1 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everyone? Emily a body here. 2 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: You are listening to another installment of five Minute Friday 3 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: from Hurdle. 4 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: I hope everyone had a good week. I had a 5 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: good week. 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 2: I feel like it was extremely productive all by admittedly 7 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: a little difficult for me because I have just been 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: trying to get my feedback under me over here post vacation. 9 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: What I will say is that for me, the best 10 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 2: part about being back home is getting back into a routine. 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: Leaving New York and like going away for a few 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: weeks for the most part, really reminded me of the 13 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: importance of routine and that we get to do these 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 2: things oftentimes that give back to our bodies on the 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: regular and set us up for success in the day 16 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: to day, which is pretty rad Anyway, that is not 17 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 2: what I'm here to talk to you about today. What 18 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: I'm here to talk to you about today is a 19 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: DM that I got in my inbox the other day. 20 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: The DM asked me, if I ever feel as though 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: it is impossible to run a mile. 22 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: That long pause is deliberate. The answer to this question 23 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: is yes. Here's the deal. 24 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: Yes, no matter how long someone has been doing something, 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: especially when it comes to some form of physical fitness, 26 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: there are going to be days that that person feels 27 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: as though they are on the struggle bus. Even the 28 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: most elite of elite athletes have these days where doing 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: the thing that they get paid to do feels difficult. 30 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: For me. 31 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,279 Speaker 2: I mean, just this week, getting back to that normal 32 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: routine that I spoke about, I was super intimidated about it. 33 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: I was nervous about it. I knew that going out 34 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: for that first you know, chunk of miles, the five 35 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: mile run that I had on Wednesday, was going to 36 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: feel like absolute junk. I have been eating and drinking 37 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 2: and dining and staying up late and waking up early 38 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 2: and all the things. And so is that the formula 39 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: for me to wake up and feel my best? 40 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: Hell no, not at all. 41 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 2: But I knew that getting up, getting out and pushing 42 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: myself was gonna make me feel good again, and so. 43 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: I did it. 44 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 2: And on that run, I mean the first minute, half mile, mile, 45 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 2: who am I getting? 46 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: Two miles? I didn't feel truly. 47 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 2: Like myself until maybe hmm, maybe mile four, and even 48 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: then it didn't feel stellar. So the question do you 49 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: ever feel like it's impossible to go run a mile? 50 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: Yes? 51 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 2: But then I remind myself of the girl back in 52 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: two thousand and eight who literally actually felt like it. 53 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: Was impossible to run a mile. 54 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 2: I was no good at running, and I say that 55 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: with certainty. 56 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: Now. 57 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 2: I did not excel at it. I found it extremely, extremely, 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 2: extremely difficult. But that process of learning how to run, 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: that journey taught me so much about myself. And with 60 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: time and with diligence and with a lot of hard work, 61 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: I can say, now, God, I mean, where are we 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: fourteen years later that I'm not half bad at it? 63 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: Right? But again I digress. 64 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: There are going to be times that the thing that 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: you identify with the go to way that you sweat, 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: or maybe it has nothing to do with sweat at all. 67 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: Maybe it's a writer who feels like writing is impossible 68 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: and they have writer's block. Or maybe it's a lawyer 69 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: who is trying to defend a case and feels like 70 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: it is absolutely like climbing Mount Everest. Or maybe it's 71 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: an accountant who feels less completely inundated and overwhelmed with 72 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: all of the numbers that are sitting right in front 73 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: of them. You get the idea here. What I'm saying 74 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: is that no matter what it is that. 75 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: You are doing. 76 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 2: Wherever you are, whatever you are working on, there will 77 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 2: always be moments where things feel tough, but you have 78 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: the opportunity to decide how you react to your thoughts. 79 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 2: If you go into this activity that feels like again 80 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 2: that analogy of climbing Mount Everest and you give up, 81 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 2: well that's on you. And that's not to say that 82 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 2: there aren't going to be moments, times, situations where you 83 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: do need to call it. That's cool, you can call 84 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: it every once in a while. You've got to listen 85 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: to your body, but you also need to be able 86 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: to call your own bullshit. 87 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: So if you are quote unquote listening to your. 88 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: Body for a month strong and your quote unquote body 89 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 2: is quote unquote telling you that it's just too much, 90 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: well maybe you need to be honest with yourself. So 91 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: I want you to know you're not alone if the 92 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: thing feels hard, right, But the good news is that 93 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: we can do hard things. 94 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: If you want some more support, if you want more 95 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: reminders of. 96 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 2: That, head on over to the Hurdler's Super Secret Facebook group. 97 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: In there, we're having a lot of good conversations and 98 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 2: I'd love for you to be a part of it. 99 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: My prompt for you this week, what is one thing 100 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: that you can say to yourself when you're in the 101 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: middle of that next tough effort? Again, what is one 102 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: mantra one thing that you can say to yourself when 103 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 2: you are in the middle of that next tough effort. 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to refer you over to the link in 105 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 2: the show notes to click and read the weekly Hurdle newsletter. 106 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: There you can get my highlights and content picks of 107 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: the week. But I do want to make sure that 108 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: I talk up this week's read highlight, of course, which 109 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: is green Lights by Matthew McConaughey. It's this month's Hurdle 110 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 2: book Club pick, and we are going to be getting 111 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: together this coming Monday to chat all about it. 112 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: So if you want to come hang out, I'd love 113 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: to have you there. The link to. 114 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: Register for book club is also in the show notes. 115 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: And now a listener question. 116 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: Hey, Emily, it's Cammy Silva. I'm a Brazilian living in Amsterdam. 117 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: In our work, Tommy, you figure for Corporate Communications. Huge fan, 118 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 3: so thanks for all the content on Hurdle. And yeah, 119 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 3: so I'm also a runner and I'm a newbie biker, 120 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 3: So any tips that you could give on cycling as also, 121 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 3: I know that you also started like recently or get 122 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 3: back to it recently, so yeah, I think that kind 123 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 3: of content would be awesome. 124 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: Thanks for the space. 125 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 2: Bye, Thanks for your question, Cammy oh Man. I mean, 126 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: where to begin right with cycling tips? There's so many 127 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: to offer you. I have written about this in the 128 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: Weekly Hurdle newsletter before, so I'm going to direct you 129 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: to the link in the show notes with the blog 130 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: post all about this. What I will say here is 131 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 2: that I have two big tips for newbie cyclists. 132 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: One, do not go it alone. 133 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: The best part of cycling, in my mind, is the 134 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: opportunity to explore new. 135 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: Places with friends. 136 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: Especially over the pandemic, it was such a great opportunity 137 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: for me to get up and get out and enjoy 138 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: getting to know new people. 139 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: Also, I mean from. 140 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: A safety perspective, if you're out on the road and 141 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: something happens, whether you happen to somehow you know, get 142 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: injured or tweak something or something happens to your bike, 143 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: it's really really helpful to have someone there alongside you 144 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 2: so that you can tackle that hurdle together. My second 145 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: tip is make sure you gear up smart. You might think, hey, 146 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: I'm just going to hop on a bicycle, and that 147 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: sounds great, but if you're going to be out there 148 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: for a while, and if you're really getting into road riding, 149 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: then make sure you have some of the essentials. I'm 150 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: talking padded bike shorts or bibbs, a cycling jersey. Make 151 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: sure you are wearing sunscreen because man, that shorts tamline 152 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: can be super aggressive. Of course, helmets are clutch, and 153 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: a great pair of cycling socks is not to be missed. 154 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: In that blog post I'm sharing in the show notes, 155 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: you'll also find some of my favorite picks, so I 156 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: hope that you go and check it out. I do 157 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 2: have a little opportunity for you a special giveaway of sorts. 158 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 2: I'm going to be giving one person who leaves me 159 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: a voice message with a question a pair of the 160 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 2: Gooder sunglasses of their choice. So click on over to 161 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: the show notes, check out all the links in there, 162 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: but especially leave me a voice message. I will announce 163 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: the winner and next week's five Minute Friday. 164 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: Make sure you're following along with the show on social It's. 165 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 2: At Hurdle Podcast. I am over at Emily Body another hurdle. 166 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: Good catch you guys next time.