1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: I think in the midst of darkness you can uncover 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: some really beautiful things as well. You know, I mean, 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: the stars don't come out during the day, So I 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: think maybe we can also spend a little time at 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: the end of the year focusing some attention on you 6 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: know what we're grateful for, thankful for people and events. 7 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: And again, it doesn't mean ignoring the negative. Just make 8 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: sure we don't ignore the positive. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: What's going on? 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 3: Hurdler's Emily Abadi here bringing you not just one, but 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 3: five back to back special episodes of Hurdle a wellness 12 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 3: a focused podcast where we sit down with inspiring individuals 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 3: to talk about everything from their big wins to how 14 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: they've gone through some of life's toughest moments, and let 15 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 3: me tell you, twenty twenty has been filled with them. 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 3: On the show, you can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid 17 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 3: discussions with everyone from top athletes to aspiring entrepreneurs on 18 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 3: what it really takes to follow your passions. My mission 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 3: is simple to inspire you to be your best self, 20 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 3: move with intention, and have some fun along the way. 21 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 3: And that mission, well, that's exactly. 22 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 2: Why I'm here in your ear. 23 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: The last week of twenty twenty to bring you some 24 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 3: much needed motivation to jump start twenty twenty one in 25 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: the new year. Listen, I get it things haven't exactly 26 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 3: been a total breeze, but still there's a lot to 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: be grateful for. And I personally am obscenely grateful not 28 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: just for this community, but for all of the over 29 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: two hundred and fifty guests that I've had the great 30 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: fortune of speaking with since starting the show almost exactly 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: to the date today, three years ago. And so to 32 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: celebrate this big milestone or hurdle to end us off 33 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: on twenty twenty on the right note again, I am 34 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 3: diving into some really great conversations and I could not 35 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 3: be more amped. As I mentioned today, kickstarting five back 36 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 3: to back episodes with none other than Coach Chris Bennett. 37 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 3: He is Nike Running's global head coach and this was 38 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: his original episode, which is linked in the show notes 39 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: the most listened to episode of Hurdle in twenty twenty. 40 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 3: If this is the first time you are hearing of 41 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: Coach Bennett, I could not be more excited to introduce 42 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 3: you to him in all of his glory. 43 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: He is such a motivational. 44 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: Human, not just for runners across the globe, but just 45 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 3: in general, his outlook, his optimism, his realness. It's refreshing 46 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: and just so so wonderful. I have to say, if 47 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: you have yet to listen to Coach Bennett's First go 48 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 3: Around on Hurdle, it is a gem my favorite thing 49 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: which we. 50 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: Chat about today. 51 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 3: His analogy about moldy strawberries and being a runner and 52 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: going through life. You know, every now and again, the 53 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 3: gist of it, you encounter a moldy strawberry. But that 54 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 3: doesn't mean that you hate strawberries altogether. It just means 55 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: you got to keep going and look for the non 56 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 3: moldy strawberries. I know that this is a weird thing 57 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: to be talking about right now, strawberries and mold in 58 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: this intro, you're a little confused. Trust me again, if 59 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: you haven't listened to Coach Bennett The first go Around 60 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: on Hurdle, you've got to click on over to the 61 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 3: show notes and give it a listen. 62 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 2: In today's episode, just like all the. 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 3: Episodes this week, Coach Bennett and I are catching up 64 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 3: about the year that was, about the hurdles that he 65 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 3: encountered over twenty twenty. 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This week, as you are listening, please don't 96 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: forget to tag Hurdle over on Instagram and is at 97 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 3: Hurdle podcast. 98 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 2: You can also find. 99 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 3: Me at Emily a Body and make sure to give 100 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: the guests some love. We've got some really great voices 101 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 3: chiming in this week spoiler alert, look forward to Jess 102 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 3: Simms from Peloton des Lyndon, Boston Marathon champion and Olympian, 103 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 3: Sadie Lincoln, the founder of Bar three, and Rachel Drury, 104 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 3: the founder and CEO of Daily Harvest. I'm amped, I 105 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 3: hope you're amped. Y'all mean the world to me and 106 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 3: I am excited to end this year on a high note. 107 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 3: With that, let's get to Hurdling today, I am catching 108 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 3: up with the one, the only Coach Bennett. 109 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 2: Coach, how are you doing today? 110 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing I'm doing great. How are you? 111 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 2: I'm doing well? 112 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 3: I'm I'm actually kind of excited because in our first 113 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 3: recording earlier this year, we weren't looking at each other, 114 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 3: and now we're looking at each other. 115 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: I know, I apologize ahead of time for what you've 116 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: got to look at. You know. 117 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. 118 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: I've got a face for audio. I'll put it to 119 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: you that way. 120 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 3: Oh I disagree. I think this mustache needs this kind 121 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: of pr. 122 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: You know I appreciate that. 123 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 2: Well, thanks so much for your time today. 124 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: One of the most listened to episodes of Hurdle in 125 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: twenty twenty, the Coach Bennett episode So Sorry. 126 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: It's more of a testament to you than me. 127 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: Tell me, how has twenty twenty been treating you? What's 128 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 3: what's been some of the biggest changes for you this year? 129 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: How has twenty twenty been treating me? Wow? I think 130 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty has treated me like it's treated everyone else. 131 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: It's with no respect to my feelings or you know, 132 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: my my well being. It's twenty twenty has been a 133 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: tough year and consistently tough. I mean, if you if 134 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: you rewind, it was it was really January when we 135 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: started to head into at least the initial discussions that 136 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: there may be a pandemic. And I think one of 137 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: the hardest parts has been not having a light really 138 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel. And I think that's 139 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: that's if you look at really why people have great 140 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: fear pretty much about anything, it's about the unknown. If 141 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: you know what's going to happen, you're you're much less 142 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: afraid because one you can plan and you can anticipate. 143 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: It's the same thing with running. I mean, that's why 144 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: people get scared on a starting line because they're not 145 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: quite sure what's going to happen. And I feel like 146 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: we've we've almost been stuck on a starting line for 147 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: a really long time, like like how long is this race? 148 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: We don't know, you know, how how hard are we 149 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: going to have to run? What's the weather? I mean 150 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: to not to make this all about running, but you know, 151 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: there's a lot of similarities, and I think that's that's 152 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: been the hardest part of twenty twenty is you'd you know, 153 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: was twenty twenty going to turn into twenty twenty one, 154 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: and we were just going to have twenty twenty Part two? 155 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: Was it going to extend into twenty twenty two and 156 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: have a you know, twenty two part three? And that's 157 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: hard because you're trying to stay positive and you're trying 158 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: to not let a lot of the negatives weigh you down, 159 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: and you're trying to make plans and help other people 160 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: and help yourself. So I think the best thing we 161 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: can all do is admit when things are hard, And 162 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: I think twenty twenty was a really, really brutal year. 163 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: But again, I think we also have to realize that 164 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: we're here saying it's a really brutal year, which means 165 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: we made it. And that's a testament too. I think 166 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: a lot of people's friends and support systems, and there's 167 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: a lot of news about bad leaders in the world, 168 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: but we've had a lot of good leaders too. We've 169 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: had a lot of good leaders on a local level. 170 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: So I think in the midst of darkness you can 171 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: uncover some really beautiful things as well, you know, I mean, 172 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: the stars don't come out during the day, so I 173 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: think maybe we can also spend a little time at 174 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: the end of the year, focusing some attention on you 175 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: know what we're grateful for, thankful for people and events, 176 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: And again that doesn't mean ignoring the negative, just make 177 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: sure we don't ignore the positive. 178 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 3: And you mentioned how a lot of good leaders for 179 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 3: so many athletes, you being one of them. How has 180 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 3: your role as a coach kind of maybe shifted or 181 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 3: how has this impacted you in what you do with 182 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 3: Nike in the past year. 183 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: I think it's made me spend more time celebrating. I mean, 184 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: I've always been a big proponent of celebrating the little things, 185 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: but I think I've tried to really work hard to 186 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: acknowledge when I see something that I think deserves a 187 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,599 Speaker 1: little attention. Maybe in the past I was saying we 188 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: should all be celebrating little things, but I think now 189 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit more active and hunting out those moments. 190 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: And again, I think the first time we talked, I 191 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: mentioned how I started my day just really trying to 192 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: react to or maybe be proactive and be in touch 193 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: with as many different people as possible. That hasn't stopped, 194 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: and I think I admitted it back in you know, 195 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: the spring, when we spoke too. I think I think 196 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: as much good as that does for other people to receive, 197 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: you know, like a high five, so to speak. Man, 198 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: it has it has saved me, you know, And I 199 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: think there's going to be a kind of a delayed 200 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: reaction to twenty twenty where we're going to look back 201 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: and realize the things that saved us. And to me, 202 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: the opportunity to tell somebody that they did a good 203 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 1: job and them respond back so positively, that was that 204 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: was saving me, you know, and as a person. But 205 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: also I was a better dad after that because I 206 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: was a little more positive. I was a better husband, 207 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: you know, I was less of an asshole when I 208 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: was driving down the road because of that. So I 209 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: owe way more to you know, the the athletes and 210 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: the people that I've connected with this year than they 211 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: could ever owe me. 212 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: And so do the other people on the road. 213 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I am a Jersey driver, so you know 214 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: I have I have an excuse, but people don't know 215 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: that with the Oregon plates anymore. It used to be 216 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: kind of excused when they would see the Jersey plates, 217 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: but not anymore. 218 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: So then let's talk about lessons that you've learned this year. 219 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: Specific to this year. 220 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: Obviously, as a leader, you are constantly evolving, constantly trying 221 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 3: to bring some inspiration to athletes worldwide. When you boil 222 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 3: it down, what have you learned in twenty twenty. 223 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: There's nothing I don't I don't think i've I've learned 224 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: anything new. But I think lessons that I've learned that 225 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: maybe I had put on the back burner, or you know, 226 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: a lot of times you can you have to relearn 227 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: things you already know. You know, there's a great there's 228 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: a great moment. Really, I find coaching moments and all 229 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: sorts of things. You know, like if people say what's 230 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: the best book to read about coaching? I bring up 231 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: a chapter from you know, Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer. 232 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,359 Speaker 1: I think that's there's a chapter in there about whitewashing 233 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: of fences. That's basically how you coach somebody to run. 234 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 1: But when I think at twenty twenty, oddly enough, I 235 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: think of a castaway with Tom Hanks and Wilson Well, 236 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: and I'm going to talk about Wilson because we had to. 237 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: You know, there's a great lesson in there that he 238 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: would not have survived if he didn't have Wilson. It 239 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: wasn't the coconuts, like he could have survived physically, but 240 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: by the time they found him, he would have been 241 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: so far gone. If he had not had Wilson, then 242 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,719 Speaker 1: it wouldn't have mattered that he was physically alive. He 243 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: would have been emotionally and spiritually dead. And I think 244 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:46,119 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, we were forced to find our Wilson's, 245 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 1: you know, because and because we couldn't come together in groups. 246 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: We were about to go through a Christmas where you're 247 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: not going to be able to see your loved ones 248 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: if you're actually you know, taking into account their well being. 249 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: So it proved to me just how important Wilson's are, 250 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: which is just human contact, you know. And it's yeah, 251 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: we have shelter, and you know, the pandemic didn't take 252 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: that away, and you know, we have access to food, 253 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: We have all these things. But I think it made 254 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: us realize just how essential human connection is. And it's 255 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: whether it's our kids needing to be in school, you know, 256 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: when it's safe to be in there, not just so 257 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: they can learn, but so they can have connection with 258 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: their peers and their friends. And it's the same with adults. 259 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: So to me, I think in a way technology has 260 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: saved us, but it saved us in a way that 261 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: proved that technology is not the answer. It's actually just 262 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: reaffirmed to us that you know that the handshakes and 263 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: the high fives and the hugs. I mean, shit, I 264 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: miss that stuff so much. You know, I miss sitting 265 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: down next to someone while I'm waiting to pick up 266 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: my Buffalo wings and having a beer and talking to 267 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: a stranger, you know I have. I miss telling somebody 268 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: bless you after they sneeze and not recoiling instead. You know, 269 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: like these are just little silly things, but they're the 270 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: reason why when we go to bed, we're not tense 271 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: and scared and freaking out, which I think so much 272 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: so much of us are now. And yes, a lot 273 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: of it is the unknown and the tension that's out 274 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: there in the world, but the human connection is what 275 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: smooths all of these things out. So to me, that's 276 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: the great lesson of twenty twenty is that we actually 277 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: need each other. 278 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: Who is one person that you've reconnected with in twenty 279 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,119 Speaker 3: twenty that has made you really grateful? 280 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: Actually, my older brother we've talked a ton over the 281 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: last year and it's not that we had been far apart. 282 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: It was just like a lot of things that happened. 283 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: Even the families that are very close, you move away 284 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: from each other, you start talking less and less, and 285 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: I think because of all the chaos and tension in 286 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: the world, and you know, there actually was openings in 287 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: your day where you're looking around saying, what exactly am 288 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: I going to do right now? And we found ourselves 289 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: talking to each other. So I think that was that 290 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: was one of the gifts. I think there's a lot 291 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: of gifts, you know, that I've received over twenty twenty, 292 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: you know, And I think in order to make it 293 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: through twenty twenty, you had to receive a lot of gifts, 294 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: you know. So if people just take a little bit 295 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: of time think about it, I think they're going to 296 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: find more more presence lying around them than they thought. 297 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: I like that takeaway. 298 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: If you're going to talk about gifts aside from the 299 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: relationship with your brother, you know, I'm going to poke 300 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: at you and ask you in another one that you've 301 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: found has been. 302 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: How busy I've been over the past nine months. That 303 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: was another gift. I mean, not just to keep me sane, 304 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: but We talked about this on the original podcast. The 305 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: constant interaction I've had with runners, whether it's people who 306 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: have been running for a long time or people who 307 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: just started running, has been great. 308 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: Can we, for a second talk about your strawberry analogy. 309 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 3: Can I tell you how many people reached out to 310 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 3: me about the fact that sometimes you're going to find 311 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 3: mouldy strawberry in your box of strawberries over the past 312 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 3: eight minles. 313 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: It's I don't I wish I could say that was 314 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: some really well thought out explanation. I just remember being 315 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: halfway through that being like, I really better come up 316 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: with an ending here, because I don't know where I'm 317 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: going with it. And the last thing I wanted to 318 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: force you to do was have, you know, like two 319 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: hours of editing, being like this idio idiot just talked 320 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: about strawberries for fifteen minutes and it made no sense. 321 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 2: But do you think that twenty twenty is a moldy strawberry? 322 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: No? I don't, And I think you can't allow it 323 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: to be a moldy strawberry because it's not. I mean, 324 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: in a moldy strawberry is just disgusting. But I don't 325 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: I think you know, this is one of those situations 326 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: where it's more like it's it's a basket of strawberries, 327 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: and maybe there were more bad ones than good ones. 328 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: But this isn't just a strawberry. This is this is 329 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: a whole basket of them. And yeah, there were some 330 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: really shitty strawberries. I shouldn't have made it into the basket. 331 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: You know, like somebody needs to be spoken to about this. 332 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 3: If someone's saying to this episode right now and you 333 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,479 Speaker 3: haven't listened to Bennett's original episode of Hurdle, please pause this, 334 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 3: come back, go check it out, and then yeah, come 335 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 3: come back here. 336 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: You'll see what we're talking about. 337 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: And then and maybe pick up some strawberries. Yes, And 338 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: I think that's the way that you got to look 339 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: at twenty twenty. I mean, you know, I have I 340 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: also have the benefit of being a total history dork, 341 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: so I'm always putting things into as much context as 342 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: I can or comparing it to things in the past. 343 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: And you know, one of the wonderful and really sad 344 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: parts of being a history geek is you realize just 345 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: how hard life has been throughout human history. There have 346 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,479 Speaker 1: been some really, really horrible things that have gone on, 347 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: and in the midst of all of it, somehow we 348 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: get through it. And usually as a as a species, 349 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: we're better for it, you know. And I think when 350 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: when this gets written, when twenty twenty gets taught, and 351 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: you have to look at it that way, when twenty 352 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: twenty gets taught in twenty sixty, you know, the hope 353 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: is is that there are kids sitting in a room, 354 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: hopefully together, okay, and they're having class and the teacher saying, 355 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: this group of people had this thrown at them, and 356 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,959 Speaker 1: this thrown at them, and this thrown at them, and 357 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: they kept going, you know, and when the hardest parts 358 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: is it's most acceptable to be a terrible person. You know, 359 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: when times are great and you're a terrible person, everyone 360 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: can look and go, you have no excuse to be 361 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: a bad person. We people have the excuse right now 362 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: to be assholes. People have the excuse right now to 363 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: be really terrible people, because guess what, times are terrible. 364 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: You have the excuse to be selfish, angry, scared, all 365 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: of these things. And yet this is exactly the moment 366 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: when if you're not those things, we get through it, 367 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: and we get through it a little bit quicker so again, 368 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: I think twenty twenty has been one of those things 369 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: where we're so inundated with negative news and stressful things 370 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: that there's almost no time to realize that there are 371 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 1: people out there doing heroic things. And I don't mean 372 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: heroic like with a cape. I mean there are people 373 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: that are going through really, really terrible moments and still 374 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: finding the time to be kind to the person on 375 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: the street. There are healthcare workers that are doing amazing things. 376 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: But you know, I think we also have to realize 377 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: that someone who maybe lost somebody and is walking down 378 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: the street and still is kind to someone else, that's heroic. 379 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: That takes an amazing amount of strength in order to 380 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: do that. And I think it takes an incredible amount 381 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: of strength right now to go on a run when 382 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: you have no energy to say I'm going to be 383 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: better for this and I need to make sure that 384 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: I've got a little peace in my life so i 385 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: can get through tomorrow. All of this stuff is crazy 386 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: powerful to be able to do this, and we're here. 387 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: It's the end of the year, you know, And if 388 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: you're sitting around saying this was a really really tough year, okay, 389 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: well you're the one who got through it. You got 390 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: to celebrate that. 391 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: What excites you for the year to come, well, that it's. 392 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: Going to be twenty twenty one and not twenty twenty. 393 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: So that's slate, fresh slate. I mean, in the big picture, 394 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: the vaccines and finally having a little light at the 395 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: end of the tunnel. But if you kind of allow 396 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: yourself to not always be thinking about, you know, the 397 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: pandemic or something like that, I think what excites me 398 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: is everyone taking It seems odd to say this, but 399 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: the momentum from twenty twenty, because I think there's a 400 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: lot of momentum that's kind of been like just bottled up. 401 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: You know. It's like at a horse racing track. You 402 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: see the horses kind of like in the stalls and 403 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: they're just ready to rock and roll. I feel like 404 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: we've been there in all of twenty twenty. Like everyone 405 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: just wants to be human again. And that's what I'm 406 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: probably most excited about, you know, I'm I'm looking forward 407 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: to living the way that I think we're meant to live. 408 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean, like it sounds silly, but like I so 409 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: desperately want to be at a concert singing as loud 410 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: as I possibly can with twenty thousand people. I don't 411 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,479 Speaker 1: know like I want that. I've always wanted it, but 412 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: it was never kept for me, you know, and it 413 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: has been I am really really excited about running around 414 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: across country met like to me like, that's in a way, 415 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: we've been given this gift to say, like we know 416 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: what's important, Okay, don't forget again, and most of us will, 417 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: but hopefully we won't need something like this to remind 418 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: us of that. So I think for me, what's most 419 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: exciting is taking advantage of the gift that you know, 420 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: I woke up again. That's probably what I'm most excited. 421 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: And maybe we can heal if we look at this 422 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: as just a US centric moment right now in the 423 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: country island, and I'm really hoping that we can heal 424 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: some of the self inflicted wounds we've put on ourselves. 425 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: And I think twenty twenty one gives us a good 426 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: chance to do that, at least I hope. 427 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: I hope so too. 428 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 3: All right, Coach winding down here, one piece of advice 429 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 3: right now that you would offer the coach Bennett back 430 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 3: in March. 431 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: Looking at him right now. 432 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: I knew back then I had to keep running. I 433 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: had to keep saying, and I had to keep dancing. 434 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: That was kind of I knew in order to do 435 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: that that was going to keep me going. And I 436 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: would have said, hold true to that, and I have. 437 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm there are certain outlets that I have. 438 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: Running is one of them. Music is another one. Reading 439 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: as another one. Like you cannot allow those things to 440 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: be taken away, and they're often taken away by yourself 441 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: because you just think it's, you know, there's too much 442 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: going on in my life, I can't do this. And 443 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: what you realize is that these outlets are what open 444 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: up space in your life. So it's not that you're 445 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: filling up an hour with a run and that's taking 446 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 1: away from something else. That hour run or twenty minute 447 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: run is what's going to allow you to take advantage 448 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: of all of the rest of your day. And if 449 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: you don't have these outlets, and that's that's at every level. 450 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're you're fourteen or you're you know, 451 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: ninety four. You have to hold on to those things 452 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: that are your great passions because without them, you do 453 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: start to question why am I here? But it's those 454 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: things that remind you this is exactly while I'm why 455 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: I'm here, and it reminds you that you're alive and 456 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: you have a purpose. And I think in times of 457 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: great stress, you can convince yourself that there is no time, 458 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: whether or your time isn't worthy enough to do these things, 459 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: or maybe you're not worthy enough to do it, and 460 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: that's exactly when you have to do it. So you 461 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: have to find those reminders in your life that remind 462 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: you that you're living a life. And to me, I 463 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: think that's what I would have told myself in March. 464 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: Don't hesitate to listen to that song, don't hesitate to 465 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 1: sing out loud, and make sure you're running and dancing. 466 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: And if you can do that, you'll find yourself on 467 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: a Hurdle podcast in December talking about the year. 468 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 3: That was, so I like that I feel compelled to 469 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 3: at the end here kind of just open the floor 470 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 3: for you, as someone who loves to talk anything that 471 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 3: you want to leave the hurdlers with going in to 472 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 3: this new year. 473 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: There's always a lesson with every new year, and you 474 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: mentioned it earlier. It's a clean slate and you know, 475 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: we get to start over. But that's a bit of 476 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: a lie because it's not It's not the flip of 477 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: a calendar. It's the fact that you've decided that you're 478 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: going to start over. And I think you should take 479 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: that into every single day, hour and moment that you 480 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: can actually flip the calendar whenever the hell you want to. 481 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: You're in control a lot more than you think you are. 482 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: Whenever you want to flip the calendar, flip it because 483 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: it's ready to be flipped. And I think if it's 484 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: something that's going to change your life, or change the moment, 485 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: or change the minute you're in for the better, then 486 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: you do it because guess what, if you're wrong, you 487 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: can flip it again. And I would hope that after 488 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: this year, people understand that there are certain things that 489 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: are more important than others. This is going to sound 490 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: really dark, and I don't want it to sound dark, 491 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: but at some point you are going to die. And 492 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: I know that always sounds tough, but you know it's 493 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: not the worst reminder in the world that at some 494 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: point you know this ends. You know that when we 495 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: say there is no finish line, that's not totally true. 496 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: There is one, but there's a lot more starting lines. 497 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: And I think you got to take advantage of those, 498 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: because if you do, then by the time you get 499 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: to that finish line, it'll be a life well lived. 500 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: It'll be a life fully lived. And I think we 501 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: just have to remember that these starting lines, these flips 502 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: of the calendar, they present themselves all the time. You 503 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: just have to be okay or brave enough, courageous enough 504 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: to actually do it. It's not easy, but it's worth it. 505 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: Just be open to each day being a new flip 506 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: of the calendar for you, or a new starting line 507 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: that you're taking and crossing and cross them, flip them, 508 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: do what you need to do. 509 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 2: It reminds me of that saying don't judge your beginnings 510 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: too harshly. 511 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: No, and in fact, I mean the beginnings should be 512 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,880 Speaker 1: the easiest part. They're often the hardest because we put 513 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: so much anticipation on it. If it doesn't seem right 514 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: at first, and again, we can bring this right back 515 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: to running, as I often do, but it's no different 516 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: than the start of the run. You know, I compare 517 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: it to like beginning a book, and then I actually 518 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: will shut up. But you know, when you start a book, 519 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: you know you're not thinking like, oh my gosh, this 520 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: is six hundred pages. I don't know if I'm going 521 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: to make it. And you don't get into the first 522 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: page and go, this is really boring, or you get 523 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: introduced to a character and you make judgments. You know, 524 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: you read the page that you're on and that informs 525 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: the next page, and you know it's there's no expectation 526 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 1: that this has to be the greatest book I've ever read. 527 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 1: It's just this is going to be a book, and 528 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: this book's going to be an experience, and as a result, 529 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to be better for it in some way. 530 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: Maybe I now know what the worst book ever is, 531 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: you know, or maybe I'm now introduced to something that 532 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: I never thought I was going to be interested in. 533 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: Or maybe I just laughed or it filled up some time. 534 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: That's exactly how a run is. That's really how a 535 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 1: day is, too, And you can bring this into everything. 536 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: It's just be in the moment. And that doesn't mean 537 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: you disregard the future, and it doesn't mean you ignore 538 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: the past. But what it does is it allows you 539 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: to say, Okay, the past informs me, the future inspires me, 540 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: but I can only live in this moment. And I 541 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,479 Speaker 1: think again, that may be the more concise way of 542 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: explaining what I said. And it took me five minutes, 543 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: and now I realized it took in me. I can't 544 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: even speak, taking me fifteen seconds. 545 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 2: So full of inspiration. You are a coach. Thanks so 546 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,239 Speaker 2: much for catching up with me. 547 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: Thanks for giving the hurdler something to be excited about, 548 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 3: something to get motivated to turn in the page to 549 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 3: get into twenty twenty one. 550 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 1: You got it. Thanks for having me. This is as always, 551 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: this is a blast, and thanks for everything you do. 552 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 2: I appreciate you. 553 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 3: Just just again here, How do the hurdlers keep up 554 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: with you? Give me your details? 555 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: Oh god, this is the part that this is the. 556 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 2: Part that always throws me off. 557 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: I know, I know. I mean, I'm on Instagram as 558 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: coach Bennett, which is a very unique way of describing myself. 559 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: I've got I'm on Twitter as Bennett run. 560 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:29,959 Speaker 2: I love you on Twitter. 561 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you that Twitter. I'm a little bit 562 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: looser on Twitter, a little bit too looser. Sometimes a 563 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: little bit more abrasive, but it's usually while I'm cooking dinner, 564 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: so you know, I kind of just say whatever I want. 565 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: If I've had an adult soda and I'm cooking dinner, 566 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: you know, Suddenly two hundred and forty characters can't hold 567 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: me back. And then if, yeah, if you want to 568 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: go for a run, I can. I can meet you 569 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: on the starting line there and the Nike Run Club 570 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: app too with the guided runs. 571 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 2: I love that. 572 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 3: I am Emily a baddie And at Hurdle Podcast, another 573 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 3: Hurdle Conquered. 574 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.