with those two. Hello at hurdle

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Speaker 1: dot us Again, I'm over at Emiliabadi at Hurdle Podcast.

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Speaker 2: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time