1 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Emily body here. You are listening to five 2 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: Minute Friday from Hurdle. Wow. What a week since the 3 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: last time I talked to you. I feel like I've 4 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: been all over the place. I spent last Thursday in Connecticut. 5 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: I went to Washington, d C. On Friday. I ran 6 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: the Cherry Blossomed and Miler on Sunday. And when I 7 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: tell you that Sunday was an elite day, that is 8 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: the biggest understatement in that I ran a race that 9 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: I've been looking forward to for some time. I accomplished 10 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: my goal, which was to do this thing in sub 11 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: average pace of seven minutes thirty seconds. And then the 12 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: Yukon women won the March Madness tournament. So truly, like 13 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: I said, an elite day. I need to tell you 14 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: a story about the race last weekend. Right before the start, 15 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: I went to use a porta potty and I did so, 16 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: and as I was getting ready to begin the race, 17 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: I'm in the corral and I realized that I must 18 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: have dropped my license, which I always tuck into my 19 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: shorts pocket when I'm going out for a race and 20 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: I'm traveling alone. I tucked it in my shorts pocket. 21 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: I go to check it before the race begins, and 22 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: it is not in there. I dropped it. And it 23 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: is the ultimate lesson in that moment of letting go 24 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: of the things that you cannot control so much anxiety. 25 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: In this moment, I am like, what happens if tomorrow 26 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: they need my ID when I'm going to get on 27 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: an airplane and I am stuck in DC and I 28 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: start spiraling, And then I do two things. The first 29 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: thing I say to myself is what's the worst that's 30 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: gonna happen? Okay, if the worst that's gonna happen, truly, 31 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: the worst thing that could happen is that I'm not 32 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: allowed to get on a flight, which I believe that 33 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: there are many systems in place where they can verify 34 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: who you are. If you don't happen to have your 35 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: license on you, you just need to make sure you 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: have time at the airport. But I digress. If the 37 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: worst thing that's going to happen is that I have 38 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: to ultimately rent a car and drive home, it's actually 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: not that bad. That's the first thing that happens in 40 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: that moment. I tell that to myself. And then the 41 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: next thing that I tell to myself is Emily, You've 42 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: got to let it go because this is something right 43 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: now that is so much bigger than you, that is 44 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: so much beyond your control. There's absolutely you're not gonna 45 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: go look for the license right now. I wasn't gonna 46 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: do it. I was gonna run the race, and so 47 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: I literally said that to myself. And I don't know 48 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: if I've ever abandoned a concerning thought so fast, but 49 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: I knew that I could not give my energy to that. 50 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: It's silly a little bit to say I didn't come 51 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: that far to only come that far, but I didn't 52 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: put in all the opportunity costs in the weeks and 53 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: the months leading up to this moment that I had 54 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: woken up so early and trained for and put in 55 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: thirty plus mile weeks to get to this point, and 56 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: let my anxiety about something that I could do absolutely 57 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: nothing about wreck me. And so I let it go, 58 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: and I executed my race plan. And at mile nine, 59 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: I'm wearing my Apple AirPods and there's a setting on 60 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: the iPhone where it can announce your notifications, and so 61 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: I get an announcement in my headphones. I'm at my 62 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: I'm making my way toward that finish line, and it 63 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: says message from dad, good morning, racer. It sounds like 64 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: they have your idea. The volunteer tent, someone just called me, 65 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: I let out. Let me tell you a literal let go, 66 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: like audible excitement. I was so amped, I was so 67 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: close to finishing and I did it all. I did 68 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: it all. Wow, what a reminder just to let it 69 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: go again. I thought to myself, what's the worst that 70 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: can happen? I let go of something that I couldn't 71 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: do anything about, and I did the best I could 72 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: in that situation. The cherry on top was truly getting 73 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: my license back. It was. Indeed. At the volunteer tent, 74 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: the volunteer told me about the story about how she 75 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: looked up my name and then found my emergency contact 76 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: and then called my dad. I always switched back and 77 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: forth between my dad and my mom based on the event, 78 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh this, i'm'll goo with my mom 79 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: this time, I'll go with my dad. This is the 80 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: benefit of being in your mid thirties and single. Yeah, 81 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: it was great, and really it's applicable to what feels 82 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: like everything right now. I got a DM the other 83 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: day asking me about how I feel about the stock 84 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: market and all the money and the tariffs and everything 85 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: which to each their own, and I have the same response. 86 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to focus on the things that I can 87 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,679 Speaker 1: control right now, and so exerting all of this energy 88 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: over the things that are beyond me, it's just not 89 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: a good use of my emotions, of my feelings, and yeah, 90 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: my energy as a whole. Do the best you can 91 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: with what you have, you know, and that's what I'm 92 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: choosing to do. Over here. My question for you this week, 93 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: what is something that you are currently stressing about that 94 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: you have no control over and can you do me 95 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: a favor? Take a deep breath and let it go. 96 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: And now a listener question. Hi, Emily, I'm in a 97 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: longtime listener and you really inspired me to start running outside. 98 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: I joined a run club last December and I'm running 99 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: my first race, a ten k next Saturday, April twelfth. 100 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: It's tomorrow. I've done the work, but the jitters are 101 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: getting in the way. Any last minute words of wisdom. 102 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: Highly appreciate the work that you're doing best, Nusha. This 103 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: is a good one. The thing that I read here 104 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 1: and that I want to point out that you said 105 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: so beautifully. I've done the work, and when I'm feeling 106 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: really anxious about something, and I've talked about this strategy 107 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: on the show before, I sit down with a pen 108 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: and a paper and I write out my I AM statements, 109 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: And so I encourage you, a Nusha, and anyone who 110 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: may be approaching something that stirs up the butterflies, that 111 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: makes you feel a little anxious, that makes you feel 112 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: a little you know exactly what I'm talking about. You 113 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: sit down with your I AM statements and you write 114 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: down the things that you know to be true. For you, Nusha, 115 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: this is I am prepared, I am capable, I am 116 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: a runner. You are You've prepared for this moment, right, 117 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: I am strong, I am capable. I love this one 118 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: from Elish Cranny when we sat down all that long ago, 119 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: I am gritty. Remind yourself of what you know to 120 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: be true. I also think it's so important right now 121 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: to recognize that this is just the beginning for you. 122 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: In that you say I joined a run club last December, 123 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: You're running your first race. These are moments that are 124 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: something to be proud of, so awesome that you're putting 125 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: yourself out there so fantastic that you are trying this 126 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: new thing, and so recognize that and validate that, and 127 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: be proud of that, and know that this is just 128 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: the beginning and you can't judge your beginnings too harshly. 129 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: I know we're all our biggest critics. I hear you, 130 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: I hear you. But come back to how proud you 131 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: are of yourself, because again, this is something to be 132 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: proud of. I am statements. Be proud of the journey, 133 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: be proud of yourself, and don't forget at the end 134 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: to celebrate your accomplishments. Make sure you are following along 135 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: with hurdle over on social It's at a Hurdle podcast. 136 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: I am over at Emily a Body another hurdle conquered. 137 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.