1 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: Hey, hey, Emily, here you are listening to five Friday 2 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: Unhurdle coming to you from Osaka. I got here on Wednesday, 3 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: and I really I'm into it. We went to this 4 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: pizza spot that I found on the social somewhere for 5 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: dinner on Wednesday night, and it was absolutely unreal. And 6 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: in the surrounding area there are all these, I want 7 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: to say, between ten and fifteen seat restaurants, like super 8 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: small from what I've seen so far, and I haven't 9 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: seen a ton granted, but this is a place that 10 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: if you're a foodie you would absolutely love to to. 11 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: I digress. We got here on Wednesday. I've been in 12 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 1: Japan for something like eleven days now. If my math 13 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: serves me right, it's it's been so great. And also 14 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: it's a lot. And I say that with a sensitivity 15 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: to this concept that I'm truly living a life that 16 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: my younger self didn't even dream of, Like this is 17 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: more than I ever could have imagined. What an unbelievable 18 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: opportunity that I get to travel to work like this, 19 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: that I get to come halfway around the globe to 20 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: have important conversations and highlight athletic amazingness and create things 21 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: and art and. 22 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: Products that I'm really excited about. It's so awesome. 23 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: And amidst all of this awesomeness, I have admittedly been 24 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: struggling a little bit. I'm dealing with a naste cold 25 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: right now, which isn't super fun, but we're working through it. 26 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: I'm sure you can hear it in my voice. 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: And I've also had to do a lot of shifting 28 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: around of the fitness slash wellness routine and habits, as 29 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: they talked about in last week's episode. In Tokyo God, 30 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: it was like above ninety degrees and ninety percent humidity 31 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: every day that we were there, and so that required 32 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: a lot of finagling of schedules. And even though I 33 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: characteristically am an early morning workout person, that wasn't always 34 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: an option. I wasn't getting really good sleep. If I 35 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: was sleeping in the morning, I wasn't going to ruin that. Also, 36 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm in Japan, which means I have the opportunity to 37 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: meet up with friends that are traveling also here doing 38 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: a lot of work within the same space that I'm in, 39 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: and I want to do it all. But the thing 40 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: is is that the all or nothing thinking, it doesn't 41 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: necessarily work here like I have to do the best 42 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: I can with what I have, which means that if 43 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss a workout or I'm going to eat 44 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: and quote unquote unhealthy meal, that doesn't need to derail 45 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: my entire journey. There have been so many times in 46 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: my life where I've been so hard on myself about 47 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: having to deviate from the plan. 48 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: I am someone who loves habits. 49 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: I love journaling, I love breathwork, I love running first 50 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: thing in the morning. I love lifting weights. But every 51 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: now and then, something's got to give. And so this trip, 52 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: one of the things that had to give is I 53 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: haven't lifted a weight in eleven days. 54 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: I did message my Future trainer. 55 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: I use this app called Future to do my strength training, 56 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: and I work directly with the trainer one on one there. 57 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: If you're interested in getting in on that, I do 58 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to give you fifty percent off your 59 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: first month of training. 60 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to link that in the show notes. 61 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: But I said to him, I was like, listen, fitting 62 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: in my runs is going to be enough of a 63 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: challenge for me over the next two weeks. 64 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: I'm not going to stress about getting to a gym and. 65 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: That was it, And for the first time in a 66 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: long time, I didn't really feel any guilt over that, because, 67 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: like I said, I'm truly doing the best I can 68 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: with what I have. I'm not going to travel to 69 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: Japan and not experience the things. I'm not gonna not 70 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: be at a record bar until two am for a 71 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: night or two. I'm not I'm not gonna not I'm 72 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: not gonna skip out trying the delicacies. I use that 73 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 1: word very strategically at McDonald's. I'm not gonna not go 74 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: and have the stack of super fluffy pancakes that look 75 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: like they are from an alternate universe. All these things 76 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: are going to happen, and I'm still going to do 77 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: the best I can to feel good in my body. 78 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: So what does this look like in practice? 79 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: It looked like me going for a six mile run 80 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: this morning when I woke up in Osaka. It looks 81 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 1: like me planning my day tomorrow around making sure I 82 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: get the things I need, Like I'm gonna need to 83 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: find some sort of a running store out here to 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: find a gel. 85 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: For my long run on Sunday. 86 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get to bed early, and I'm gonna accommodate 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: that plan because that's something that's important to me. There's 88 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: gonna be a give and take, and so if you 89 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: have an all or nothing mentality, I can promise you 90 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: that's not gonna serve you in the long run. 91 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: We only get to do this once. 92 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: And like I said, I love my habits, and for 93 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: a long time I let my habits completely. 94 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: Rule my day to day. 95 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: And what I realized in that is that sometimes I 96 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,239 Speaker 1: was missing out on the little joys, the small joys. 97 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: And we are surrounded, all of us by this highlight 98 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: reel that is social media. I am inundated with folks 99 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: that appear to never deviate from the routine. But I 100 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: can say to you and promise you that that is 101 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: not necessarily a healthy way to be. And so this 102 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: feels a little bit rambly, but I'm here to tell 103 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: you it's okay not to be perfect. It's okay to 104 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: live in the moment. It's okay to indulge every once 105 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: in a while, and it's definitely okay to do the 106 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: best with what you have, do a gut check, do 107 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: what feels good, and somedays, what feels good on that 108 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: particular day is going to feel different than what feels 109 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: good the next day. Have grace with yourself because, just 110 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: like your grit, your will, your determination, that self compassion 111 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: is something that grows over time when you allow yourself 112 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: to have it. My question for you this week where 113 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: can you offer a little bit more grace with yourself? 114 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: Understanding that all or nothing just isn't going to serve you. 115 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: Where can you offer a little grace with yourself? 116 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: Now? 117 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: A listener question, Emily. I always enjoy listening to your 118 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: show and love five minute Fridays. I recently signed up 119 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: for a five k that is at the end of October. 120 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: Halloween costumes are highly encouraged. My question is have you 121 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: ever done a costume run and do you have any 122 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: costume suggestions. It's been a while since I did a 123 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: race and I don't want to run in anything uncomfortable, 124 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: but would like to wear a fun and unique costume. 125 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: Do you have any suggestions or tips for running in 126 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: a costume? Thanks so much, Amanda from Virginia. Amanda, this 127 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: question is epic. I hate to be the person to 128 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: tell you this. I've never done a costume run. I'm 129 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: really trying to think about it. I dated someone in 130 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: college who once ran a turkey trot in a turkey costume. 131 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: I did not, though the feedback I got from that 132 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: experience was that it was hot inside of the costume. 133 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: So I would say to answer your question, lean into accessories. 134 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: So maybe it's some sort of like a fine headband 135 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: or a sparkly belt, or I know a lot of 136 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: women that love to run in some sort of a 137 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: tou tou. But if you're gonna go for like a 138 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: whole shebang, maybe like something that's made of felt and 139 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: a whole body step into situation with a zipper. 140 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 2: Just that's not the move. 141 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: I would think A functional costume could be something like 142 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: maybe going, oh, I like this the root of legends 143 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: of the Hidden Temple, or like you're a contestant on 144 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: a game show like that, So what about what's the 145 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: one with the slime double dare? That could be fun, 146 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: Or you could be wear's walda. You could just wear 147 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: a striped shirt and some glasses. That's also an easy one, 148 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: black Cat. These costume suggestions not necessarily breaking the bank, 149 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: but also maybe not my best work. But you get 150 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: the drift here. Do something that's successible. Make sure you're 151 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: still wearing technically smart clothing that will be very helpful 152 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: for you on your pursuit of excellence in your five K. 153 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: And the most important part of this is you better 154 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: email me with a. 155 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 2: Photo after this is all said and done. 156 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: I'm also interested to hear what you guys would wear 157 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: on your costume run, so feel free to send me 158 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: a note over on Instagram. 159 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 2: Follow the show over at Hurdle Podcast. 160 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: I'm over at Emily Abadi and while you are engaging, 161 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: send in a listener question. Yeah, you can email us 162 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: at any time over at Hello at hurdle dot us. 163 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: Another Hurdle concord. Catch you guys next time.