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Speaker 1: Do you like running? In the last few weeks, have

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Speaker 1: you questioned why you like running? Listen? You are not alone.

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Speaker 1: Emily about it. Here with another installment of Hurdle.

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Speaker 2: Moment from Hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from

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Speaker 2: entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten

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Speaker 2: through tough times hurdles of sports by leaning into wellness.

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Speaker 1: By now, y'all know that I am a big runner.

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Speaker 2: I've got seven marathons under my belt, I'm a certified

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Speaker 2: run coach, and I can confidently say that I used

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Speaker 2: to hate running. For more on that, go ahead and

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Speaker 2: listen to episode one of Hurdle, or I give you

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Speaker 2: a little bit of my backstory before I get into

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Speaker 2: today's episode, the first of four throughout September, which we'll

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Speaker 2: focus on running gearing up toward a lot of those

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Speaker 2: their founding team, the events we've teamed up to throw,

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Speaker 2: one of which is tomorrow night, heading out from Charlie

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Speaker 2: Wallago Women. That's Wolaco Woman on Instagram. And hopefully I'll

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Speaker 2: see you guys tomorrow night, September fifth, at Charlie Street.

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Speaker 2: Now let's get back to talking all things running.

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Speaker 1: Throughout the month.

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Speaker 2: As I mentioned, I'll be collaborating with a bunch of

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Speaker 2: fun experts to talk about everything injury to what you

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Speaker 2: should be eating, and mindset and more. And today I'm

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Speaker 2: homing in a little bit on that mindset thing. I'm

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Speaker 2: going to talk about today what keeps me going when

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Speaker 2: I feel like I just don't want to go any

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Speaker 1: You know. It's not like every day I wake up,

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Speaker 2: And finally, maybe somewhere around minute twenty six, I decide, Okay,

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Speaker 1: Than halfway there now, so you might as well just

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Speaker 1: stick it out. If this sounds like something you can

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Speaker 1: this week, next.

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Speaker 2: Week, the week after that, the week after that. You

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Speaker 2: guys have been asking me for this stuff, and I'm

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Speaker 2: just here trying to make everyone as happy as a

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Speaker 2: hurdle podcaster. Can you know the drill at Emily Abadi

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Speaker 2: at Hurdle Podcast. If you need me or have anything

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Speaker 2: specific you want to hear about when it comes to

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Speaker 2: running or anything else, feel free to email me. It's

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Speaker 2: Emily at hurdle dot us. And with that, let's get

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Speaker 2: to hurdling. Fun fact, I coached spin for a while

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Speaker 2: I could just listen to the words of motivation that

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Speaker 1: It's been something that stuck with me. Everyone everywhere they

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Speaker 2: I remember those runs back then. They were really awful

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Speaker 2: In those first three minutes, maybe the run feels like everest.

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Speaker 1: That heartbeat. It's a reminder that you're alive. It's a

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Speaker 1: It's time to figure out what speaks to you. You

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Speaker 1: can do a Google search. It's easy. Googling mantras isn't cheating.

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Speaker 1: But when you find one, find one that speaks to you.

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Speaker 1: Find one that makes you feel empowered, makes you feel

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Speaker 1: don't feel easy. And that's it. Those are my three strategies,

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Speaker 1: To keep on pushing when you want to quit. Understand this,

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Speaker 1: if you're wondering, if it's just you, trust me, it's not.

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Speaker 2: You're not alone, and you are going to get through

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Speaker 2: this and you're going to be great.

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Speaker 1: Keep your head up hurdlers.

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Speaker 2: As always at Emily Body at Hurdle Podcast Another hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 1: Catch you guys later,