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Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdler's Emily Abadi here bringing you another installment of

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Speaker 1: five Minute Friday this week.

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Speaker 2: It's been a week.

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Speaker 1: Why do I keep saying that once Friday rolls around,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be completely transparent with you. I'm definitely

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Speaker 1: recording this later than I would like to be. Things

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Speaker 1: have been seemingly non stop and taxing and a lot.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: I recorded the Hurdle session this week talking about how

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Speaker 1: to build a social media presence, and at the end

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Speaker 1: of the session, one of the participants, she said, when

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Speaker 1: I asked about their biggest takeaways, she shared, I guess

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Speaker 1: I never realized how much of a responsibility it really

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Speaker 1: is to cultivate community and show up for community. And

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Speaker 1: that's really how I feel on weeks like this week,

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Speaker 1: weeks when there's tough stuff going on in the news cycle,

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Speaker 1: I know that the people that I care about, my

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Speaker 1: community here on Hurdle, you guys, are feeling some kind

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Speaker 1: of way.

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Speaker 2: I want to show up for you.

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Speaker 1: It's hard when I don't have all of the right

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Speaker 1: things to say, and so all I guess I am

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Speaker 1: saying by putting all this out into the universe is

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Speaker 1: that I hear you. I want to create space for you.

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Speaker 1: I will continue to do it in the best way

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Speaker 1: that I can do for you, any way that I

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Speaker 1: can help you, I promise that I will do my

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Speaker 1: best to do that. Of course, if you need me,

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Speaker 1: I'm always available over social media, within reason at Emily

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Speaker 1: Evadi at Hurdle podcast and via email at Emily at

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Speaker 1: percent off today. I want to focus on something that

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Speaker 1: brings me a lot of joy. I know I've mentioned

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Speaker 1: here on the show before that I go to track

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Speaker 1: practice on Tuesdays, which is kind of funny when I

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Speaker 1: really think about it, only because Emily back in high school,

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Speaker 1: Emily back in two thousand and three, she didn't make

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Speaker 1: the JV volleyball team because she couldn't run a mile

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Speaker 1: unquote belong to a track team, she would think you

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Speaker 1: were absolutely nuts. I mean, in high school, I was

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Speaker 1: But back to the present, I will start with this.

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Speaker 1: I was really really hesitant to join the track club.

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Speaker 1: But track practice on Tuesdays has become one one of

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for this. I feel strong when I'm at

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Speaker 1: I mean, there I can let go of things at

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Speaker 1: Last week, after practice, I went to the place that

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Speaker 1: And so last week I was sitting there thinking about

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Speaker 1: I mean, I obviously wouldn't know exactly what I'm missing

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Speaker 1: knowing that I I'm enough. So my prompt for you

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Speaker 1: had to give yourself a pep talk to do something?

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Speaker 1: And how did it go? Highlights of the week. All

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Speaker 1: of the details to this stuff will be found in

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Speaker 1: the show notes, including links and such. Watch The Atlantic

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Speaker 1: and land Rover present John Mayer Goes Outside. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of as silly as it sounds. I tbh listen to

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Speaker 1: John Mayer Radio on Pandora way more than I should

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Speaker 1: John Mayer. He's from Fairfield County, Connecticut. I'm from Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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Speaker 1: the woods and it's hilarious and it's just it's just

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Speaker 1: look like now I know you're welcome. Basically, my commentary

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Speaker 1: on this article that was published on Marie Claire is basically,

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Speaker 1: when you get older, is it that these men actually

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Speaker 1: to this artist, and the way that he incorporates the

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Speaker 1: a vibe. I would suggest, from a track perspective, start

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Speaker 1: with the King's Rant Passport and to Dow and let

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Speaker 1: me know what you think. Also, if you're not subscribed

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Speaker 1: to the Weekly Hurdle, definitely do so by clicking over

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Speaker 1: to the show notes over there. Every week I'm giving

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Speaker 1: different active wear and gear suggestions per the requests that

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Speaker 1: I'm getting the most in my direct messages over on Instagram.

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Speaker 1: This week, I'm chatting fall cycling gear. Just because it's

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Speaker 1: getting a little chillier outside doesn't mean you have to

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Speaker 1: get off the bike. I'm offering up the items that

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Speaker 2: Right now, and I know I have a hunch.

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Speaker 1: I think I know you guys well enough that you're

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Speaker 1: going to like this stuff as well.

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Speaker 2: And that's it for this week.

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Speaker 1: Short and sweet as always at Emily a Body at

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Speaker 1: Hurdle Podcast, another Hurdle conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch y'all next time, h