1 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, five minute Friday day after Thanksgiving, Heavy Thanksgiving. 2 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: I hope that whatever you did yesterday, you were able 3 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: to do something that involved some smiling and hopefully a 4 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: little bit of time for you and maybe some family, 5 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: maybe some friends, maybe some movement. I am reflecting on 6 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: the fact that yesterday I did something that I didn't 7 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,959 Speaker 1: want to do and it ended up really working out 8 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: for me. Yesterday I did the Turkey Trot Walk instead 9 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: of the Turkey Trot Run. The Turkey Trot I typically 10 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: do every year near where I grew up. It's a 11 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: five miler, and although I'm officially throwing my name in 12 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: the ring for Tokyo twenty twenty four, I can't believe 13 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm saying that out loud. I'll be running the Tokyo 14 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: Marathon next year. Right now, I am loving on a 15 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: little bit of left knee tendon itis. It's something I've 16 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: never dealt with before, but it's not exactly something that 17 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't anticipate considering that I have been dealing with 18 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: right foot planter or fasci itis. So if we're looking 19 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: at the body and something is wonky with your right side, 20 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: then sooner or later, your left side that's been compensating 21 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: for it is going to say something. It's gonna Something's 22 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 1: gonna happen, and that's what we're dealing with now. Now 23 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: I've talked and worked with the physical therapists that I've 24 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: been working with for some time about this issue. I've 25 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: seen him and he's not concerned. I have a plan, 26 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: similar to when I started gearing up for my last 27 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: bout of effort in Berlin, to start this training cycle 28 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: predominantly on the bike while I give my left knee 29 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: some time to calm down, some time for that inflammation 30 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: to subside. Is it frustrating and weird that I'm going 31 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: to be running a marathon in fifteen weeks and I'm 32 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: not currently running at all. Yes? Do I trust wholeheartedly 33 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: in my physical therapist. And I'm not sitting here going 34 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: to talk to you about your issues because they are 35 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: very different than mine, and I am not a physical 36 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: therapist and I'm working one on one with this man 37 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: and everything's going to be okay. Also, yes, now you 38 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: know where I stand. So you also have any sort 39 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: of tendonitis, I encourage you, although I appreciate any sympathies 40 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: that you're sending my way, I can't tell you what 41 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: to do with your body except that you need to 42 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: treat it with great and respect. So that's where we 43 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: sit on that. But I tell you all of this 44 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: because yesterday I did the turkey trot walk and at 45 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: first I was frustrated, and I thought like, maybe I 46 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: should just do this trot anyway, It's going to be fine. 47 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: And the reality is that if I give my body 48 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: the love and respect that it means right now, and 49 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: I listen to my physical therapist and I follow the plan, 50 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: then I get to do the thing that I want 51 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: to do in fifteen weeks, Whereas if I don't follow 52 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: the plan and I'm shortsighted, then I would be putting 53 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: myself at a disadvantage and I might not get to 54 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: go after my ultimate goal. And I tell you this 55 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: story because that is something that isn't just applicable, of course, 56 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: with moving my body, with running, which candidly ninety nine 57 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: point nine percent of the stories that I tell you 58 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: here on Hurdle none of them actually have to do 59 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: with moving the body at all. There are so many 60 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: things that happen in our lives that we want in 61 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: the moment, But if we are shortsighted about these things, 62 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: then there is a probability, probability that you could be 63 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: doing something detrimental in the long run. It's really along 64 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: that theme of respond versus react, which I swear is 65 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: the theme for me for twenty twenty three. I've talked 66 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: about it here on the show, especially on five Minute 67 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: Friday before. But responding is you giving yourself a chance 68 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: to take a step back and then take action to 69 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: wholeheartedly think about how a certain circumstance or a certain 70 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: moment can play out in the long term, versus reacting, 71 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: maybe based on emotion and doing something in the moment 72 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: that you may regret in the long haul. Think of 73 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: it in the circumstance of getting an email that makes 74 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: you feel some kind of way. Maybe it's a sponsor 75 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: pulling out of the show, something that I have had 76 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: to deal with certainly over the last almost six years now. 77 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: And in that moment, you're frustrated and you want to 78 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: say something right. But what happens when you take a 79 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: step back and you think about the relationship in the 80 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: long haul and I say that, and you know that 81 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: light bulb goes off, because sometimes it's the relationship not 82 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: only with other people, but also with yourself. You know 83 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: how angry I would have been with myself if I 84 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: made what could have been considered a selfish choice to 85 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: go out and run five miles just for the sake 86 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: of running five miles, to say that I did the 87 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: Turkey Trot, when in all seriousness that one five mile 88 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: run doesn't actually matter. Yeah. So I ended up doing 89 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: the walk, and not only was it lovely, but I 90 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: got to do it with my mom and it was 91 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: an experience that we got to share together. And then 92 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: when we were sitting at the diner after, I looked 93 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: at her as she said, I am having so much fun. Yeah. Yeah. 94 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: That's the responding versus the reacting. That's understanding that it's 95 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: all happening for you. That's coming to terms with the 96 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: fact that there are going to be moments that you 97 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: don't get what you want. But that doesn't mean that 98 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: you're not getting what you need. I'll say that one 99 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: more time. Sometimes when you don't get what you want, 100 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: you are actually getting what it is that you need. 101 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: So have compassion for that idea, right, have compassion for 102 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: the fact that sometimes there are going to be things 103 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: that don't go as you had hoped, or as you 104 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: had planned, or as you want in that moment. But 105 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that how life is playing out for 106 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: you despite those circumstances isn't happening for you. I have 107 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: so much to be grateful for right now, my friends, 108 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: my family, my body, everything that I am capable of, 109 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: and some days it is harder to trust the process 110 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: than others. But trust me, it is just that it's 111 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,559 Speaker 1: happening for you. My listener question for you this week, 112 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: what is one circumstance lately that you had to respond 113 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: versus react and how did that play out for you? 114 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: What did you learn from that? What is one circumstance 115 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: lately that you had to respond versus react, maybe exercise 116 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of patience and how did that play 117 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,679 Speaker 1: out for you? And now a listener question. 118 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: Hi, Emily, it's Jackie. I always see you wearing the 119 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: cutest white shoes and all of your Insta posts and 120 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: I would love to know how do you keep your 121 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: white shoes white? I love the new white shoe trend 122 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: and running shoes and sneakers, but I cannot ever seem 123 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: to keep mine white. Thanks have a great day. 124 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: Jackie was so good to see you. Recently, literally, by 125 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: complete coincidence, in New York City, this woman was standing 126 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: behind me in coffee in a coffee line. She does 127 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: not live there. We had had the honor of meeting 128 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: before Jackie actually reached out to me. She deals with 129 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: MS and she wanted me. I was so flattered by 130 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: this opportunity, but I was not in the place to 131 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: do this with her. But she asked if I would 132 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: consider running the Boston Marathon with her as a guide. 133 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: And it is a dream for me to have to 134 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: be in the place to do that for someone else, 135 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: especially because running has given me so much. But I knew, 136 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: because of what I was dealing with with planter fasciitis, 137 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: that I wasn't in the place to confidently say that 138 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: I could show up for her on that day. Despite that, 139 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: I've had the opportunity to meet Jackie many times, so 140 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: when she was literally standing behind me in line in 141 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: I think we were in no ho It was beside myself. Anyway, 142 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: I digress your question, white sneakers. I do something that 143 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to do, and I'm just gonna come 144 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: clean with it, no pun intended. I throw my white 145 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: sneakers in the washing machine. So what I do is 146 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: I take out the laces and I take out the insul, 147 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: so the laces and the she go in the washing 148 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: machine with just regular tide detergent. The soul stays, the 149 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: insole stays out, and I wash them and then I 150 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: air dry them with newspaper inside so they keep their shape. Now, 151 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: there are tons of different kits and tools and whatnot 152 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: that you can use to clean your sneakers without throwing 153 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: them in the washing machine. They say not to do 154 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: that because it impacts the sole the foam on most 155 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: shoes as well as if the shoe has shel I'm 156 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: sure it can impact that as well. I would never 157 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: do this with a pair of carbon plated shoes, let's 158 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: just say that. But for sneakers like my New Balance 159 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: ten eighties, I throw those in the washing machine all 160 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: the time. My Acex novoblasts those goes. Those go in 161 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: the washing machine as well. Things I would not throw 162 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: in the washing machine. If you have like a leather sneaker, 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: like an air Force one, I would not throw those 164 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: in the washing machine. With those. Again, it's not scientific. 165 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there with like a lysol wipe, maybe an 166 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: old toothbrush. But yeah, you know, I'm just doing the 167 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: best I can to keep these fresh and admittedly probably 168 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: getting new sneakers a little bit more often than I 169 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: like to admit, and for that I am also both 170 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: fortunate and grateful. I hope everyone was able to enjoy 171 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: their holiday. I'm sending so much gratitude out into this community. 172 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for loving a hurdle. And you can always 173 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: show your gratitude for hurdle by leaving a review wherever 174 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: you listen to your podcasts. Rate it, share it with 175 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 1: a friend, share it on social media. I'm over at 176 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: Emily Abadi and at Hurdle Podcast. Another hurdle conquered. Catch 177 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: you guys next time.