1 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: What's going on? Everyone? Emily Abadi here, you are listening 2 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: to five minute Friday from Hurdle. Oh my gosh. I 3 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: have been digesting how I feel after last night's Safety 4 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: and Numbers panel all day to day. If you asked 5 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: me how it went, I would tell you it went 6 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: quite well. And I'm typically my biggest critic. It felt 7 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: so surreal to have such a beautiful gathering of people 8 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: in the community to talk about something that frustrates so 9 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: many of us. The issues that were dealing with when 10 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: it comes to safety in running, and we chatted so 11 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: much about so many different things, ranging from tools that 12 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: we can use to be more safe, to the concept 13 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: of allyship and what it looks for, what it looks 14 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: like for men to be allies of women in running, 15 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: and different scenarios in which that may play out. A 16 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: lot of you have reached out to me asking if 17 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: it was recorded. It's not recorded. It was not recorded. However, 18 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: I will be having more conversations on this topic, and 19 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: I promise to bring this to the feed as soon 20 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: as those happen. But with that said, as I'm sitting 21 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: here and I'm processing all of my emotions, the thing 22 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: that I keep coming back to is just the phrase 23 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: what's next. And I think that is the most beautiful 24 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: thing this place to be in when you're an entrepreneur 25 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: and you do something that feels so right and you're 26 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: asking yourself what's next, because there's this really great clashing 27 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: passion and purpose. After looking out at the one hundred 28 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: and fifty plus people in the crowd last night, I 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: can say with certainty that this is so important and 30 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: something that so many of us I think. I use 31 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: the word frustrated already, but feel frustrated about feel so 32 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: frustrated that the thing that makes me feel good in 33 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: my body for the most part, running, that thing is 34 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: taken away from me because of so many things outside 35 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: of my control. I mean, just this morning there was 36 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: news of a woman that was attacked and raped running 37 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: in the morning on the West Side Highway. It's one 38 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: of the most popular running paths in New York City. 39 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: Just today, the morning after we gathered and talked about 40 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: what can we do to feel more safe in our 41 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: community and how can we show up for one another. 42 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: There are always going to be things that are beyond 43 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: our control. So while I feel frustrated and admittedly a 44 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: little scared about the state of what is going on 45 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: in running and our safety. I also feel so much 46 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: purpose connected to the conversation that I had last night 47 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: and the conversations I want to have going forward, and 48 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: the action that can come from those conversations. I always 49 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: ask myself what's next in the times where I feel 50 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: so certain and aligned and in my purpose, and also 51 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: in the bad times too. I'll never forget. I was 52 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: in talks for this really big contract in April of 53 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, and it fell through, and I was 54 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: texting my father just like absolutely beside myself. And while 55 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: he did provide some space for me to express my feelings, 56 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: his question to me, like it is, each and every 57 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: time that something doesn't go my way as well as 58 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: something goes my way, is all right, what's next? And 59 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: it's up to us to get to that place. It's 60 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: up to us not to get complacent. It's up to 61 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: us to remember that regardless of the outcome of one 62 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: specific event, we then have to keep moving forward. So 63 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: perhaps this weekend, maybe you're lacing up and Sunday doesn't 64 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: go as planned, and so yes, feel all the feelings 65 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: that go with that disappointment. But then I encourage you, 66 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: if this happens to you, to ask what's next, which 67 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: is exactly what I had to ask myself after the 68 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: New York City Marathon last year. If we're being real, 69 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: when we have these moments that feel like small wins, 70 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: when we feel that momentum, the best thing that we 71 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: can do is keep showing up rather than rest, because 72 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: it is in that momentum that we find our true power. 73 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: Right it is in that momentum that we can really 74 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: expand and explore possibility that maybe we never thought possible 75 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: in the first place. And so we're regardless of where 76 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: you are right now, regardless of what your big goals are, 77 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: I encourage you to to ask yourself that question. And 78 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: maybe that's this week's listener prompt. What's next? What do 79 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: you want? Whether you feel like you're winning or you 80 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: feel like you're losing. The theme, the thread, it is 81 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: the same, what's next? And that is entirely within your control. 82 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: And now a listener question. 83 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 2: Hi, Emily, this is Jen from San Francisco. I'm a 84 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: longtime Hurdler listener from the past five years. I used 85 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 2: to live in New York City and during the pandemic, 86 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 2: i actually moved back to San Francisco in the Bay 87 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: Area to be closer to family, and I was wondering, 88 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: when are you coming out to San Francisco for a 89 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: visit and a run with fellow hurdler's Thanks bye. 90 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: H San Francisco. Can I tell you that I grew 91 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: up coming to San Francisco quite often and I had 92 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: family that lived in Walnut Creek, And since both of 93 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: my mother's parents passed away, it's been a little moment 94 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: since I have been back. I don't have it on 95 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: my radar at the moment. I only have one travel 96 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: plan for the rest of the year and it is 97 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: actually to Las Vegas in December. But I promise as 98 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: soon as I have more travel dates on the calendar 99 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: and that can get hurdlers involved, you will be the 100 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: first to know. I'm curious. I am looking for some 101 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: out of the box destinations for next year, maybe some 102 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: different local travel recommendations, and by local, I just mean domestic. 103 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: So if you have them, hit me up, tag me 104 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: over and STI I'm over at Emily Body. You know 105 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: that hurdle is over at Hurdle Podcast. If you're running 106 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: this weekend here in New York, City, good luck. If 107 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm seeing you tomorrow at the Bandit pop up over 108 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: at Whalebone, I'm bleeker, I can't wait. And with that, 109 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.