1 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdlers, Emily a body here bringing you another installment 2 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: of five Minute Friday from Hurdle. Y'all know the drill. 3 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: I offer up a story, something I'm thinking about this week. 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: I give you a thought prompt to take you into 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: the weekend or whenever you are listening to this. Then 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: I share with you my highlights of the week, my 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: content pics, and finish things off by answering a listener question. 8 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: I would love to answer your question on the show. 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: To submit a question to be featured here on Hurdle, 10 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: hear your voice in the feed, you can do it 11 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: click on over to the show notes. In there, there 12 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: is a link where you can leave me a voicemail. 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: Super easy, peasy, and spoiler, nothing is off limits today. Wow, 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty five days. I feel like that's 15 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: the thing that we've been reading about right. This week 16 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 1: marks the one year timeline of us being officially quote 17 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: unquote in a pandemic, and I have, man, I've been 18 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: thinking a lot about this. I've been thinking about the 19 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: last year, what I've learned, how I have changed, how 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: I have grown, And for five Minute Friday Day, I 21 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: want to share with you a few of my takeaways, 22 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: I would argue that this year was, despite being completely unexpected, 23 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: something that everyone needed. And when I say that, I 24 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: will not I'm not downplaying, of course, the tragedy that 25 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: has happened in our country and across the world. Like 26 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: the amount of loss it is, it's heartbreaking. Right our 27 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: lives will ever be what they were before the coronavirus pandemic, 28 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: and in my eyes, for some reasons, we are better 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: for it. When I say that, I say that because 30 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: challenge helps us grow, and adversity helps us grow. And 31 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: although it's fun and good and wonderful when the great 32 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: things happen in our lives, it's the hurdle moments and 33 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: the hurdles that really teach us something. 34 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: Right. 35 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: So with that said, I'm going to dive into a 36 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: few of the lessons that I've learned over the past year. 37 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: The first lesson is that it starts with you. Now. 38 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: Before the pandemic, I know I can definitely raise my 39 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: hand about this, it was so easy for us to 40 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: just run from things, right, and not just physically, although 41 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: I certainly did my fair share of that, but like 42 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: frequently traveling, making regular plans, spending long hours in the office, 43 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: this like hustle culture that has been like praised for 44 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: the last few years. So once the world shut down, 45 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: we were all forced to just sit with ourselves. And 46 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: for some many maybe they hadn't done that before, right, 47 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: And so the past year gave us the opportunity, and 48 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: I use that word very strategically, it gave us the 49 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: opportunity to get good being on our own. And it 50 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you spent the past year with your family, 51 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: if you spent it alone, if you spent it in 52 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: a four hundred square foot apartment, if you spent it 53 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: like on the beach in Tulum, like wherever you spent 54 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: the past year, without a doubt, you had the opportunity 55 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: to get better with just you and yourself because a 56 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: lot of the distractions were removed. I will be the 57 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: first person to tell you that that extra time alone, 58 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: that extra time sitting with yourself, can be really difficult, right, 59 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: It can feel really uncomfortable and really just not ideal. 60 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: But again with this lesson that it starts with you. 61 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: You have to get good at being you on your 62 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: own as you are, or working on who it is 63 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: that you are, before you can truly show up for 64 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: other people in the greatest, most beautiful capacity. So I 65 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: encourage you. I know so many of us have put 66 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: in this work over the past year, but keep doing it. 67 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: Don't let the lessons and the progress and the things 68 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: that you have done over the past year that have 69 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: empowered you to be a better you go by the wayside. 70 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: Once we kind of get back into the quote unquote 71 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: normal or more normal swing of things, the next lesson kindness. First, 72 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, we were all going through the same thing, 73 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: so it was easy to understand that the people that 74 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: we may be interacting with on a zoom call could 75 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: be dealing with an insurmountable amount of anxiety. Right this year, 76 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: kindness became super important currency for a lot of people 77 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: who may not have prioritized it before. For me, doing 78 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: good being kind two of my biggest values to things 79 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: that are super important to me. Living my life with 80 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: the understanding that I don't necessarily know what is going 81 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: on with other people, even though in the last year, 82 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: again I may have understood it a little bit better. 83 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: But I will say this, this year, it felt like 84 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: we all received this kindness a little bit more regularly. 85 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: We doled it out to each other a little bit 86 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: more freely, and I would encourage you to continue doing 87 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: that going forward. My next lesson, You've got to be flexible. 88 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: Wonderful things come from the pivot, and I'm sure that 89 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: you can relate. Last March, I was frightened. I've talked 90 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: about this on the show before, but I went through 91 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: a phase where I felt a little bit paralyzed by 92 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: the fact that I had rarely recorded an episode of 93 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: Hurdle remotely going in to Mark twenty twenty, and so 94 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: to have to learn a new skill to figure out 95 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: how to make this product from home, to figure out 96 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: how to make this as easy as possible for my guests, 97 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: to just make this all happen. I was frightened, but 98 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: I learned in this process the importance of flexibility. We 99 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: have to trust that whatever life steers us away from, 100 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: whatever is not happening in our lives, life is happening 101 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: for us, not to us. So even though you know 102 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: things might not be playing out as we had hoped, 103 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that something good can't be coming down 104 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: the pipe. That's exactly what I talked about in last 105 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: week's episode of Five Minute Friday and the last lesson 106 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: I want to share with you today the most important 107 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,679 Speaker 1: things in life, they're not things, you know. A highlight 108 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: for me was really to get more time with my family. 109 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: And I say that in a way that I wasn't 110 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: getting to physically spend much time with them, but I 111 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: started I think from I think from March until like, 112 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: who knows, maybe August, there wasn't a day that went 113 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: by that I didn't speak to both of my parents. 114 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: When I think about pre pandemic life like that was 115 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: certainly not a sentence in my vocabulary. And what was 116 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: really special was because we were all hanging out at 117 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: home for the most part, we were on FaceTime, and 118 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: we were connecting, and we were having conversations that we 119 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: hadn't had in a long time, and just getting to 120 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: really embrace this time with each other and in a 121 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: life where oftentimes you know, we're chasing deals or a 122 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: money or a certain job title or what have you like. 123 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: All of those things they come and go. But your relationships, 124 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: those the right ones, They are with you for a lifetime. 125 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: So value these relationships, value your values, value the intangible 126 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: things that bring joy to your life, because those are 127 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: the things that really matter. My prompt for you this week. 128 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: What is one of the biggest lessons you have learned 129 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: in three hundred and sixty five days of a pandemic? Again, 130 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: what is one of the biggest lessons that you have 131 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: learned in three hundred and sixty five days of a pandemic? 132 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: I would love, actually for this one. Tag me on Instagram. 133 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Let me know where you're at. You don't need to 134 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: talk to the camera. Not going to force that here. 135 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: I just encourage you. Write a little something, shoot me 136 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: a DM keep me in the loop. I'm curious. Highlights 137 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: of the week. Links to all of this can be 138 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: found in the show notes. First up, listen Sunday the 139 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: Bye Miguel and Taney. I cannot stop listening to this song. 140 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: It is my jam of the week. I'm calling it 141 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: right now. It's the song of the summer. You are 142 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: welcome watch one of these fifty best comedies on Netflix 143 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: right now. Vulture released a really great list of funny movies. 144 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: I just created your to do list for this weekend. 145 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 1: You are welcome. On that to do list, you can 146 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: add another one of my highlights for the week, which 147 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: is the Big Eat documentary Biggie. I Got a Story 148 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: to Tell. I checked that out last weekend with a 149 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: friend of mine. I definitely didn't know a lot of 150 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: the history behind Notorious Big. I also didn't even know 151 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: where his name came from, so I found that one 152 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: super interesting. Subscribe the DIP Newsletter. I feel like I've 153 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: mentioned the DIP on the show before, but an old 154 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: colleague of mine, Lindsay Mannering, she launched the DIP last 155 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: year with her good friend and fellow Bustle alum Kate Ward. 156 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: It's a subscription based website for TV's biggest fans. I'm 157 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: putting air quotes around this, which doesn't help because you 158 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: cannot see me. But I have really been loving their 159 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: newsletter lately, especially talking about all of the things about 160 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: the royals. So definitely get into that. And last, but 161 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: not least, obsessing over I've mean getting some questions about 162 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: these in the DMS. The Puma Deviate Nitro. It is 163 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: the new carbon plated sneaker from Puma as a part 164 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: of the relaunch of all of their running sneakers. They've 165 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: got five new styles. The Deviate Nitro. It's got their 166 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: new nitro foam in the soul. I really like it. 167 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: It's got like the goldilocks amount of give and coziness. 168 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: They are designed for neutral runners, and unlike other carbon 169 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: plated sneakers, these ones are built to last for longer. 170 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: So we're talking you're gonna get at least two hundred 171 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: and fifty good miles out of these. Next up our 172 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: listener question from Haley. 173 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 2: Hey, Emily, this is Haley. Thank you so much for 174 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 2: all you do for the hurdle community and how honest 175 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 2: you are about your running journey and the ups and downs. 176 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 2: I'm curious if you could take us back to when 177 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: you decided to run your first marathon. As someone who's 178 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: a runner but has done half marathons and never taken 179 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 2: on the full marathon and is maybe downright terrified but 180 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 2: looking for a challenge, I wonder what advice you would offer. 181 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: Thanks again, ooh good, good one here. Hey, I would 182 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: say that my biggest piece of advice for aspiring marathoners 183 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: is just to believe in yourself that you are capable. 184 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: You know, before my first marathon, I certainly never thought 185 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: that I would be able to run a full and 186 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: I think it's one of those things that that's what 187 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: the training program is for, right, That's what the training 188 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: plan does for you. It helps you get to a 189 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: point where you believe in yourself that you can start 190 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: to visualize yourself going beyond that half marathon at thirteen 191 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: point one miles and going longer, staying in it for longer, 192 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: so believe that you can do it. Piece of advice 193 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: number two, and of course, follow a smart training plan. 194 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: So if you aspire to run a marathon, the last 195 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: thing that you should be doing is just waking up 196 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: one morning, rolling out of bed and amy to go 197 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: out there and run twenty six point two miles. Instead, 198 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: follow a smart training program. Talk to an expert, perhaps 199 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: a run coach or a trainer that can help guide 200 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: you through your process, giving you a suggestion of how 201 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: to level up. Of course, there are tons of different 202 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: great running programs that you can find online, whether it 203 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: be a marathon training program through Nike Running Club or 204 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: something on runners World. But make sure again you are 205 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: following a training program, you are doing it smart, and 206 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: you're staving off injury in the process by not ramping 207 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: up too fast. That is it for this week. If 208 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: you haven't checked out Megan Roop's episode from Monday, Founder 209 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: of the School Society or Calling quickly on the five 210 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: different types of runs to add to your routine. With 211 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: this week's hurdle moment, I highly encourage you to give 212 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: them both a listen. Make sure you are subscribed to 213 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: the weekly Hurdle newsletter like to do. That is in 214 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: the show notes, as well as if you want to 215 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: join in on next month's book club, we are going 216 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: to be reading the Art of Gathering. Book link and 217 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: book club link to sign up both in the show notes. 218 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.