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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hey folks, it is Saturday, June twenty eighth, and are

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Speaker 2: you up for a recovery run with us? Welcome to

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Speaker 2: this recovery episode of Amy and TJ Rols.

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Speaker 3: We decided.

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Speaker 2: Hey, we are runners, and in the real running world,

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Speaker 2: you run all week and sometimes you have to have

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Speaker 2: what's called.

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Speaker 3: A recovery run.

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Speaker 2: And please do tell the folks what that means.

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Speaker 1: Yes, there's actually a definition out there, and I think

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Speaker 1: most runners already know it, but for those of you

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Speaker 1: who don't, a recovery run is a short, low intensity

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Speaker 1: run performed after a strenuous workout to aid in recovery

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Speaker 1: and reduce stiffness. Yes, so everyone needs a little recovery run.

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Speaker 1: See where we're getting to deal with all of the

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Speaker 1: stress your body stiffens with all of the negative news headlines.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there was a with the run at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the week to.

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Speaker 3: Answer the other couple of wars going on.

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Speaker 1: Yees correct, And then all of the personal drama and

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Speaker 1: trauma we've all probably experienced during the week in parenting

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Speaker 1: and relationships and friendships and work, yes.

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Speaker 3: Even in Venice. Right now, there's tension.

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Speaker 1: For God's sake, life can be hard, and we all

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Speaker 1: need a recovery run.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we want to keep our runs going with you.

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Speaker 2: We have our Monday through Friday in which we of

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Speaker 2: course talk all the news headlines, but the hey, let's

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Speaker 2: have a recovery run, and we're actually gonna tell you

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Speaker 2: all the things, the tools, and really just some randomness

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Speaker 2: how we go about and how we've gone about surviving

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Speaker 2: some of these very difficult weeks world. Have you got

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Speaker 2: kind of a general list there with some of these

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Speaker 2: things I did on my own, some you did on

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Speaker 2: your own, some of these things we did together. But

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Speaker 2: these are the things that helped us get through the week.

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Speaker 1: Yes, okay, So I actually started my week feeling a

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Speaker 1: little heavy. I think a lot of folks did, perhaps

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Speaker 1: with the news of the world. And I finally, and

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Speaker 1: I say finally, picked up one of so many personal

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Speaker 1: journals that had been collecting by my night side in

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Speaker 1: my night's my night stand, excuse me, right by the

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Speaker 1: side of my bed. And you know, people give them

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Speaker 1: to you as gifts, and it's such a cool thing,

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Speaker 1: and everyone tells you how powerful and transformational journaling can be,

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Speaker 1: and so I actually decided to pick up one of

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Speaker 1: these journals. You saw it, right, It was read and

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Speaker 1: I thought you made fun of it because it said

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Speaker 1: follow your dreams. Doesn't that sound like something you would

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Speaker 1: make fun of me for exactly? Okay? So there was

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Speaker 1: it was the one that was on top. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: so I picked it up and I went outside and

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Speaker 1: I committed to thirty minutes of writing in this journal

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Speaker 1: about what I was feeling, what I had learned, what

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Speaker 1: I was learning about myself. And I'm telling you it

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Speaker 1: was transformative. I felt lighter, like all the things that

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Speaker 1: I was thinking and ruminating about.

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Speaker 3: Wait, just getting it out. Are you supposed to go

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Speaker 3: back and read.

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Speaker 1: Well, I haven't gone back and read it, but getting.

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Speaker 3: It out, Okay, that's the point, okay.

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Speaker 1: And I think maybe yes, of course, when you get

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Speaker 1: past certain points and you can reflect back six months ago,

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Speaker 1: a year ago and see how far you've come, that

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Speaker 1: also is helpful. But I am telling you my body

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Speaker 1: physically felt lighter, my heart was softer, my energy was greater.

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Speaker 1: And I know people like duh, but actually try it.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing. So that was something I did.

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Speaker 3: Nobody's ever given me a journal and say, hey, lets

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Speaker 3: try this to.

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Speaker 1: Jay your birthday's coming out.

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Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, would you, Oh my god, would you?

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Speaker 3: Oh my god? Can you please?

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Speaker 1: I'll get you a special pen.

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Speaker 3: Can I have a sweet message in the front y?

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Speaker 1: Yes, I'll make sure it does.

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Speaker 2: Guys and gals are so different. This is how you

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Speaker 2: got your piece to start the week.

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Speaker 3: Ah, I was outside a night journaled. I was on

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Speaker 3: a motorcycle, riding across the state line. I did that,

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Speaker 2: I didn't realize I didn't tell you I went because

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Speaker 2: there's a great state line lookout park up there that

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Speaker 2: I've been going to for years. And went out that

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Speaker 2: it took a few pictures, enjoyed the view this on

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Speaker 1: Out, So I knew you had ridden your motorcycle, but

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Speaker 1: I didn't know you went that far. I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: a commitment, but that's so cool. I love that you

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Speaker 1: did that. I love that you went into nature. How

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Speaker 1: did that did that change how you felt?

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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 2: I went, I rode by nature. I didn't go in

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Speaker 2: the nature. I saw it as I sped by. Even

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Speaker 2: when I went to the lookout place, you know, I

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Speaker 2: just stayed right there on the concrete with the bike,

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Speaker 3: And I came on back.

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Speaker 1: And how did you feel afterwards? Like before you went

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Speaker 1: and then after, Oh, it's invigorating.

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Speaker 2: And you know, riding a motorcycle is one of the

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Speaker 2: few things I compared to rock climbing, and I love

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Speaker 2: it because when you're doing it, you cannot have anything

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Speaker 2: else on your mind. You have to play such close

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Speaker 2: attention on a motorcycle that if you're lost in your

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Speaker 3: So that's why I do. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I love that you have that outlet. That's very, very cool,

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Speaker 1: And it's good to have outlets without each other because

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Speaker 1: we spend so much time together finding something it's rare.

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Speaker 1: But this week I also went out with my girlfriends

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Speaker 1: to a place that I have loved for over a

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Speaker 1: decade that I haven't been back to in I believe

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Speaker 1: a year and a half perhaps, But it's a place

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Speaker 3: Probably on me. You have a black boyfriend, heterosexual boyfriend.

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Speaker 1: It is a gay Broadway singing bar with a piano.

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Speaker 1: If you ever come, yeah, you have come with me

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Speaker 1: So anyway, I went there just for two hours.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't matter how you're singing.

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Speaker 1: Well, okay, a lot of people are really good in there. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: And they get on to you. If you're not as good,

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Speaker 1: Lyrics, just let the really good singers drown you out.

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Speaker 1: And it's just a joyful place, and so it was

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Speaker 1: and I just I felt changed because of it. When

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Speaker 3: Right, What was I doing?

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Speaker 1: You were chilling at the apartment. Yeah, yeah, you were cool.

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Speaker 1: You you texted me on my way and you said,

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Speaker 1: babe and joy have fun and you said it in

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Speaker 3: That was a fun night, even though we weren't hanging

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Speaker 1: And then you you experienced some joy through music. What

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Speaker 2: You you this gave you joy as well. We did

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Speaker 2: this together. But I have I've been on a Blanco

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Speaker 2: If you all don't know Blanco Brown, He's a brother

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Speaker 3: But why have I been? What song? It started with?

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Speaker 2: I've been blaring that stuff and you don't even know

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Speaker 1: I'm loving it. That is amazing, And like that is

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Speaker 1: that you love and you find new music AI. That's

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Speaker 1: also the power of AI. What did we do before?

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Speaker 1: Then when they start playing suggested music that's similar to

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Speaker 2: Yes, well, we're going to tell you the last two

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Speaker 2: things that brought us joy this week. One of them

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Speaker 2: we have to apologize to our kids for and the

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Speaker 2: other let's just simply say meatballs.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to this edition of Amy and TJ, and

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Speaker 1: we are taking you on a recovery run with us

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Speaker 1: the things we did throughout the week to bring us

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Speaker 1: some joy, to cover a little bit from all the

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Speaker 1: heaviness that we all experience each and every week. And

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Speaker 1: we talked a little bit about some of the things

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Speaker 1: we did on our own, but there were a couple

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Speaker 1: of things that we did and are doing together that

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Speaker 1: are bringing us joy. Should we talk about meatballs first?

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Speaker 2: We are on others happened. We've been went back Keto

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Speaker 2: for I guess maybe six.

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Speaker 3: Weeks now, yeah, six weeks. So obviously people understand Keto.

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Speaker 3: It's uh, you explain.

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Speaker 1: I'll explain Keto because I was I was a Keto

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Speaker 1: what do they call it? Ketov angela evangelist, Keto evangelist.

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Speaker 1: That's what it is. No, I know, I've tried to

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Speaker 1: really not be so annoying, but yes, I went off

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Speaker 1: and so yes, we don't really we massively limit our carbs,

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Speaker 1: and we're always looking for some delicious fat. It could

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Speaker 1: be animal fat, it can be vegetable fat. And we

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Speaker 1: got on a meatball kick and so we have we

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Speaker 1: have been loving meatballs. You can't have the meatballs with

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Speaker 3: Let's give our boy credit.

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Speaker 2: The special for the day was the jerk chicken meatball.

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Speaker 1: We booked an airbnb on a lake about an hour

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Speaker 2: Look, we are blessed to be able to travel and

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Speaker 2: keep working as we're doing it.

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Speaker 2: So it is a stressful week for us. We get

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Speaker 2: But we take the moments to laugh about a meatball,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait till you start journaling.

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Speaker 2: And I'm going to make sure I come on here

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Speaker 2: and talk about it.

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Speaker 3: Maybe read some injuries.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, we hope that maybe you take some time.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it's about prioritizing fun or prioritizing yourself or your relationship,

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Speaker 1: and so everybody deserves to go on a recovery run.

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Speaker 1: We hope you can find yours this weekend. But thank

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Speaker 1: you for listening to us, and have a wonderful Saturday, everybody,