1 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: Thank God it's Friday. 2 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: I Emily a body here coming into your feeds with 3 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: an episode of five Minute Friday. And let me tell you, 4 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: this week has been a lot. It's been a lot 5 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 2: with the news, It's been a lot of work, it's 6 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: been a lot of playing a little bit of catch up. 7 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 2: So personally, I am really really ready for the weekend. 8 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: I am excited to announce that I am officially signed 9 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: up for the second time for the London Marathon. If 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: you've been a hurdler for a while, then you followed 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: along last year with my journey to the London Marathon, 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: ultimately an injury which prevented me from going to London, 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: pivoting going to Italy, the whole shabang. 14 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: And so now that. 15 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: I am on the brink of another training cycle fourteen 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: weeks for me gearing up to finally do this thing 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: that has just been so long time coming, I feel 18 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: anxious and nervous and cautiously optimistic. I think a lot 19 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: about where I am now, just working on navigating what 20 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: has been a little bit of plantro fauci itis for 21 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: the past few months, and for more resources and information 22 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 2: on navigating plantro fauci itis, and other foot conditions. Make 23 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: sure that you check out Wednesday's episode with doctor Emily Splickel, so. 24 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: Many good takeaways in there. 25 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: But I have been working with a physical therapist over 26 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,639 Speaker 2: at Motive in New York and also just diligently doing 27 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: my exercises and really really making it a top priority 28 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: to take care of my body. And I'm seeing the 29 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: fruits of my efforts, so to speak, pay off. My 30 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: plantro fasciidis has gotten much much better. I'm now able 31 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: to run without pain. That's not to say that pain 32 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: doesn't pop in every now and again, but I'm managing it. 33 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: I'm working with it, and i am on the ups, 34 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 2: and I can say that confidently. Now. The thing about 35 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: this training cycle that feels unlike maybe any other that 36 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: I have gone through, and sometime I really feel like 37 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: I'm starting at square one. I mean, I essentially took 38 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: off some solid time from any sort of distance run 39 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: in April and May, and so for me now starting 40 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: this journey after just running a half marathon, and that 41 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: experience went like pretty it was pretty difficult for me. 42 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: I'm humble and I'm honest, and I'm working to meet 43 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 2: myself with where I'm at It was a conversation that 44 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: I had with my pet the other day, homing in 45 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: on this idea that doing that, being honest about my 46 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: current status is going to be the thing that enables 47 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: me to get toward my goals. 48 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: If I'm chasing the version. 49 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: Of Emily that was running in twenty nineteen when I 50 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: snagged my first BQ in the Chicago Marathon, that would 51 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: be me doing myself a disservice. I am not starting 52 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: in the same place that I started back in twenty nineteen. 53 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: Here in twenty twenty two, I am a different person. 54 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: I'm dealing with different situations. I am emotionally, physically, and professionally, 55 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: like all in a different spot. And so I recognize that, 56 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: and I have grace with that. And that doesn't mean 57 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: that there aren't going to be moments where I am 58 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 2: my own biggest critic. If you follow me on Instagram, 59 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: then you saw that I wrote a post about this. 60 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: I mentioned that I had a hard time in my 61 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: last half marathon. 62 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: I really did. 63 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: I ran this race here in New York called the 64 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 2: Midnight Half, and I went out there and just felt 65 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: as though so much of my fitness was lacking and 66 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: because of that I felt embarrassed, I felt frustrated. I 67 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: felt as though I wanted to curl up in a 68 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 2: small ball and completely hide away. And in the days 69 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: and weeks since that race, I have come back to 70 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: this place of having more grace with myself. Although I 71 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: needed to feel those feelings, there are so many realities 72 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 2: that go hand in hand with what happened night. Aside 73 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 2: from taking some time off, I also hadn't run more 74 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: than eight and a half miles consecutively before going out 75 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: to run that half, and sometime I don't usually stay 76 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 2: a week past ten thirty at night, so going out 77 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 2: to run a half marathon and midnight isn't exactly a breeze. 78 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 2: I mean so many things, none of them excuses, all 79 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 2: just me learning to accept the facts and move forward 80 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: doing the best I can with what I have. And 81 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: so all of this to say that I'm feeling excited 82 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: to get back into some sort of a routine and 83 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 2: have a plan to stick to. I'm feeling anxious, I'm 84 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: also feeling really at peace with where I am. I'm 85 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 2: excited about the potential for where I can go. And 86 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 2: I know that going back to that saying all I 87 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 2: can do is truly the best I can with what 88 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: I have. And if I'm being honest with myself and 89 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: I'm giving the efforts that I'm hoping to give and 90 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 2: dedicating the time and accepting the opportunity cost, then I 91 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: hope that when I look back on this training cycle 92 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: in thirteen and a half weeks, I can confidently say 93 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: that I am better for. 94 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: Doing all of that. 95 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,119 Speaker 2: And so my question for you this week, my prompt 96 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 2: for you this week is what is something in your 97 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: life right now where you would be better for accepting 98 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 2: things as they are instead of wishing that they were 99 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: another way? 100 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: How can you have a little bit more grace with yourself? 101 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: Again, the prompt is, what is something in your life 102 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 2: that you would be better off if you accepted for 103 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 2: how it is right now and met yourself with where 104 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: you're at instead of wishing for things to be different? 105 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: How can you have some more grace with you? And 106 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: now a listener question. 107 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 3: Hi Emily, my name is Trish and I've lived in 108 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: New York my entire life, but I think within the 109 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 3: next few years I might want to leave, just so 110 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 3: I could find somewhere that's a little quieter and a 111 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 3: little more affordable. I know you're also a proud New Yorker. 112 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: So my question to you is are you New York 113 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 3: or nowhere or do you think you'll settle down in 114 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: a different city somewhere and where might that be? Thanks 115 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 3: so much? 116 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: Hey, hey, so man, this question a hot topic over 117 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: the last few years. Was so many of my dear 118 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: dear friends, not you know, living in the area. Me 119 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: just getting older thinking about the hope one day to 120 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: buy property instead of just spending all of my money 121 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: in rent. I love New York, I truly do, and 122 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 2: I see myself being in the area, probably for a 123 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: better part of my life. That is not to say 124 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: that I'm not open to doing stints in other places, 125 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: but I don't see myself as a single, thirty something 126 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: woman moving to a new city to start over. New York. 127 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: For me, right now, it feels like home. I feel 128 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: happy here, and that's what I'm focused on. If I 129 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 2: have a family one day, I could definitely see myself 130 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: raising a family somewhere in Brooklyn. Definitely an ideal situation 131 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 2: would be property that has a yard. But I grew 132 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: up in Connecticut and I loved having a house in 133 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: a really big yard. 134 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: So that could be an option too. 135 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: I've never been one of those girls that had a 136 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: clear outline for what my life would look like when 137 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 2: I got to a certain age, and so I feel 138 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: as though I have some priorities, and those priorities don't 139 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 2: necessarily have to do with things like that. My biggest 140 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: life priority right now is finding I guess, a lifelong 141 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: partner and focusing on that and figuring out the details 142 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: that come after that with that person together. So who 143 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 2: a little vulnerability for your Friday. I hope that you 144 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: have something enjoyable planned for the holiday weekend. Stay safe 145 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: out there, have a good time, and we will be 146 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: back in the feed on Tuesday morning, July fifth at 147 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: Emily Body at Hurdle Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered. 148 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.