1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: When I stopped believing the story that I was telling 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: myself and started to realize what was really happening in 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: front of my eyes, what I was really capable of. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: That's when all of the doors open. That's when I 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: embraced my full potential. Believing in yourself. There is nothing better. 6 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: Hey Hurdlari's Emily a Body popping into your feed with 7 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: another installment of Hurdle Moment from Hurdle, a wellness focused 8 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: about everything from their greatest wins to how they've gotten 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: through some of life's toughest moments. I have some newbies 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: to the show this week, so just a recap. On Mondays, 12 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: typically I'm sitting down with a guest, I'm bringing you 13 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: their stories, and on Wednesday, I bring you Hurdle Moment. Now, 14 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: Hurdle Moment is where things get a little bit more granular. 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: These are quick hitting episodes where I'm talking to you 16 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: about things that are resonating with me. Maybe it's questions 17 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: that are coming through my Instagram dms and you can 18 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: always reach out to me. It's at Emily a Body 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: or at Hurdle Podcast. I'm checking in on both, or 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: maybe the topic is something I'm dealing with as an 21 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: entrepreneur or just a woman living in New York City 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: trying to figure it all out. Today, I'm bringing you 23 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: eight life lessons I've learned from running eight marathons, and 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: now these can definitely be applicable to both runners and 25 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: non runners. You don't need to be lacing up every 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: day and log in all those miles to benefit from 27 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: the knowledge and worth that I have gained from the 28 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: last seven years. My first marathon back on October twelfth, 29 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, in hard For Connecticut. I am certainly a 30 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: different person from that first race, and I can honestly 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: say that running has made me a better person. It's 32 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: helped me come into my own It's taught me so 33 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: many lessons, and eight of those well, I'm excited to 34 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: bring you them in today's episode. Before I get to it, 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: a quick shout out to my sponsor at Beam. Beam 36 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: makes meticulously extracted natural CBD products for wellness, rest, and 37 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: athletic recovery, no THC required. Now, I have been so 38 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: hesitant on CBD products for such a long time until 39 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: I tried Beams. The one tincture and they're the fixer 40 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: CBD salve. I have been relying on this salve lately. 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: Total understatement. 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Running has changed my 52 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: life forever. I know that you learn a lot of 53 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: lessons as your coming of age and god living in 54 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: New York City, I feel like every day is a 55 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: school day. But I've had so many important realizations and 56 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: moments on the run. For me, running is my release. 57 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: I've been doing it since about two thousand and seven. 58 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: And if you were to ask that girl back then, 59 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: if she'd be where she is now with this sport, 60 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: there's no way she would have believed you. I've now 61 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: done way too many half marathons to count a slew 62 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: of marathons totally. At eight ran two in one week. 63 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: I've done Boston, New York, Chicago, Dublin, and Hartford, and 64 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: every single marathon brings with it a special experience. If 65 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: you're new to the pod and you haven't listened to 66 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: my Chicago marathon recap, I highly suggest you check it 67 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: out because to say that that race specifically left a 68 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: major impact on me, well that's a total understatement. So 69 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: I'm going to get into it. Eight life lessons I've 70 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: learned from running eight marathon. The first one, Starting is 71 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: the hardest part. When something is unfamiliar, it's scary, right, 72 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: It's scary to try something new for so many people, 73 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: even if you're a person that wakes up every day 74 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: and tackles a run. Signing up for that first marathon 75 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: feels like you've committed to climb Mount Everest. But once 76 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: you do it, once you click that register button, it 77 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: becomes real. Well that's when the training begins. That's when 78 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: you start thinking, Okay, what am I going to wear 79 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: on race day? Months and months in advance. It can 80 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: be a little unnerving to shift your routine to accept 81 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: the opportunity cost that comes hand in hand with getting 82 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: out there. Just last week I read a study that, 83 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: on average, researchers have found that it takes sixty six 84 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: days to develop and stick with a habit. So yeah, 85 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: when things are unfamiliar at the beginning, they can be 86 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: a little bit frustrating. But once you commit yourself to it, 87 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: once you get in the groove, you realize just how 88 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: capable you are at going after what it is that 89 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: you want. Lesson number one, starting is the hardest part. 90 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: Lesson number two, A goal without a plan is just 91 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: a wish Listen, very few individuals can show up on 92 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: marathon day without training for the marathon and excel in 93 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: the marathon. That is just a recipe for injury, and 94 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: based on your goal, it's a recipe for disappointment. Training 95 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: for a marathon has taught me the value of committing 96 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: to something and sticking to a plan, and with the 97 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: right plan, by taking the right course of action, you 98 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,559 Speaker 1: are capable of getting your desired outcome. I've been able 99 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: to apply this in a lot of different aspects of 100 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: my life. For example, I had the goal to go 101 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: back to Italy this year. For me, that meant that 102 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: I was going to have to save money to go 103 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: on this trip. I didn't want to make an excuse 104 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: once twenty twenty came around as to why I wasn't 105 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: buying the plane ticket and making the jump. Now, logistically 106 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: I still have some figuring out to do. But in 107 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: order to go after this goal, I made a plan, 108 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: and that plan was to set aside about one hundred 109 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: and fifty dollars a month for all of twenty nineteen, 110 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: so that when the new year came around, I was 111 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: ready to commit. Sure at first, again, making that plan 112 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: can feel a little bit daunting. If you don't lay 113 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: the framework, if you don't put in the work up front, 114 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: then you run the risk of not achieving your goals. 115 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: We all have the opportunity to succeed, and with the 116 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: right plan, you will life Lesson number three, you can't 117 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: give up on the twenty second mile. God. I think 118 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: about the marathons that I've hit the wall in, and 119 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: to be completely transparent, that's probably seven of the eight 120 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: of them in seven marathons. At some point between mile 121 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: eighteen and twenty four, I got to a point where 122 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: I felt as though I was gonna fall over. My 123 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: body was aching, I was tired, and as motivating as 124 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: the drake was that was coming through my headphones, it 125 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: just felt as though I could not run another step. Now, 126 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: I know what you're wondering, what happened in the eighth marathon. Well, 127 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: I was saying this to someone the other day about 128 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: my fueling strategy in Chicago, which I truly feel like 129 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: last year in twenty nineteen was what helped me get 130 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: through the marathon without hitting that often adored wall. Basically, 131 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: my plan when I went into it was fuel every 132 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: twenty minutes or so, and what ended up happening was 133 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: probably something like that. But in the chaos of the day, 134 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: I felt like there would be times where I would 135 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: forget when the last time was that I had a 136 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: gummy and I'm a big fan of the Gatorade Endurance 137 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: choose myself. I felt like in retrospect, I was probably 138 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: eating a majority of that marathon, and for me it worked. 139 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Everybody's different. For more information of how to fuel on 140 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: race day, I'll put this in the show notes as well. 141 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: You can check out the tips that come from Pelotons. 142 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: Robin Arzon. We recorded a hurdle moment, specifically on best 143 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: practice strategies for race day earlier last year. Anyway, when 144 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: that twenty second mile hits, when you're late in the game, 145 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: when you've put in so much work already and things 146 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: feel frustrating and you're tired, it's so important to keep going. 147 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: You didn't come that far to only come that far. 148 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: That's one of my favorite sayings. There was probably a 149 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: point in your journey when you wondered if getting to 150 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: this point was even possible. But how special is it 151 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: that you've gotten there at all? How awesome is it 152 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: that you've gotten this far? You have the ability to 153 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: finish the task no matter how hard it feels. You've 154 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: just got to want it bad enough. Lesson number four. 155 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: Running fast makes you fast. Okay, this one is pretty 156 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: affable to running. But in my first six marathons or so, 157 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,599 Speaker 1: I followed a pretty basic training plan. It was the 158 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: kind of plan where you knew exactly how far or 159 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: for how much amount of time you were supposed to 160 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: run during the week every day, with something like four miles, 161 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: six miles, eight miles, four miles long run, something like that. 162 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: But for the last two years, when I went to 163 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: go tackle the marathon distance. The difference maker for me 164 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: was adding in that interval speed work. As someone who 165 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: didn't like the treadmill or wasn't used to incorporating this 166 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: type of effort into my training, I definitely asked a 167 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: lot of questions, but I found that when I asked 168 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: more questions and I was willing to get outside of 169 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: my comfort zone and add these speed intervals in, I 170 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: saw the benefits pay off dramatically and how fast I 171 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: was tackling even the easiest of miles. When I sat 172 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: down with Chris and Leanne from the runners of NYC Podcasts, 173 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: we all agreed on this that when we added speedwork 174 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: into our routines, we got to a point where we 175 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: understood our real potential. And that's something that's really special 176 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: for me. Adding in speed work was the game change. 177 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: Seeing those quick splits convinced me that I could go 178 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: after something that felt sort of crazy. Lesson number five, 179 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: you have to stay focused on your journey. It is 180 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: so easy for us to compare ourselves with other people, 181 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: especially in this climate of constant social media and the 182 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: highlight reel. Every day we are exposed to someone else's victories, 183 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: which can sometimes make it feel like what we have 184 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 1: going on just isn't enough. Well, I'm here to tell 185 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: you that you are enough. And it's so critical that 186 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: you focus on what's going on with you, that you 187 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: stay in your lane. Christy Godso said something that really 188 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: resonated with me when we recorded her Hurdle episode, and 189 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: again i'll link that in the show notes, and that was, 190 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: you must have something really dark inside of you if 191 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: you can't cheer on other people, if seeing someone else's 192 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: success makes you feel some kind of way. I believe 193 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: the exact quote was you want to be a star 194 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: in the constellation of stars. You don't want to be 195 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: a star on your own. And I think that wisdom 196 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: is so valuable. When you stop comparing your progress to 197 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: the progress of others, you can really soak it in. 198 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: You can truly enjoy the experience. And when you focus 199 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: on your journey, that's when you reap all of those 200 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: benefits of the process. And the process well, that is 201 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: the most important part, less than number six. Just show up. 202 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: There are so many days, especially during a training cycle, 203 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: when I would rather not lace up, so many instances 204 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: when I would rather go to brunch or lay on 205 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: the couch or god knows whatever else that isn't running. 206 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: But some days, on the days where you don't want 207 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: to do something, if you just show up, if you 208 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: just put yourself in the right circumstance, if you just 209 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: give it a shot, more often than not, I guarantee 210 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: you you will always be proud that you made the effort. 211 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: It's kind of like the idea of starting as the 212 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: hardest part. Showing up sometimes feels like the hardest part. 213 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: But when you do that for yourself, it is so 214 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: so valuable. That's when we're reminded of the value of 215 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: self work, the value of number one lesson number seven. 216 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: It is so powerful what happens when you believe that 217 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: you can. I grew up someone who didn't think that 218 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: running was for her, and it's been something that's kind 219 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: of stuck with me along this journey. When I stopped 220 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: believing the story that I was telling myself and started 221 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: to realize what was really happening in front of my eyes, 222 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: what I was really capable of, that's when all of 223 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: the doors open. That's when I embraced my full potential. 224 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: Believing in yourself. There is nothing better, never in my 225 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: wildest dreams did I ever think that I could do 226 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: something like qualify for the Boston Marathon. There's gonna be 227 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: a lot of scary things that happen when you're going 228 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: after something that you want. When you believe in yourself 229 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: and you shift the dialogue, the doors open for you 230 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: like you never could have planned. It is so awesome 231 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: to be your own hype man, to believe that you 232 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: are capable and that you can do it. And last, 233 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: but not least lesson number eight, the juice is worth 234 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: the squeeze. You know, there are going to be a 235 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: lot of people out there that have an opinion on 236 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: what it is that you want to do. At the 237 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: end of the day, when you decide what is important 238 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: to you, that's all that matters. You will never regret 239 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: going after what it is that you want, staying true 240 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: to yourself and really going for it. It's the best feeling 241 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: in the world. I'm interested to know. Maybe it's running marathons, 242 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: maybe it's committing to another goal. What have you learned 243 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: by checking off a major bucket list item in your life? 244 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: Let me know by hitting me up on Instagram. It's 245 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: at Emily a Body and at Hurdle Podcast and keep 246 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: me posting on your progress with whatever's going on. I 247 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: love to hear from you guys on the regular. Also 248 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: feel free to reach out to me over email if 249 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: you have a hurdle moment of your own to share 250 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: you just want to say Hi. It's emilyat hurdle dot us. 251 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.