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Speaker 2: Hey, hey, EMILYA Bodi. Here.

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Speaker 3: You are listening to episode three hundred and twenty seven

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Speaker 3: of Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast where I talk to

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Speaker 3: inspirational people about everything from their highest ties and toughest

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Speaker 3: moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, hopier,

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Speaker 3: more motivated life. We all go through our fair share

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Speaker 3: of hurdles. My goal through these discussions is to empower

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Speaker 2: Course have some fun along the way.

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Speaker 3: For episode three twenty seven, I am bringing in my

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Speaker 2: More good things on the way.

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Speaker 3: Let's get to hurdling.

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Speaker 2: Today.

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Speaker 3: I am sitting down with Kirstin Ferguson. She is a

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Speaker 1: How does an add that to like my resume? Please,

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Speaker 1: just learned so much and have so much respect for

441
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Speaker 1: the sport now, and also just what my body is

442
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Speaker 1: capable of doing all of it.

443
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Speaker 2: Isn't it interesting?

444
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: Though?

445
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Speaker 3: And I would love your perspective on this because so

446
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,400
Speaker 3: many of your community members, they look at you, you're

447
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 3: teaching them how to do the thing, and then you're

448
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,239
Speaker 3: out there also being taught how to do the time

449
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Speaker 3: do the thing. So how does that feel for you

450
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Speaker 3: being somewhat of a beginner despite being someone that's helping

451
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Speaker 3: other people also on their journeys.

452
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think one of my.

453
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Speaker 1: Biggest things and why I always stay true to who

454
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Speaker 1: I am. I've always been very authentic about that, and

455
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 1: I think, you know, everything I speak about in class

456
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 1: was all from just personal experience, you know, And that

457
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,439
Speaker 1: was also a big driving factor for me to do

458
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Speaker 1: the marathon is I know so many people that train

459
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 1: with me on a daily basis, and I want to

460
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Speaker 1: be able to talk about it from an authentic perspective

461
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: and know that, you know, I went.

462
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Speaker 2: Through this process. I always said that I was.

463
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: Not a runner, and so now to be able to

464
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,879
Speaker 1: officially call myself a runner now is like wild to me.

465
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Speaker 1: But you know, accepting that, you know, I wasn't always

466
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Speaker 1: a runner, but I'm a runner now and I have

467
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: a story to tell and I pride myself in, you know,

468
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 1: speaking to that person that also never sought it for

469
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 1: themselves and say, no, you can.

470
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Speaker 2: You know I did it, you could. If I could

471
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:31,959
Speaker 2: do it, you could do it.

472
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Speaker 1: And I think it was also for me, Emily, it

473
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Speaker 1: was letting go of the perception of I had of

474
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Speaker 1: what a runner was. I had this perception like a

475
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Speaker 1: runner is fast, and if you're going to run a marathon,

476
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Speaker 1: you have to be fast, and if you're not fast,

477
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: you can't run a marathon. You know. I don't know why.

478
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: I just always had this in my head. Finally let

479
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,000
Speaker 1: that go and I was like, you know what, I'm

480
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Speaker 1: run a marathon. I'm gonna do it my way, and

481
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have fun. I'm not going to pressure for

482
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,679
Speaker 1: myself time and I'm just going to do it, you know.

483
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: And and that felt good to me. You know. I

484
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: know everybody's different, but for me, it was, you know,

485
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: letting go of that pressure. I think also one of

486
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Speaker 1: the other things that would have prevented me from signing

487
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Speaker 1: up from marathon is, you know, people are watching, like

488
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: I'm coaching these people, and I'm like, are they going

489
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,719
Speaker 1: to look at my time and judge me? Are they

490
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,919
Speaker 1: going to look at my time and not trust me

491
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Speaker 1: as a coach. You know, all of these things in

492
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: my head said to.

493
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Speaker 2: Let that go.

494
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Speaker 1: You know, I was like, because also there's somebody that

495
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 1: is seeing my time, and it's like, wow, she worked really, really,

496
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: really really hard and she came out on the other side.

497
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Speaker 2: Look at that. I always think about that.

498
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Speaker 3: There are people every day that would kill to be

499
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 3: in your quote unquote worst case scenario. And thank god

500
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,439
Speaker 3: that you got to this place where you could put

501
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 3: that worry aside, albeit very challenging and valid, so that

502
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 3: you could be the person that they look to and

503
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 3: think she could so that I could do.

504
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, in order to be her, you need to

505
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 2: see her.

506
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,959
Speaker 3: And you know that as a mother, as now an instructor,

507
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 3: and the way that you move and speak and carry

508
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 3: yourself matters. And so what an unbelievable example that you've

509
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 3: set for both the members and then and we'll talk

510
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 3: about this shortly, but also your girls, we're not there yet.

511
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 2: Aready yet?

512
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Speaker 3: In the days leading up to the marathon, bring us

513
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:41,680
Speaker 3: into your mindset.

514
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 2: How are you talking to yourself?

515
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I kept myself very busy. I kept myself very

516
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: busy because I didn't want to freak myself out. So

517
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,439
Speaker 1: it was like a marathon before the marathon, but I

518
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: think I just had it in my head that I

519
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,120
Speaker 1: had a long run coming up, had a long run

520
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: coming up, and I was excited, you know. I went

521
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 1: from nerves. I think nerves are good. I had them,

522
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: but I was also just more excited. I was more

523
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: excited to do this thing that I never thought I

524
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: would have ever done, you know, and be able to

525
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: experience it and take it all in.

526
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Speaker 2: I knew, no matter what, I.

527
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: Was going to get to the finish line, because my

528
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: daughters were at the finish line, and so I said

529
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: to myself, Kirsten, even if you have to walk this thing,

530
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: you're going to cross that finish line, You're going to

531
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Speaker 1: be a marathon or And so I held on to that,

532
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: and once you kind of let that go and the

533
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: pressure of that, I.

534
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Speaker 2: Just was like excited.

535
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: I was excited to be able to do this and

536
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,479
Speaker 1: to experience the city in the most beautiful way. I've

537
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: been cheering for the last four years and I've always

538
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: just been so inspired and so that then to be

539
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 1: on the other side.

540
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 2: It was beautiful. It was a beautiful opportunity for me.

541
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Speaker 1: I was excited to be running with Peloton members and

542
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,880
Speaker 1: friends and just have a good day. I knew Peloton

543
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: its going to be at mile nineteen, couldn't wait to

544
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: see them. I think one of the things that I

545
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: did while I was in training, I don't know if

546
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: you do this, but like I visualized, like every house.

547
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 2: That I ran, pretend like they were people, and I

548
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 2: was like.

549
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, okay, Kirsten, Or like I visualized running

550
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: up to my Pelison teammates, like what that's going to

551
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: feel like?

552
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, And that just made me excited, like I

553
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 2: couldn't wait to get to.

554
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 3: Mile nineteen the way that I would cry in the

555
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 3: like days leading up to the marathon. The marathon goes

556
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 3: through my neighborhood, and I thought about running by my

557
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 3: friends and their babies on the side of the street

558
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 3: and just like I would lose it.

559
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 2: Yeh, I absolutely lose it.

560
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 3: So I can really relate to that because it's just

561
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 3: such a special exchange and that exchange is so valuable,

562
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 3: and it reminds you of the power of the exchange

563
00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 3: period right. It reminds us that as humans, we have

564
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 3: the opportunity to be energy dealers from one another, and

565
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 3: it doesn't just have to happen on the side of

566
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 3: a marathon right right, No, for sure, for sure, and

567
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 3: I swear emily I've never felt so loved like I

568
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 3: felt so loved by people I didn't even know, like

569
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 3: just it was just such a beautiful experience and seeing

570
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 3: so many different people from so many different walks of life,

571
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 3: like you just can't help but be inspired out there.

572
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Speaker 3: So my mindset going into it was just excitement, like

573
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Speaker 3: you said earlier. You mentioned that you did all of

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Speaker 3: your long runs or a majority of them solo. I'm

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Speaker 3: guessing that's a logistics thing, gues and no. Can we

601
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Speaker 3: talk about that? Yeah, because I would. I would love

602
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Speaker 3: to get into this conversation with you for sure.

603
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Speaker 1: So one, yes, logistics because I love doing my long

604
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Speaker 1: runs super early in the morning, so five am. I'm

605
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Speaker 1: getting ready and I'm usually out the door by six,

606
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Speaker 1: and so I don't want to wait on nobody. I

607
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: don't want that, you know. I just want to be

608
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Speaker 1: able to do my thing. I have my plan, I

609
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Speaker 1: have my routine, and I want to go. But also

610
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Speaker 1: for me, sometimes I feel like when you run with somebody,

611
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Speaker 1: you feel the pressure, and I don't want to feel

612
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Speaker 1: that this is already hard enough, and so I wanted

613
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Speaker 1: to do it on my own. And also like the

614
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Speaker 1: long runs for me as a mom were for me

615
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: like I get three hours to myself where I am

616
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Speaker 1: not needed for anything, where I don't have to do

617
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: anything but put one foot in front of the other,

618
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: and I can listen to whatever music I want, and

619
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Speaker 1: I could soak all of that in. And so that's

620
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Speaker 1: really why I loved running solo and training solo and

621
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Speaker 1: just tapping into where I was ever mentally. A lot

622
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Speaker 1: of my long runs, I would put gospel music on

623
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: the beginning and I would just start thinking about things

624
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: that I want and saying it out loud. It was

625
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: just like a beautiful way for me to get my

626
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Speaker 1: head together mentally.

627
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Speaker 3: I love to hear this, yeah, and I can really

628
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 3: relate to that. I am similar, and that I probably

629
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Speaker 3: do like fifty percent solo fifty percent in.

630
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Speaker 2: Some sort of community.

631
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Speaker 3: Generally speaking, all of that is just scheduling for me,

632
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 3: Yeah for sure. But I really in the first I

633
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 3: don't even have a solid number to put on this now,

634
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 3: But if I had to guess, like probably in my

635
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 3: first five six seven years of considering myself a runner,

636
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 3: I didn't run with other people, and it was twofold one.

637
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 3: I told myself that it was just my me time.

638
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 3: But truly I was just worried that I wasn't enough

639
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 3: to do it.

640
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 2: Yeah.

641
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, And so when I heard you say that, I

642
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 3: wanted to dig into it a little bit, yeah, and

643
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 3: understand or know or hear a little bit if that's

644
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 3: something that crossed your mind as well.

645
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, because I also just felt bad, like I don't

646
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: know how I'm gonna feel. I'd never really was attached

647
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: to time when I was running. I mean, my coach

648
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: gave me like a parameter, so sometimes my watch would

649
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: like yell at me, like.

650
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 2: Curry up, gir, I'll pick it up.

651
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: But I was never really attached to time, and I

652
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: never wanted to feel like, hey, I'm slowing you down,

653
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: like if I'm slowing you down. Go like just go,

654
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: like I don't want that pressure. And so that I

655
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Speaker 1: did a couple with other people, which was great.

656
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Speaker 2: It was fun. It's fine, but I kind of liked it.

657
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Speaker 3: That's okay, solo, no, And I really can sympathize and

658
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 3: like relate with all of it, right, Like, I think

659
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 3: there are benefits to doing it on your own and

660
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 3: reclaiming that space, and then there are obviously benefits to

661
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 3: doing it within community for sin. For me, until I

662
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 3: started diving into my community and like allowing my community

663
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 3: to show up for me, Yeah, that is what unlocked

664
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 3: a different type of running for me. And even over

665
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 3: the weekend when I was running, I felt like after

666
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 3: fourteen marathons or thirteen marathons, Sunday being my fourteenth, that

667
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 3: this was the first time I full allowed everyone else

668
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 3: just to swallow me whole, Like I got out of

669
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 3: my head and was for the first time in thirteen

670
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,439
Speaker 3: marathons like completely where my feet were.

671
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it was so special, that's beautiful. It was

672
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: so special. I'll also say, like just watching you this

673
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: training cycle, like I remember we first talked about You're like, yeah,

674
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have pizza.

675
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 2: And he was your whole plan.

676
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: And then something I don't know what switched for you,

677
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: but like all of a sudden, I'm like watching you.

678
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: Oh my girl, okay ss like something switched in you

679
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: and I watched it and I was like, oh, just

680
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: not playing any games.

681
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 2: Oh okay, okay.

682
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 3: I'm just trying to channel my inner fierceness of Karsten

683
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 3: with the speed, tenacity of Bex gentry.

684
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: I mean, girl, we ran into each other the marathon

685
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: day out there and I was like, you.

686
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 2: Literally looked at me and you were like, it's great

687
00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 2: to see you have a nice day.

688
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,760
Speaker 1: It's like, have a alright race girl. To you, honey,

689
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: you were like, please leave, please leave a sap. I

690
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 1: don't want you anywhere near me.

691
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 2: It's like I don't want your pressure.

692
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: Girl.

693
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 2: I know you was flying. Girl. I ain't even gonna

694
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 2: try to fake the fun and try to keep up

695
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 2: with you.

696
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 3: Honey, your race day experience different than some others race

697
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 3: day experience, and that you did have this kind of

698
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,280
Speaker 3: I want to call it almost like an elite start,

699
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 3: and that you have the relationship with nyr R.

700
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 2: Tell us what that looked like for you.

701
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: It was wild, like I felt like fiance going up

702
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: to this start line. No, you know, grateful for the

703
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: relationship we have. And it was like a bunch of

704
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: different relationships and we were able to get into Wave

705
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: one and I remember we were going to like this

706
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: holding place and outwalked the elite woman it's like Helen

707
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: and was walking out and we're like yes, God, and

708
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 1: Helen's like in her zone, and I was like, wow,

709
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: this is wild. This is really cool, you know. And

710
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: then all the way when I went out onto the

711
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: bridge and we were going to go behind them, and

712
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: that's when I was like, Wow, this is this is

713
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: this is it, this is happening. And it was beautiful

714
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: because I was out there with my teammates, you know

715
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,800
Speaker 1: that I know all were just going to do amazing

716
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:18,919
Speaker 1: that this is my first one.

717
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 2: So I was just like I'm happy to be here.

718
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 2: We're all like this is wild. I'm just here for

719
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 2: the vibes, you know. So it was beautiful.

720
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 1: It's beautiful morning, you know, the sun was coming out,

721
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 1: and I didn't even feel nervous in that moment. It

722
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: was like, let's go do this.

723
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: You know.

724
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: I think being surrounded by people that you love in

725
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: that moment was beautiful, let's just go have a great race.

726
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 3: When they sing the national anthem, and he did so

727
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 3: good too, Oh beautiful, beautiful. It is just it's game

728
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 3: over for me. Like the chills are there, the fuels

729
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 3: are there. I am like, oh my god.

730
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's time. It's time. It's time, it's time.

731
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 3: At the beginning, as you're going over the Verrizonta and

732
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 3: it's starting to sing in that you're about to run

733
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 3: a marathon, bring us to your headspace as I'm running

734
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 3: too fast, I'm running too slow?

735
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 2: Am I doing this right?

736
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: Like?

737
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 2: Where is your head at?

738
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,879
Speaker 1: Honestly, I didn't even think about my pace at all.

739
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: I was just like, okay, this is the arizontal they

740
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: said this, this is an uphill moment, like just getting

741
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: all the things that everyone told me, like what to

742
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: expect and then turn that off and be super present

743
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: and remember to look right and left and look at

744
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: the city and look at the sun coming up and wow,

745
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: this is amazing.

746
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: Hey, why that guy pushed me?

747
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 1: Hereson, be present, keep going, you know, like and also

748
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 1: you know second road, he was like, people are going

749
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: to try to zoom by you them. Let them, you know,

750
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: that's their race as their goal. You run your race,

751
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: and so I was holding on to that and I

752
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 1: was just enjoying the moment.

753
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 2: I was like, wow, this is really looking cool, like

754
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 2: we're running up the bridge.

755
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: And then coming down the bridge. I remember my coach

756
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: being like, don't go out too fast, you know, stay

757
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: where you're at.

758
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,919
Speaker 2: Then you know the excitement's gonna get you. You're gonna

759
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 2: hear the crowds.

760
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: So I just remember just telling myself to be super

761
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: present and taking every single moment.

762
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,840
Speaker 2: How did you find your coach?

763
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: So my coach is actually Hannah's husband, John Ferry, and

764
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: I remember I was with Wilpers.

765
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 2: I was like, oh my gosh. Now I'm trying to think.

766
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,360
Speaker 1: Right after my hip surgery, I was like, well, I

767
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: think I want to run a half. He's like, oh,

768
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: I got the guy for you. And I said it

769
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 1: to Hannah and she was like connected with me with

770
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: John and he helped me with the half marathon, and

771
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: you know when I said, you know, hey, I'm thinking

772
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: about running the full.

773
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 2: What do you think?

774
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: And we sat down, we had a conversation and he

775
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: walked me through what the training program was going to

776
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: look like it's gonna look very different than the half program,

777
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: so he laid everything out for me and helped me

778
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: understand like what I was really committing.

779
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 3: I think a referral is always really helpful when choosing

780
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 3: a coach, and then obviously important to point out knowing

781
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 3: what their relevant certifications are. Yeah, And I think that

782
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 3: that goes back to our conversation about like the struggles

783
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 3: that go hand in hand with like am I fast enough?

784
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 3: Am I doing well enough? I help other people run?

785
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 3: It's like you know what you have to offer. You

786
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 3: are responsible and smart and diligent and would never steer

787
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 3: someone wrong, like you've done the work to make sure

788
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 3: that by coaching them, you're doing it in a safe and

789
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 3: effective way. Absolutely, So clearly that was something that you

790
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 3: looked for, oh one, especially considering your hip surgery one percent.

791
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 1: And I knew a lot of the other instructors had

792
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 1: worked with him before and they just really trusted him,

793
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: and my experience of working with him for the half

794
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: was fantastic, and so I trusted him to help me

795
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: in the full.

796
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 2: But also you understood.

797
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: The lifestyle too of a Pelton instruction, and he understood

798
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: that my priority was always going to be Peloton and

799
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 1: you know, he would look at my schedule and understand

800
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: what the load was for that week for me work wise.

801
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: We'd have that conversation first before he build out my

802
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: plan for the week. So he was just really smart

803
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: and knowledgeable to help me get to where I need

804
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 1: to be.

805
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 2: Before we continue on the journey of November.

806
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 3: Third, can we also talk about that the structuring, because

807
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 3: obviously what you're doing as a peloton instructor when you're

808
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 3: running X amount every week is very different than what

809
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 3: someone would do if they were simply training for a marathon.

810
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 3: How do you take that into account, especially because some

811
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 3: days your training runs would only be three or four miles,

812
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 3: but you might have to do more than that for work, right.

813
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, So he would take that all into account before

814
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: he would lay out the week, especially if I had,

815
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,280
Speaker 1: you know, certain hit runs or different speed classes.

816
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 2: Because also, like even if.

817
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 1: I'm teaching a walk with members, that's still a lot

818
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: on me mentally and physically. So we really took into

819
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: account everything before he would lay out days. And I

820
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: would understand, I knew the days that I was committed

821
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: to running, but I would really stay away from the

822
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: days that I was teaching because I know how much

823
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: it takes out of me, both physically and mentally, and

824
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: then also fitting in strength training and all the pet

825
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: all of the things, you know. So we would literally

826
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: sit down and map out like, Okay, I'm going to

827
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: do a heavy day this day, so let's put my

828
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: run here or maybe I'll switch it. It was like also

829
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: a dance too of understanding how my body felt after

830
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: a week and where I structured my strength training to

831
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: then figure out, right, well, maybe we'll adjust it here.

832
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:44,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, So it was a lot of back and forth.

833
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 2: For sure.

834
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 3: I really appreciate you highlighting and noting that there's also

835
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 3: mental stress. I believe that regardless of what journey or

836
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 3: on what you might be preparing for, whether it's a

837
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 3: big day at the office or a marathon, a lot

838
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 3: of the time we're not taking into account the other

839
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 3: things that are going on in our lives that impact

840
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 3: and maybe require us to pivot from what was expected

841
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 3: for you in the training. Talk to me about meeting

842
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 3: yourself with where you were at, because did you have

843
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,479
Speaker 3: to ever adapt simply because you were.

844
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 2: Overwhelmed one hundred thousand percent?

845
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, because in addition to being a peloton

846
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: instructor and being additioned to trading for marathon. I'm also

847
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 1: a mom and that comes with peaks and valleys, and

848
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: some days are great and some days are really challenging.

849
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: And I hit a lot of those challenges and I

850
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 1: would just say John, like this not happening this week.

851
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: I just I'm not there mentally and be like, Okay,

852
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,919
Speaker 1: all good, We'll wake it up in the next week.

853
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: Or you know, that's not going to take us out.

854
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: We're good and we're still tracking. We're still good. You know,

855
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: so did one hundred percent. There were weeks where I

856
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: wasn't all there like I did, where I didn't have

857
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: the time or the mental capacity to get in those

858
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: extra runs or get into speech training, you know, on

859
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: a random Wednesday night, like I'm like, no, my kids

860
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: are like driving me nuts, Like I need to sit

861
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: down and I need to just be for a second,

862
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: you know.

863
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 2: And I gave myself grace in that. You Know, what I.

864
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: Really stressed was I don't want this training to stress

865
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: me out. I carry a lot on a daily basis.

866
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: I don't want this to stress me out. I want

867
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: this to be a beautiful addition to what I got

868
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 1: going on.

869
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 2: It's the journey, right, Yeah, for sure.

870
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 3: And I think that that's something that often gets so

871
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 3: lost in this process. If you're only eyeing that finish

872
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 3: line and you're only thinking about the finale, you're missing

873
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 3: the point. Yeah, for sure, for sure. And not to

874
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 3: say that it's not a beautiful experience. And you know,

875
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 3: we're only part of the way talking about yours, but

876
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:57,320
Speaker 3: it is such a small piece to the opportunity cost

877
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 3: that it takes over fourteen, sixteen, twenty weeks to get

878
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: to that one moment.

879
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, it's all a journey. It's all a process,

880
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: you know. And for me, it was giving myself grace

881
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: during the week because I knew, you know, what I

882
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: do for a living. I knew what I have to carry.

883
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: But I'll say I knew like my long runs were

884
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: where I put a lot on my focus and I

885
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 1: knew that that was my time. So though it was

886
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: challenging and hard, I just I also looks forward to

887
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: it like that wasn't the part that stressed me out.

888
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: It was adding on to my workload that was stressful,

889
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: like that during the week, stuff that you have to

890
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: add on, you know, Oh, I just took on twenty

891
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:40,760
Speaker 1: minute power work. I guess I should get some miles

892
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:42,839
Speaker 1: in today, you know, so stuff like that.

893
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:47,720
Speaker 3: When does the marathon on November third start to really

894
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 3: feel challenging for you?

895
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 2: So it felt.

896
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: Challenging at miles twenty, Yeah, miles twenty, because that's also

897
00:45:57,640 --> 00:45:58,800
Speaker 1: the furthest I went in my training.

898
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, mile twenty, I was like woof, woof, woof.

899
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 3: And that's also when everything started crazy. I saw you

900
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,759
Speaker 3: at seventeen yeah, yeah, so not for Peloton.

901
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: Before Peloton, I mean even when I saw you, it

902
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,800
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, this is this is starting to get tough,

903
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: this is starting to get tough. You know. When I

904
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: saw Peloton, I had a really emotional breakdown.

905
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 2: Because I knew it was hard.

906
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: But then you got that boost from seeing all your

907
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,240
Speaker 1: people and feeling all that love and getting a cry

908
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: out and somehow it just makes you feel good. Yeah.

909
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 2: And then mile twenty I was like, what is this?

910
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: Like? My legs everything was just like and then all

911
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,720
Speaker 1: of a sudden, my stomach I just started feeling sick.

912
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 2: And that's also interesting.

913
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: One of my earbuds popped out when I hugged my friend,

914
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 1: and so I had no music from nineteen to twenty six,

915
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: and so I don't know if you experienced this, but

916
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 1: as you get to like twenty three twenty four, the

917
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 1: noise it started to make me feel nauseous, like it

918
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:09,760
Speaker 1: was like overstimulated at that point, and I was just like, please,

919
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: let me just get to the finish line.

920
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 2: Just get to get to the fish line. You're doing

921
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 2: so good, Kirsten, you know. But yeah, it was interesting.

922
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: I never experienced I never thought that that's what I

923
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,720
Speaker 1: would experience. I remember just being like, I'm so excited

924
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: for the crowds, but like towards the end, I was like,

925
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: I wish I had noise canceling headphones just to like

926
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: zone out a little bit because it was so hard

927
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 1: for me in that moment that I just wanted to close.

928
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 2: It out a little bit.

929
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 3: I understand strange. It's not strange, I understand. Yeah, it's

930
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,959
Speaker 3: also very understandable that you would feel this way. And

931
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 3: is there some resistance there too, being vulnerable to allowing

932
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 3: all of these people.

933
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 2: Probably to show up for you? Probably? Yeah, probably. It

934
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,799
Speaker 2: was just like, Okay, I need y'all to just let

935
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:57,320
Speaker 2: me be.

936
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: I know y'all are here, like this is a Lott's

937
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:01,359
Speaker 1: see you and then.

938
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 2: You wear the name yeah.

939
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 1: And so it's also like I didn't know if there

940
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: were Peloton members or if it was just someone saying

941
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,360
Speaker 1: my name, Like do I turn for everyone? That's a

942
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: lot of energy that you spend. And so just towards

943
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,080
Speaker 1: the end, I think I was just losing it, and

944
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: the only thing I kept visualizing was like, my daughters

945
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 1: are at the finish sign. My daughters are at the

946
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: finish sign. It's okay to walk a little bit. And

947
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 1: then you got to keep going. Your daughters are there,

948
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: They're waiting for you. They made signs. Yeah, get to

949
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: the end.

950
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 2: Yeah they did.

951
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll talk about their signs in just a second.

952
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,840
Speaker 3: Before we do, I want to bring you back to

953
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 3: mile nineteen when you saw the Peloton squad.

954
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: Was it how you visualized? Exactly how I visualized it.

955
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: I knew Jessins was going to be there.

956
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 3: I scared the hell out of her when I remire

957
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,359
Speaker 3: she was looking the other way and I saw her

958
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 3: in her cute little brown hed and I reached for

959
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,239
Speaker 3: her arm and then I'm like, oh my god, I

960
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,240
Speaker 3: probably just scared the sh out of her. I reached

961
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:02,640
Speaker 3: for her arm and I grab it.

962
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:04,879
Speaker 2: She just like, oh my god. I'm like, oh my god,

963
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 2: that's so crazy.

964
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 3: Just like ran by her and I texted her yesterday

965
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 3: I was like, I am sorry for a time assaulting you,

966
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,840
Speaker 3: assaulting you, and I ran, but you.

967
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:14,799
Speaker 2: Knew she was going to be there.

968
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:16,480
Speaker 1: I knew she was going to be there, And there

969
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: was just something about seeing them like I had envisioned

970
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 1: it for so long and so like running straight to

971
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: her was like I was running towards my sister. I

972
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 1: don't I don't have a sister. I'm an only son,

973
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 1: only child, and so like I think there was something

974
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: about just running towards her and knowing that she was

975
00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 1: so proud of me, and all of them were, and

976
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: it was just a beautiful, super emotional moment for me,

977
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:49,359
Speaker 1: Like even to see Robin out there like after you know,

978
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: her believing in me when I didn't believe myself, and

979
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: like just all the people there, Matt Wolper's was out there,

980
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 1: like I was just like, oh my god, I loved

981
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 1: y'all so much and they just the confetti bomb and

982
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: just hugging them and then just to be real and

983
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,200
Speaker 1: just be like this is so hard, and like you

984
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,359
Speaker 1: got this. You gotta keep going, keep going, You're so close,

985
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: You're doing so good. You know.

986
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 2: Just hearing that in that moment was what I needed

987
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 2: and so wild.

988
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 3: Also being on the other side, because I don't even

989
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:22,799
Speaker 3: think when Jess ran the marathon in Boston that you

990
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:23,560
Speaker 3: thought that you.

991
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 2: Were going to run a marathon. Oh gosh, absolutely not.

992
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: I was like, she is nuts, but I'm going to

993
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 1: go support her because you know, she had went through

994
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: her own challenges with injury, and I was like, I'm

995
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 1: going to go up here.

996
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:34,880
Speaker 2: And you know, she didn't.

997
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: Tell anybody that she was doing it right, which I

998
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: think was a beautiful way to go about it too.

999
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 2: You know, I think we both that's how you could

1000
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 2: tell we're both so different.

1001
00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 1: I tell everyone, She's like, I'm just going to do it,

1002
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 1: and then I'll tell everybody after. But you know, just

1003
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: being out there and being able to support her, and

1004
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,560
Speaker 1: I knew that she would be out there, you know,

1005
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,439
Speaker 1: cheering for me, and I was getting tons of text

1006
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 1: messages from her like every mile, like keep going, yeah,

1007
00:50:57,960 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: so good.

1008
00:50:58,640 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1009
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 3: You are running on Central Park South and you are

1010
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 3: heading toward twenty six point two, you pass twenty six,

1011
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 3: you're turning that right that Columbus Circle and you make

1012
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 3: that final right into the park. Where's your head? Where's

1013
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 3: your heart?

1014
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:21,799
Speaker 1: My head and my heart are connected, and I'm just

1015
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: saying to myself. And I also ran with my pet,

1016
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,359
Speaker 1: and I was like, I did this, I did this,

1017
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: I did this. I can I can almost see the

1018
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 1: finish line. I remember like taking the the marathon scenic

1019
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 1: classes on Teleton, and I remember the moment like I

1020
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 1: remember like, this is the finish line is close, you know,

1021
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:42,400
Speaker 1: so I visually, I'm a visual person, so I knew

1022
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,440
Speaker 1: like it was coming. And I was like, Kirsten, you

1023
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:50,920
Speaker 1: really did this, you really did this, and you are

1024
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: so close. You're so close. You're so close. Yeah, and

1025
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:00,480
Speaker 1: your daughters are literally inches away from you now at

1026
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: this point. So where were they they were brought down

1027
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: onto the finish line? Yeah, yeah, So I crossed the

1028
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: finish line and I was like, where are my babies?

1029
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: And then I look up and I see a sign

1030
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 1: with my head on it, like like a cutout of

1031
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:18,840
Speaker 1: my head, and then like another sign, and I was like,

1032
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: there they are, and I I ran right up to

1033
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:23,839
Speaker 1: them and I.

1034
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 2: Just lost it. I lost it.

1035
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: I lost it, and they were just like, we're so

1036
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 1: proud of you, Mom, We're so proud of you. And

1037
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 1: then Emory had my metal. Oh so she put the

1038
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: metal around my neck.

1039
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 2: And that was everything for me. Like that was for

1040
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 2: them to be able to see how I went through

1041
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:54,759
Speaker 2: something so hard, to then get back and then to

1042
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:59,200
Speaker 2: do this was just and then to have her put

1043
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:02,160
Speaker 2: the metal on my neck, it was like just the

1044
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 2: form of like them saying they're so proud of me

1045
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 2: after it all was just my why and doing it all,

1046
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 2: you know, is for them to see me as their example.

1047
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 2: But like also know like I would do anything for them,

1048
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:19,960
Speaker 2: and for them to show up for me in that

1049
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 2: day was beautiful for me, so beautiful.

1050
00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:27,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you don't necessarily need to run twenty six

1051
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 3: point two miles, I.

1052
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 2: Know, know, like I'll never do that again. I'll I'll

1053
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:35,719
Speaker 2: just make them pancakes and they'll still be excited. They

1054
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,360
Speaker 2: will same excitement.

1055
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 3: They will because you are their superhero. Yeah yeah hard

1056
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 3: stop yeah right yeah. And so to see you for.

1057
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 2: Them at that moment so special.

1058
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,239
Speaker 3: But it's really just solidifying it yet again what they

1059
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 3: already know. Yeah, like Mom's here, she ain't going anywhere,

1060
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,399
Speaker 3: you know, and she will always make her way back

1061
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 3: to you.

1062
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 2: Yes, And I told him that.

1063
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: In that moment, I was like, you are the reason

1064
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:06,160
Speaker 1: why I crossed the finish line.

1065
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 2: I knew you were here.

1066
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, that is the only reason why I crossed the

1067
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:14,319
Speaker 1: finish line. You guys, the only reason why I cross

1068
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: the finish line. I knew you were there. Yeah.

1069
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 2: How'd you celebrate? So?

1070
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 1: I had a house full of people. All my friends

1071
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 1: came over. I had big brunch, but I was so

1072
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 1: ill I couldn't even eat.

1073
00:54:31,239 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 2: I didn't want to eat.

1074
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I pulled my legs and sleeves and sat and

1075
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:41,560
Speaker 1: I just wanted to calm down from it all and

1076
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: just process it, you know. But everyone was just so

1077
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 1: happy for me and wanted to celebrate, and I'm just

1078
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:54,359
Speaker 1: so grateful. I think for me also, it's accepting love

1079
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 1: in a different way. For me, for so long, I

1080
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: thought love had to come from a partner, and now

1081
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: i'm it can come from so many different places and spaces.

1082
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:06,720
Speaker 1: And I felt so loved that day from people I

1083
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:10,880
Speaker 1: didn't even know to, like my chosen family to my family.

1084
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:16,399
Speaker 1: I just felt so much love. What about the love

1085
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:21,319
Speaker 1: from yourself? Still working on that, Yeah, I'm definitely still

1086
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:25,879
Speaker 1: working on that. But I did find some quiet time

1087
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:29,880
Speaker 1: in the shower while I was like, oh that chafed

1088
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 1: a little, where I was like, I'm so proud of you.

1089
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: I'm so proud of you Hereston. You worked really freaking

1090
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:41,360
Speaker 1: hard and you did that, and you told yourself you

1091
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,719
Speaker 1: would never do it, and you did it. And so

1092
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 1: I did have that quiet moment in the shower. But

1093
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: still still working on the love of me process.

1094
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:56,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I've definitely mentioned this on the show before,

1095
00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:58,920
Speaker 3: but I was once at a workshop and there were

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Speaker 3: maybe like forty five women in the room, and the

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00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:03,840
Speaker 3: facilitator was like, I want you to think about someone

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00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:07,879
Speaker 3: you love and write down like a sentiment to share

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Speaker 3: with them, and not a single woman in the room

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00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:18,919
Speaker 3: thought about herself. And it's a testament really to what

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00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 3: ninety nine point nine percent of us always are doing.

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Speaker 3: We're naturally in community, we're naturally in service of others.

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00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,480
Speaker 3: We're naturally people that aren't going to say I'm going

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Speaker 3: to put myself first. But what I would say is

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00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:38,760
Speaker 3: one of my biggest lessons from doing this fourteen times

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Speaker 3: over is that I will never regret investing in myself.

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00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 3: I will never regret showing up for myself. And so

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Speaker 3: now when you reflect on your training process, your marathon journey,

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Speaker 3: what would you say has been one of your biggest takeaways?

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Speaker 1: One of my biggest takeaways I would say is stop

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00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:10,480
Speaker 1: limiting yourself, Kirston. You are called to do so much,

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Speaker 1: and just stop believing the lies that you've been telling yourself.

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Speaker 2: What are some of the lies?

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00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 1: Not capable, not good enough, too slow, if too big

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Speaker 1: of hips.

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00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:30,480
Speaker 2: Definitely can't run a marathon. You definitely can't run a

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00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 2: marathon with them hips, honey, And now you know that

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00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 2: not to be true.

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Speaker 1: It's not true. It's not true. You can run a

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Speaker 1: marathon with hips. Hey, Yeah, And like every runner looks different,

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00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:48,680
Speaker 1: every mother brother looks different, and you know we get

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00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: the same metal. You know, you ran it a lot

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Speaker 1: faster than mine, but on this side it looks the same.

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00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:56,800
Speaker 1: Yours hasn't graved. I don't have my time on it,

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00:57:57,080 --> 00:58:00,040
Speaker 1: but it all it's all the same, right. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: if you can get through that twenty six point two,

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00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:08,280
Speaker 1: you're incredible, Yeah, incredible, incredible, incredible, regardless of how long

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Speaker 1: it takes you.

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Speaker 3: You know, I was honest, And how long it takes you.

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Speaker 3: It's so true. It's so true. I was the wall

1131
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 3: in the studio that we're sitting in right now. I

1132
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,080
Speaker 3: have six big posters, and one for each of the

1133
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 3: world marathon majors. New York is the only one that

1134
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 3: I've run multiple times, and previously on the wall I

1135
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 3: had the New York time, which also happened to be

1136
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,880
Speaker 3: my fastest marathon ever. And I got my new poster

1137
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,520
Speaker 3: yesterday and I came home and I thought to myself, Yeah,

1138
00:58:36,520 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 3: I'm gonna put the new one in there, because it

1139
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 3: isn't about the time for me. Yes, you can aspire

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Speaker 3: to something start.

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00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,400
Speaker 2: I love that for you, It's part of it.

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00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:49,200
Speaker 3: But when I think about the journey to each of

1143
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 3: these different destinations, they are all so beautiful and so

1144
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:56,080
Speaker 3: special in their own way that they all deserve to

1145
00:58:56,120 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 3: be celebrated, absolutely regardless of what those say at the end,

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00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:03,040
Speaker 3: regardless of what's on the back of the metal.

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Speaker 1: The fact that you have one of these as awesome.

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00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 1: I love hearing the clinging.

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00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,120
Speaker 2: Let me tell you something. They're like, Oh, you're gonna

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00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:13,240
Speaker 2: wear your metal metal Monday.

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00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 1: I said, no metal year, honey, metal yahs, sick of

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00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,560
Speaker 1: see in this thing? Because I'm wearing it everywhere.

1153
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:18,600
Speaker 2: You're gonna be sick of me.

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00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:21,760
Speaker 1: You're gonna be Could you go and talk about that

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00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 1: metal again?

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Speaker 2: Would you do it again? No? Oh wow, I didn't

1157
00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 2: expect that, Gandi Bla. Really Yeah, No, you don't need

1158
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:32,479
Speaker 2: to do it. I don't need to do it again.

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00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:36,880
Speaker 1: You feel full. I feel full, like I I can

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Speaker 1: really close the door on the fact that I said

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00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,960
Speaker 1: I would never do this like I'm full, I'm full.

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00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:50,520
Speaker 1: I don't need to do it again. I think for me,

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00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:53,800
Speaker 1: I love the half marathon distance, and I think where

1164
00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:56,439
Speaker 1: I want to play is maybe do more halves and

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00:59:56,880 --> 01:00:00,120
Speaker 1: work on time there. But I also just want I

1166
01:00:00,160 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 1: get back into strength training and challenge myself in other

1167
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 1: ways and maybe find a different hobby. But I you know,

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01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 1: I do appreciate running and I and I do love

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01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: that time. For me, I just don't know if I

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01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:19,560
Speaker 1: need to do that distance. Yeah again, that's understandable. I'm

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Speaker 1: totally fine. Yeah, I want to like love like I

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01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,560
Speaker 1: love that I did it. I did it, I did it.

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01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 1: I don't have to do it again. You know. What's

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01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,920
Speaker 1: also interesting is it's almost like kids, they're like, all right,

1175
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 1: we did that now what are you gonna do? It's like, uh,

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01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:34,480
Speaker 1: celebrate this, Yeah, but how important is that?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:35,000
Speaker 1: Yeah?

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01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:37,600
Speaker 2: That is something that is so often overlooked.

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Speaker 3: It's like we give ourselves this narrow window of time

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01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 3: to celebrate. That's it, and then it's like, Okay, onto

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01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:45,640
Speaker 3: the next thing, On to the next thing.

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01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 2: Now.

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01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 1: I want you to be like fully present and what

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01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:52,240
Speaker 1: you just did, yeah, and all that you accomplished. Yeah,

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01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna sit in it for a while because

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01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: I feel like I still haven't fully processed at all,

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01:00:56,840 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 1: even sitting here talking to you. I'm a sit in

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01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:01,920
Speaker 1: it for a while. I'm a sit in I'm a

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01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:06,160
Speaker 1: celebrated and yeah, I don't know if I need to

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Speaker 1: do it again.

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Speaker 3: Though you sat in your pause era for a while, Yeah,

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01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,600
Speaker 3: you might as well sit in this one for a

1194
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:11,080
Speaker 3: while too.

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Speaker 2: I love it. I love it here.

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01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:17,800
Speaker 3: It's done for anyone else who ever doubted that they

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01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:22,360
Speaker 3: could too take on a feat like this. Maybe it's

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01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:28,560
Speaker 3: a marathon. What do you have to say to them?

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Speaker 3: What I told myself, Stop believing the lies that you've

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01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:36,720
Speaker 3: been telling yourself. You're capable. I always believe that if

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01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 3: you have that feeling on your heart, we all know

1202
01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 3: what that feeling is. But when you don't feel like

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01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 3: you're qualified or capable, you just tell yourself you can't. Instead,

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01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 3: what if you just say, well, it's on my heart,

1205
01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 3: let me try, let me try and see what happens.

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01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:59,120
Speaker 3: And there's gonna be peaks and valleys in that too,

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01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 3: but still try, still try. If it's not your heart,

1208
01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 3: try it, try it. What's the worst that could happen.

1209
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 3: What's the worst that could happen? You learn something new

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01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 3: about yourself. I'm gonna make that a gift and just

1211
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:13,040
Speaker 3: like keep that out in my life. Like you just saying,

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Speaker 3: what's the worst that.

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01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 2: Could happen, the worst that could happen.

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Speaker 3: I love that you have an opportunity right now as

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01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:22,400
Speaker 3: we finish up, to offer yourself a piece of advice.

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01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:25,080
Speaker 3: If we go back to the pause era, if we

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01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,160
Speaker 3: go back to the woman that was so beside herself

1218
01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 3: with frustration that she was nowhere where she wanted to be.

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Speaker 3: Knowing what you know now having that metal around your neck,

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Speaker 3: what do you tell her?

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Speaker 1: I have a lot to tell her, but I would

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01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:51,240
Speaker 1: first tell her that I am proud of her, proud

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Speaker 1: of her. Then in that moment in that moment, because

1224
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:57,440
Speaker 1: it was one of the darkest times in my life,

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01:02:57,560 --> 01:02:59,560
Speaker 1: to be honest, where I just felt like all that

1226
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Speaker 1: I worked hard for.

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Speaker 2: I worked so hard to.

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Speaker 1: Get through the divorce, to get to Peloton, to learn

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Speaker 1: everything I needed to learn to then be running and

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01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,080
Speaker 1: things be great, you know in flow I like to

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01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:14,920
Speaker 1: call it, and then for it all to come to

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01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,960
Speaker 1: a halt, and I didn't know if I was going

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01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,520
Speaker 1: to be able to run again, and I didn't know

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Speaker 1: like this was my livelihood, this that I provide for

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Speaker 1: my children. Didn't know all that, and then I had

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Speaker 1: so much to heal. I did all that in that moment,

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01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,880
Speaker 1: before even the vision of a marathon. I would want

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Speaker 1: her to know I'm proud of her. I'm so proud

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01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:39,959
Speaker 1: of her as she is she is. Oh my god,

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Speaker 1: I'm so happy for you. Thanks, I'm so proud of you.

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Speaker 3: It has like been it has been such a joy

1242
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:50,800
Speaker 3: to watch you on this journey and I'm grateful to

1243
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:53,400
Speaker 3: have been the smallest part of it.

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01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,040
Speaker 2: No, you were a big part of it. So thank you.

1245
01:03:56,120 --> 01:04:00,560
Speaker 1: Like your encouragement throughout this whole process has been for me,

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01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,720
Speaker 1: Like I think you even saw something in me that

1247
01:04:02,760 --> 01:04:05,800
Speaker 1: I didn't see in myself either, Like, so I appreciate

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Speaker 1: you down girl.

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01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:09,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I mean, but that's again that goes back

1250
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:11,720
Speaker 3: to our conversation about like, when you're in it, it's hard.

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01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:14,520
Speaker 3: It's hard, and we are so lucky to have the

1252
01:04:14,520 --> 01:04:16,439
Speaker 3: opportunity to show up for people that we love.

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01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, and like you said on the day of the marathon,

1255
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 3: it reminds you that that is truly an opportunity. And

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01:04:22,680 --> 01:04:27,920
Speaker 3: so now I think that, you know, we get to

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01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,840
Speaker 3: continue to do that without hundreds of thousands of people

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Speaker 3: in one place.

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Speaker 2: Exactly the quiet and the quient.

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Speaker 3: For those that aren't following along with you just yet

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Speaker 3: tell us how we keep up with you on social.

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Speaker 1: You can follow me on Instagram I am Kirsten Ferguson

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01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 1: and catch me on Peloton, Peloton, Tread, Peloton Outdoor. I'd

1264
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Speaker 1: love to see you.

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01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 2: I can't wait to cheer a champagne with you. In

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Speaker 2: four moments.

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Speaker 3: I am over at Emily a Body and at Hurdle

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01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:57,080
Speaker 3: Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.