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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily Badi here you are listening to five

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Speaker 1: minute Friday from Hurdle.

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Speaker 2: I'm home and it feels so nice.

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Speaker 1: And on Monday, I am going back to my favorite okay,

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite places.

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Speaker 2: I'm going back to Paris. I'm going out for breaking four.

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Speaker 1: It's faith Kip Jiggins's effort to break four minutes in

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Speaker 1: the mile. I am amped, I'm excited to be back,

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Speaker 1: and it has me really evaluating gosh, like, what is

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Speaker 1: going on now versus this time last year. Literally on

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Speaker 1: June I think it was June twenty sixth last year,

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Speaker 1: I got an email offering me work during the Olympics

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Speaker 1: in Paris. And that email came after I made the

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Speaker 1: conscious decision that I was going to go out there anyway.

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Speaker 1: I was going to hit the ground running literally physically,

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Speaker 1: and do as many athlete interviews as possible, network as

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Speaker 1: much as possible, and really put myself out there, going

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Speaker 1: admittedly a little bit outside of my comfort zone to

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Speaker 1: chase what felt so right for me, And in doing

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Speaker 1: that I was rewarded. I was rewarded for going outside

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Speaker 1: of my comfort zone because more work found me when

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Speaker 1: I was willing to create space and stop worrying so

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Speaker 1: much about the things that were out of my control.

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Speaker 2: It opened up more doors for me, and.

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Speaker 1: That's a lesson that I continually go back to time

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Speaker 1: and time again, especially in the top half of this year,

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Speaker 1: when I was wondering in moments, what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: Why do I consistently feel as though I'm putting a

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Speaker 1: round peg into a square hole?

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Speaker 2: I know that you've been there.

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Speaker 1: So Yeah, as I reflect back to this time last

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Speaker 1: year and I think about my trip next week, I'm

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Speaker 1: feeling sentimental and grateful for the moments that I felt

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Speaker 1: like I wasn't good enough, I felt frustrated that I

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Speaker 1: didn't have it all together, because it is in these

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Speaker 1: moments that we learn.

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Speaker 2: Who we really are.

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Speaker 1: And I know that I have the tenacity and the

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Speaker 1: strength and the courage to keep going when things don't

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Speaker 1: feel easy, and that is something I'm really grateful for.

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Speaker 1: It's also something that I want to make sure I

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Speaker 1: drive home. It is very rarely when things are smooth sailing,

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Speaker 1: when everything is going well, that you learn a ton. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's important to enjoy the ride, and I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: every day you need to wake up and face a

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Speaker 1: challenge not at all, But I encourage you, in the

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Speaker 1: moments of adversity to so look for the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: ask yourself, what is it that I can learn from

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Speaker 1: this moment and what will I take with me moving forward?

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Speaker 1: And so this week for the thought prompt, I want

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Speaker 1: you to ask yourself or do a little reflecting rather,

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Speaker 1: what's going on right now that's making you feel a

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Speaker 1: little frustrated, something that's a little bit more challenging than

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Speaker 1: you'd like. And where's the lesson in that? What are

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Speaker 1: you learning about yourself, your situation, your circumstance, and how

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Speaker 1: can you take that lesson to become a tool in

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Speaker 1: your toolkit moving forward? And now a listener question. Hey Emily,

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Speaker 1: it's Emily from Chicago, an avid Instagram follower and Hurdle listener.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious about the perception of discussion that comes with

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Speaker 1: If it isn't tracked, it doesn't count. I have so

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Speaker 1: many friends that use apps like Strava or share data

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Speaker 1: on Apple Fitness, and sometimes all of this data makes

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Speaker 1: me feel super overwhelmed. With all of the advancement of

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Speaker 1: technology and the gadgets that are available to us, how

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Speaker 1: do we ensure we're using them to help us, or

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Speaker 1: how do we know when they're hindering us? How bad

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Speaker 1: is it really to be focused on meeting the marks,

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Speaker 1: hitting the steps, or documenting or tracking the movement. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: I'm rambling just some thoughts and questions on the topic

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Speaker 1: and thought you'd have some pretty interesting feedback. Thanks in advance,

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Speaker 1: Keep conquering hurdles, Emily. Wow, this is a good one,

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Speaker 1: and an in depth one at that. I Wow, I

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Speaker 1: can relate with this. I am, as many of you know,

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Speaker 1: basically a little over a year of closing my Apple

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Speaker 1: Watch rings almost every day. There was one day last

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Speaker 1: week or maybe the week before that I missed the mark,

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Speaker 1: which was slightly heartbreaking, But I digress. So I understand

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Speaker 1: the mental gymnastics that go with paying attention to this

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Speaker 1: type of data. I also feel as though for me specifically,

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Speaker 1: tracking the data is more of a helpful thing than

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Speaker 1: a hindrance. However, I did write an article once on

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Speaker 1: what is commonly referred to as the no sebo effect,

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Speaker 1: which is that we see information from wearables, whether that's

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Speaker 1: a whoop or an aura or an Apple watch or

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Speaker 1: a garment or whatever, and that data makes us feel

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Speaker 1: like a lesser version of ourselves. It's like, if you

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Speaker 1: at your sleep data and it says that you're not

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Speaker 1: doing so hot, then suddenly you can't trust your gut anymore,

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Speaker 1: and that can be frustrating.

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Speaker 2: I totally understand.

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Speaker 1: So basically, what I'm saying here when I think about

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Speaker 1: the questions that you posed, is you have to do

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Speaker 1: an honest inventory with how this data makes you feel.

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Speaker 2: Maybe some days keeping.

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Speaker 1: Track of things feels good, in other days it doesn't,

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Speaker 1: but you're the only person that can really answer that question.

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Speaker 1: I actually have a friend who does wear and Apple

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Speaker 1: Watch every day except on Sundays, and she said that

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Speaker 1: one day of the week it's something that she looks

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Speaker 1: forward to, but she also appreciates the data all of

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Speaker 1: the other days of the week.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So again, these are examples of how I make your

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Speaker 1: work for me, how she makes it work for me,

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Speaker 1: and you have the opportunity to distinguish what feels right

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Speaker 1: for you period. One last note, I've really liked being

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Speaker 1: able to see the progression of my fitness over the

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Speaker 1: last year, both when it comes to running and then

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Speaker 1: really specifically when it comes to strength training. So for me,

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Speaker 1: the data gives me an opportunity to look back at

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Speaker 1: how far.

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Speaker 2: I've come, and that's something that I really enjoy.

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Speaker 1: Again, to each their own, but listen to your gut

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Speaker 1: and know that just because someone does it one way

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Speaker 1: does not mean that you have to do it that

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Speaker 1: way too. Make sure you're following along over on social

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Speaker 1: It's over at Hurdle podcast. I'm over at Emily a

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Speaker 1: Body the Hurdle Conquered. Catch you guys next time