1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Twenty six point two ridiculous miles running through Manhattan, feeling 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: like I'm flying by the seat of my pants, and 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: it was nothing I ever envisioned, but everything I could 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: have ever asked for. Hey, everyone, Emily here bringing you 5 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: a really exciting. 6 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: Installment of Hurdle. 7 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: Moment from Hurdle, the episode you have been waiting for. 8 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: Make it sound super dramatic. I wish I had like 9 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 1: some dune dune done kind of beats. Here my New 10 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: York City Virtual Marathon recap. It's fun to do this 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: today because I remember sitting on my couch recording the 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: Chicago recap and thinking to myself, Wow, I feel like 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: I am just spewing all of these feelings into this 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: microphone sitting on my couch, and I have no idea 15 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: if anyone is going to find any of this information 16 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: at all useful. But fun fact, the Chicago Marathon recap 17 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: is actually one of the episodes that I get the 18 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: most feedback about, and I feel as though that's because 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: I really went into that episode without much of an agenda, 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: but rather with hopes to just give you my honest 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: feedback about what a big day that was for me. 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: If you have yet to listen to the Chicago marathon recap. 23 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: I highly encourage you to do so. The link to 24 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: that is in the show notes. If you missed what 25 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: happened back then, it's cool. We've got some newbies in 26 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: the house. Back in Chicago October twenty nineteen, I ran 27 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: a personal best marathon time that was three twenty eighth 28 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: eight and qualified for Boston, which in itself is super exciting, 29 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: but more exciting for me with the fact that that 30 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: time for me was cutting off about twenty minutes from 31 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: my personal best marathon at least, so super emotional, super exciting, 32 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: which brings me to an even greater exciting subject again, 33 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: my virtual New York City Marathon. I'm going to spoil 34 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: what's happening here. I ran my virtual New York City 35 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: Marathon on October thirty first, twenty twenty an official virtual race, 36 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: no official water stations or crowds or oh god, so 37 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: many things, and I did something I don't even know 38 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: what I thought I was going to do that day, 39 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: but it was crazy, that's for sure. 40 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: On that day I ran a. 41 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: Three twenty three fifty six marathon. Today, I'm going to 42 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: give you the rundown. How the hell that even happened, 43 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: from the planning that went into it, the training that 44 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: went into it, the day of the race, logistics as 45 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: a solo racer, and so much more. As always, if 46 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: you have questions about what I'm chatting about today or 47 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: anything else that I don't cover, you can feel free 48 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: to hit me up over on social media, at Hurdle 49 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: Podcasts or at Emily a Body. And the last thing 50 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: I want to say before we get into this today, 51 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: thank you, Literally from the bottom of my heart. I 52 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: was so beside myself with what happened on Halloween this 53 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: year and so grateful for the support of this community 54 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: in a year that has been unlike any other. So 55 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: with that, let's get to hurdling. I didn't go into 56 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: the marathon with a plan. I know that sounds absolutely bizarre. 57 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: I had a lot of thoughts about running a virtual marathon, 58 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: you know, when the pandemic started back in March. If 59 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: you were to tell me that I was going to 60 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: run a virtual race on my own, no crowds, no 61 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: water stations, no nothing, there's no way I would have 62 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: believed you. But I think you guys know me, and 63 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: I know me, And although at that point I couldn't 64 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: have imagined it. It's certainly not something outside the box 65 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: for my character to say, finally, you know what, why 66 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: the hell not? Over the last few months, I was 67 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: running a lot. If you've been following along with the show, 68 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: then you know that I've hit a lot of really 69 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: great moments with my stride and with running. This year, 70 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: I pr'd in the half marathon, doing the virtual sewees 71 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 1: on my own. Earlier this year, I did a mile 72 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: time trial where I finally broke that six minute barrier 73 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: that I've been striving for. And so it really got 74 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: to a point with all the running that I was 75 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: doing and all the mileage that was already in my wheelhouse, 76 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: I just decided that I would go for it again. 77 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: Like I started this episode saying, I didn't have a plan. 78 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: I didn't think, all right, I'm going to run this 79 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: virtual marathon and I'm going to do it obscenely well, 80 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: and I'm going to. 81 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 2: Race it and none of that. 82 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: I just thought, you know what, this will be something 83 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: that I can do for one day, something that I 84 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: can look forward to, something that is like literally an activity, 85 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: which when you say that out loud, it sounds kind 86 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: of ridiculous, like, Oh, you know what activity I'm going 87 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: to do next weekend. 88 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: I'm going to go run a marathon. I'm an odd. 89 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: Bird anyway, So the training was definitely there. So the 90 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: only thing that I had to integrate to make sure 91 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: that I was ready for this effort and that I 92 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: was staving off potential injury by taking on too much 93 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: was ramping up the weekends, so I added in. I 94 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: believe it was a sixteen mile long run, an eighteen 95 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: mile long run, a twenty mile long run, and. 96 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: That was it. 97 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: Leading up to that Saturday morning, the prep on marathon 98 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: week looked a lot like my normal prep, except I 99 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: didn't have to go to an actual race expo. I 100 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: was trying to make sure that I was getting to 101 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: bed early. I also made a concerted effort to make 102 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: sure that I had all the gear that I wanted 103 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: to wear, and that was kind of fun because I think, 104 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: for the first time in a long time, those gear 105 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: picks were absolute no brainers. Like at this point, I 106 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: really homed in on my favorite pieces. I know what 107 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: makes me feel fast, what makes me feel confident, and 108 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: I will link to all of that stuff in the show. 109 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: Notes to this. 110 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: Episode there were some logistics that I had to take 111 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: into consideration when it came to setting up, so to speak, 112 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: this marathon. Unlike a normal effort, obviously, the course is 113 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: an outline for you. So being a New Yorker, someone 114 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: who has spent years and years running around the city, 115 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: I had the fun opportunity to design my own course. 116 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: So I think I tried like three four or five 117 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: different routes and landed on the Goldilocks route that felt 118 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: right for me based on a few things. First of all, 119 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: I knew that this route involved some of my favorite 120 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: parts of New York I this year specifically, have loved 121 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: running the perimeter of Central Park, not anywhere inside the 122 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: actual park, but actually, if you look on a map 123 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: of New York City, the rectangle of sidewalks surrounding the park, 124 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: that area has a dedicated bike lane on the south 125 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: west and north side, and also a big enough sidewalk 126 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: so that I don't have to run in the street 127 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: with cars at any point. So I liked starting off 128 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: the effort with that rectangle so that I would have 129 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: space to move and it would be very unlikely that 130 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: I would need to stop for traffic when it came 131 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: to planning the rest of the route, I didn't feel 132 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: like it was an actual marathon for me in New 133 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: York City if I wasn't tackling at least one bridge, 134 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: and if you're going to tackle one bridge and you've 135 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: got to tackle another because you've got to come into Manhattan. 136 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: So the route, as I mentioned, a lap clockwise of 137 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: the perimeter of Central Park, across Central Park north over 138 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: to First Avenue South. On First Avenue till I got 139 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: to the Queensboro, over the Queensboro into Astoria, through Long 140 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: Island City, all the way through Brooklyn to the Manhattan 141 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: Bridge back and over the Manhattan Bridge down and up 142 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: the West Side Highway, finishing around fifty fifth Street. 143 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: That's my route. 144 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: I'll link to the Strava from this day so you 145 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: can see what that really looked like. Okay, gearing up 146 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: for the route, planning the route, something else I had 147 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: to do pre race that I wouldn't have to have 148 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: done before next up logistics in terms of finding friends 149 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: that would be around to help me hydrate and fuel. 150 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: I was wearing shorts with two sets of pockets, so 151 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: I knew that I could carry some gummies with me 152 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: for this race. In particular, I chose to use the 153 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: cliff blocks and two sleeves fit inside my pockets. But 154 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: other than that, I wasn't carrying my own water or 155 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: electrolytes for this race. I leaned into the Element electrolytes. 156 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 1: If you've never heard of Element, I've talked about them 157 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: on a few episodes right now. 158 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 2: They are my new shtick. 159 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: Like I cannot stop drinking, especially the orange salt flavor 160 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: is my absolute favorite. If you're interested in trying Element 161 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: for yourself, a little plug here, definitely do it. Head 162 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: on over to drink Element dot com slash hurdle Again, 163 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 1: that's drink LMNT dot com slash hurdle. I've tried a 164 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: lot of stuff before, but I keep coming back to this. 165 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: Trust me, you will not regret it. 166 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: Okay. 167 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: So I dispersed electrolyte packets. I figured it out with 168 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: where I could meet them. I figured out with another 169 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: friend who could meet me at the end with warm 170 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: clothes because it was going to be a chilly day 171 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: and if I hadn't done that, that would have been 172 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: a huge regret. I literally probably would have ended up 173 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: like intensive care. And that was it. From a logistics perspective. 174 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: The night before standard personal pasta party. Wow. Try saying 175 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: that three times fast, and then that was it. It 176 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: was go time, and to reiterate once more. I didn't 177 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: know what was going to happen. I had an inkling 178 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: if things went a certain way from the get go, 179 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: that I might try to go for something big. But 180 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: I also had a realistic expectation of the fact that 181 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: I was running twenty six point two miles on an 182 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: unsanctioned course where I might have to stop. Anything could 183 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: happen like there were just so many variables. But I 184 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: also believe that I'm just that right kind of crazy 185 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: that wanted to believe that I could do something ridiculous. 186 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: It makes me smile saying that out loud, although I'm 187 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: not sure if that sentence actually made any sense. 188 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 2: So Race Morning. 189 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: Taking a break from today's recap to give some love 190 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: to my sponsor at Gooder. If you've never heard of Gooder, 191 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: I'm about to blow your mind. Gooder makes unbelievable high 192 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: performance sunglasses. 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I don't have to think twice about them 198 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: being on my face, even when. 199 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 2: Oh, here go or I'm coming, I'm picking up the pace. 200 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: I can't believe I just said that you have got 201 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: to try goods for yourself, and they've gotten an outrageous deal. 202 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: For hurdle listeners, head on over to gooder dot com 203 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: slash hurdle and use the code hurdle at checkout to 204 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: get ten dollars off. Today Again, goodr dot com slash hurdle, 205 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: use the code hurdle at checkout for ten dollars off. 206 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: I told you they started twenty five dollars. This deal 207 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: is outrageous. Do it today. You won't regret it, and 208 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: let's get back to it. I decided I was going 209 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: to start this thing right around seven. I wanted to 210 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: make sure that I was safe in that my friends 211 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: and family could track me. Any point I was running 212 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: alone and something happened to me. Of course, you never 213 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: know exactly what's going to happen. Over the course of 214 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: twenty six point two miles, I wanted to make sure 215 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: that I had taken some necessary precautions, so I did 216 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: two things. One was use the Garmin Live track feature, 217 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: which I set up the evening before. This allows you 218 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: to once you start your effort, Garment automatically sends out 219 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: an email to the list that you can predetermine, so 220 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: I set that up. I also was extremely surprised and 221 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: appreciative of the app that New York Roadrunners put together. 222 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: That app allowed my family and friends and also many 223 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: of you, to track me as I made my way 224 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: along my self created route. So I the morning of 225 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: had a toasted peanut, butter and jelly sandwich that's my 226 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: marathon go to. 227 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: I drank an. 228 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: Entire bottle of Element and I also had a small 229 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: cup of an espresso. I finish all of my eating 230 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: and drinking about forty five minutes before I need to 231 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: leave my apartment, so I can make sure that all 232 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: settles well and I get ready and I get out there. 233 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: It's hard to articulate exactly how I felt on that 234 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: walk the like five or so blocks to that starting line, 235 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: that I decided that no one would be hat Like 236 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: so many of you, I've spend a lot of time 237 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: alone this year, and I think about how twenty twenty 238 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: and even the years before that, for me, it's been 239 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: such a beautiful time of getting comfortable with being alone. 240 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: It felt really necessary for me to show up at 241 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: that starting line on my own and begin anyway, without 242 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: needing anyone to cheer for me, without needing a push 243 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: in the right direction, without someone else telling me to start, 244 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: Like this was the thing that I was going to 245 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: go out and I was going to do and I 246 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: was going to do it well. And my definition of well, 247 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: not anybody else's definition of well, Like whatever was about 248 00:14:54,680 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: to happen was completely on me, and that felt special. 249 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: And so there I am. It's six fifty four. I think, 250 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: like all my ducks are in a row with like 251 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: the New York Roadrunners app and the Garment app, and 252 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: like everything's set up. I press the button and I go. 253 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: And I didn't expect or know that with the New 254 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: York Roadrunners app, when you pressed start race, there was 255 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: an announcer that came on, just like the actual beginning 256 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: of the New York City Marathon, like when that started talking. 257 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: And I'm running south. 258 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: On Central Park East by myself at six fifty. 259 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: Seven in the morning. 260 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: You better believe I started crying, and so just like that, 261 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: I was running a marathon. And it's just such a 262 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: metaphor for this year, because there has been so much 263 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: shit that I've been working on on my own, and 264 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: so much stress and so many feelings that I have 265 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: had to navigate on my own, and there I was 266 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: doing this big thing on my own. I don't think 267 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: until around mile five, when I saw my fifth consecutive 268 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: sub seven thirty minute pace per mile split, that I 269 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: started to get excited in the same way that I 270 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: felt in Chicago when I saw a bunch of splits 271 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: that were sub eight minute miles, And I did feel 272 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: like going into this race that I was conditioned in 273 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: a way that maybe I had never been before. But again, 274 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: I was entirely realistic about what I was about to undertake, 275 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: and so when I got to mile five and I 276 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: saw what the splits kept coming in on my garment, 277 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: I started to feel like I was ready to get crazy. 278 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: At around mile six, I was supposed to meet my 279 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: first friend with a bottle, and I didn't see them anywhere, 280 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: so I kept going, and then around mile eight I 281 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,959 Speaker 1: was supposed to meet my next friend with a bottle, 282 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: and they weren't there yet, and so I kept going. 283 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 2: The only single. 284 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: Time that I completely stopped was right before mile eight 285 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: for about twenty seconds waiting at a red light. Other 286 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: than that, I missed those first two bottles, and it 287 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: was just like here we go, full on insanity. And 288 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: so I was supposed to meet I run with a 289 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: crew out here in New York in a safe way 290 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: called Old Man Run Club. They're such good, dear friends 291 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: of mine, so many amazing athletes in this mix, and 292 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: they always run on Saturday mornings. And so I was 293 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: supposed to meet Old Man at the base of the Queensborough. 294 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: But because of the pace and because that I was 295 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: moving faster than even I expected, I miss them too. 296 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: So I missed bottle one, Bottle two, and bottles three 297 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: through maybe six when I missed Old Man at the 298 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: base of the Queensboro. But then I kept going. And 299 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: so luckily, because I'm wearing air pods and I'm listening 300 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: to music only, I'm not a podcast marathon her, but 301 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: I encourage you to be if you're listening to hurdle. 302 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: And so I am listening to music and I'm using Siri, 303 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: so I'm communicating with the people that I'm missing bottles 304 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: from via voice text and voice call in my ears 305 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: while I'm running. I at this point put a call 306 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: into the world, which some of you may have noticed 307 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: on social media, looking for any sort of fuel whatsoever, 308 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: because the fuel that I had placed it just like 309 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: wasn't happening. And definitely, by you know, mile twelve, when 310 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm still without liquids, I'm certainly starting to get a 311 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: little nervous. I get a call from two of my 312 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: friends that I was supposed to link up with. They 313 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: are behind me but coming toward me. So I deviate 314 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: briefly from my route that I had articulated, if only 315 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: to run laps in Astoria. So I literally am running 316 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: like square street loops in Astoria. 317 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 2: I'm waiting for my crew to get over the bridge. 318 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 2: I run some laps. 319 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: The crew gets over the bridge, and I go to 320 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: finally drink a bottle of water and then a bottle 321 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: of elements that are past to me, and I swear 322 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: it's like the best hydration I have ever consumed, and 323 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: instantly I feel electrified and ready to keep going, which 324 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: just feels really exciting. After literally running the first half 325 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: of this marathon completely alone, without any sort of audience. 326 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 2: I run with the crew for a little bit. 327 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: It was certainly appropriate that unintentionally my half marathon mark 328 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: was going over the Pulaski, which it's actually the half 329 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: marathon mark for the actual marathon as well in other years. 330 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: So we all run together for about a mile and 331 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: a half, and then because I'm just like moving at 332 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: a clip, I unintentionally drop them that I'm so gracious 333 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: for the energy that they gave me. Also huge shout 334 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: outs or an order at this point for the multiple 335 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: people that are trying to find me in Greenpoint and 336 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: dming me and texting me, trying to give me bottles 337 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: after I made that call out on social media running. 338 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 2: Over the bridge. 339 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: The MVP of the marathon may just be a guy 340 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: that I went to college with that I haven't talked 341 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: to in some time who literally shows up out of 342 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: nowhere running after me with a Gatorade bottle. Tommy Talty, 343 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: you win. When I'm worried again that I'm completely on 344 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: my own until the next person I know that I'm 345 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: going to pick up, not until mile twenty two ish, 346 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, let's call in a favor. So 347 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: I call one of my dearest friends that lives near 348 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: the base of the Manhattan Bridge, which I'm going to 349 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: take to go back into my and she brings me 350 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: a huge gain raid and a cliff bar, and oh man, 351 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: I was so excited to see her. She's like running 352 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: alongside of me in normal clothes as she's like trying 353 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: to unscrew the gatorade and give me and open the 354 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: bar so that I can chew it, and we pour 355 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: some of it out and I carry this massive gatorade 356 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: and then luckily at this point, I have a friend 357 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: who shows up out of nowhere on a bike and 358 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: he can help me with all of these things, and 359 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: we make our way up the bridge. And at this 360 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: point I start audibly talking to myself because this is, 361 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: as I know it to be, going to be the 362 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: hardest part. It's the last hill on this course that 363 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: I've set out, and I know that if I get 364 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: up this hill and I can keep a decent pace, 365 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: that like the next six miles left at this point 366 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: are going to be downhill and then mostly flat. And 367 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: so that's what happens. And when we get over the 368 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: bridge and we're down on the West Side Highway and 369 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: at mile twenty one that's when I start to realize, like, 370 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: what's actually happening here? Like, of course I've seen the 371 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: clip by and I've seen that they are, you know, 372 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: really good paces, but I haven't done any math because 373 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: math is not entirely my strong suit. So as I'm 374 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: running and I get to mile twenty one, I can 375 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: figure out in my head, Okay, you have five miles left, 376 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: and this is what your PR is, and this is 377 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: what you need to do to beat it. And in 378 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: this moment, my friend's riding next to me on his 379 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: bike and I look at him and I say, if 380 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: I run the next five miles sub eight forty five pace, 381 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a new PR. And he says, you're 382 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: gonna run the next five miles at a suba forty 383 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,479 Speaker 1: five pace, and you're gonna have a new PR. 384 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 2: And I just say, fuck fuck, We're gonna do it. 385 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: And so I don't think I really hit the wall, 386 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: so to speak. But toward the end of it, after 387 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: picking up my girlfriend that ran the last two and 388 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 1: a half miles with me, I started to feel some 389 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: discomfort in my left hamstring, but other than that, I 390 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: felt really good, which is crazy when I reflect, and 391 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: the fact that I didn't consume any fluids until almost 392 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: mile thirteen. We're in the home stretch. I run by 393 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: Oh bless the Hurdler's. I run by a Hurdler's cheer 394 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: station where I stopped for maybe like two full seconds 395 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: to snap a quick photo. And I feel as though 396 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: within the blink of an eye, the next maybe sixteen 397 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: minutes go by and before I know it. 398 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 2: We're done. 399 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: I did it, And like when I finished in Chicago, 400 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: I felt so overwhelmed by what had happened, because I 401 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: completely never thought that I was capable of doing something 402 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: like that. But when I finished in New York and 403 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: I just watched my garment clicked to twenty six point 404 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: two and I didn't have a finish line, and I 405 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: sat down on the side of the West Side Highway, 406 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: no metal, no nothing. I felt like I had gone 407 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: after something that I deserved. Last year, I truly felt 408 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,239 Speaker 1: like maybe Chicago was a blip, Like there were just 409 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: all of these perfect things that happened to make it happen. 410 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: The weather was great, the spectators were great, I had 411 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: really good fueling leading up to it. 412 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: I had a. 413 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: Perfect fueling strategy during the race, like so many things, 414 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: and I sat there and I thought to myself, like. 415 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 2: This is who I am. 416 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: I am capable of this, of this thing that I 417 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:49,719 Speaker 1: just did twenty six point two ridiculous miles running through Manhattan, 418 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: feeling like I'm flying by the seat of my pants. 419 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: And it was nothing I ever envisioned, but everything I 420 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: could have ever asked for. 421 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 2: It didn't need to be extra. 422 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: I didn't need extra, because at the end of the day, 423 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: really all I needed was just. 424 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 2: To believe in me. This time it felt earned. 425 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: Like in Chicago, I felt overwhelmed, but standing there in 426 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: New York City, in my own hometown, I just felt 427 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: fucking proud. One small note, it's a little scary, I think, 428 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: feeling so firm in the fact that I can do 429 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: hard things by myself, because I don't always want to 430 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: do things by myself. And when I think about that day, 431 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: it was all about me proving to me that I 432 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,959 Speaker 1: could just handle it. When the timing was off and 433 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: things didn't go to plan and I didn't have people 434 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: supporting me, I just kept running. 435 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 2: It's a really good metaphor for what's what we have 436 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 2: to handle sometimes. What we have to go through to 437 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 2: be better and to learn to learn lessons. 438 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: You know, it's not always that people don't want to 439 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: be there for you, but sometimes you're going to have 440 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: to take matters into your own hands and let go 441 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: of the people that aren't showing up for you and 442 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: do the damn thing anyway because you can. That's so 443 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: much what this year has been about, right, It's just 444 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: been about showing up for you in the best way 445 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: that you know how, even when you don't have all 446 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: of the answers, and trust me, I had, I had 447 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:47,959 Speaker 1: no idea what was going to happen, none, But what 448 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: I knew is that there was never a point during 449 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: that three hours, twenty three minutes and fifty six seconds 450 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: that I was ever. 451 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 2: Going to give up on me getting my act together here. Listen. 452 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: It was a really special day, and I think a 453 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: majority of this was earned, but there is definitely a 454 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: little bit of luck in the mix, you know. The 455 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: fact that I only really had to stop once blows 456 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: my mind. The fact that I must have hydrated well 457 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: enough in the days leading up to the race to 458 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: handle that first chunk of time without any fluids whatsoever. 459 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: The fact that I had a beautiful day. Like here, 460 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,959 Speaker 1: I am talking about things that it's just like when 461 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: I made excuses for my talent in Chicago, and honestly, 462 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 1: fuck that that day was everything, and I'm proud of me, 463 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: and beyond that, I'm just really grateful for all of 464 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: the lessons that running teaches me every single time I 465 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: lace up my shoes. This story, this recap, it's not 466 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: just to give something to other runners, this recording, this 467 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: is me bearing to you my feelings about the fact 468 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: that shit gets hard sometimes and we can show up anyway, 469 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: and that day I decided to show up as my 470 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: most dominant and confident self. Thanks for listening to me 471 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: talk about this, Thanks for motivating me to be better. 472 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: And I know today I talked a lot about relying 473 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: on myself and doing hard things alone. But at the 474 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: end of the day, y'all make me feel like I'm 475 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: just part of something so much bigger than me. 476 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 2: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.