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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: If You Run, You're a Runner · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everyone. Emily Abadi here.
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  Speaker 2: You are listening to 5-Minute Friday on Hurdle.
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  Speaker 1: I am coming to you back. in Australia. Y'all are like,
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  Speaker 1: what is going on with this girl? And let me
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  Speaker 1: tell you what's going on with me. So I guess
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't clear about what the plan was. So let's
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  Speaker 1: just clarify that for everyone. The plan was always to
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  Speaker 1: come back to Australia. At first, the plan was to
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  Speaker 1: stay in Australia for all of September. So basically, what
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  Speaker 1: happened was I booked a roundtrip ticket from, I think,
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  Speaker 1: like August 25th to September 28th. And then a couple
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  Speaker 1: of different work opportunities presented themselves in Los Angeles last weekend.
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  Speaker 1: And so I made the decision to go to Los
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  Speaker 1: Angeles from Thursday to Monday and then come back. because
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  Speaker 1: I have more work here in Sydney next weekend. Next weekend,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be doing a live show with Coach
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  Speaker 1: Bennett as a part of the celebration surrounding the After
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  Speaker 1: Dark Tour here in Sydney.
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  Speaker 2: And so that is why I am back.
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  Speaker 1: And I figured, you know, like I said, when I
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  Speaker 1: decided on this whole experience. I had never been to
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  Speaker 1: Australia up until this point. And I found it very
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  Speaker 1: interesting that my life was giving me two reasons to
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  Speaker 1: be there within basically a month long period. A, to
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  Speaker 1: run the marathon, which I was already planning on doing,
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  Speaker 1: and B.
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  Speaker 2: This job with Nike.
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  Speaker 1: And so I said, if life is bringing me there
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  Speaker 1: twice within a 30-day period, then I must stay. So
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  Speaker 1: that was the original plan. Then the work popped up.
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  Speaker 2: Now I'm back.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm really excited to be in Bondi. I've been
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  Speaker 1: here for like 36 hours so far. And I really
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  Speaker 1: dig it. So many highlights. A, it's stunning. I went
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  Speaker 1: on a run this morning and I don't think I've
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  Speaker 1: ever been on a more beautiful run. I was stopping
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  Speaker 1: every 15 feet to take a photo of the waves crashing.
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  Speaker 1: And I went during sunrise, which happens at 5.50 here.
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  Speaker 1: And so crazy, as I'm walking around town today, everyone's
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  Speaker 1: up early. There are run clubs that happen all over
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  Speaker 1: this area and they're all called for 6 or 6.15 a.m.,
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  Speaker 1: which makes sense because I went to a friend's event,
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  Speaker 1: Sydney Marathon Weekend. And that started at 6.30, which if
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  Speaker 1: that happened in New York, that would be a little
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  Speaker 1: early for us, even though I would say that New
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  Speaker 1: York's a pretty.
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  Speaker 2: early city. I digress.
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  Speaker 1: There's also beautiful people walking around everywhere, which my friend Lydia,
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  Speaker 1: who lives on the Sunshine Coast, I'm going to go
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  Speaker 1: hang out with her this weekend. She said to me,
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  Speaker 1: don't be fooled. So I've got my eyes peeled not
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  Speaker 1: to be fooled. But I joined a gym near my
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  Speaker 1: hotel for the week. You Truly, I don't think I've
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  Speaker 1: ever seen more beautiful people in a concentrated area before.
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  Speaker 1: Although I did get a DM from a friend who said,
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  Speaker 1: clearly I've never been to the Equinox in Chicago.
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  Speaker 2: So I guess maybe I need to go to the
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  Speaker 2: Equinox in Chicago. I digress.
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  Speaker 1: I also got a lot of DMs after I shared
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  Speaker 1: that I joined the gym for a week. People being like,
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  Speaker 1: your motivation is insane. And the thing is, is like,
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  Speaker 1: Where there's a why, there's a way. I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: say that again. Where there's a why, there's a way.
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  Speaker 1: And so for me, I know what makes me feel good.
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  Speaker 1: I know that movement makes me feel good. I know
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  Speaker 1: that I'm excited post-marathon to get back to lifting. And
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  Speaker 1: so I wanted to find a place while I was
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  Speaker 1: back in this area for the duration of my time
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  Speaker 1: here to make sure that I could do that. And
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  Speaker 1: it was on my to-do list for the first day
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  Speaker 1: that I arrived. So I arrived. This gym happens to
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  Speaker 1: literally be like 12 feet from my front doorstep of
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  Speaker 1: the hotel.
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  Speaker 2: I walked in. I inquired.
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  Speaker 1: They were super kind. They had all the stuff that
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to use. And I said, hey, let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: So we're doing it. But on that note of like,
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  Speaker 1: you're so motivated. Here's the thing. is that motivation almost
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  Speaker 1: always follows action for me. So yes, I know I
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  Speaker 1: like to move. Yes, I know how movement makes me feel.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that there are actions that I need
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  Speaker 1: to take to make this all fall into place. It's
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  Speaker 1: not just going to happen for me. I'm not just
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  Speaker 1: going to stumble into a gym. I also have to
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  Speaker 1: make an investment, right? I'm investing in my health. I'm
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  Speaker 1: investing in my mental health. I'm investing in what makes
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  Speaker 1: me feel good. Everybody's different. But at this point in
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  Speaker 1: my life here, my 38 years on this earth, I
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  Speaker 1: know what's important to me. And like I said, where
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  Speaker 1: there's a why, there's a way. And this isn't just
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  Speaker 1: about moving your body, although I feel really strongly about that.
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  Speaker 1: When we think about any goal that we're going after,
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  Speaker 1: you need to be able to articulate why that thing
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  Speaker 1: is important to you. It can't just be something that
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  Speaker 1: looks buzzy and exciting that you see on social media.
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  Speaker 1: Because if you start going after somebody else's goal, I
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  Speaker 1: can promise you that journey isn't going to last you long.
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  Speaker 1: And it certainly will not feel rewarding. You need that
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  Speaker 1: intrinsic motivation. And so where there's a why, there's a way.
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  Speaker 1: And you get to, stress on the word get, decide
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  Speaker 1: what excites you and literally in this moment, how you
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  Speaker 1: want to proceed going forward.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you too.
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  Speaker 1: Will decide on your next trip to snag yourself a
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  Speaker 1: little gym situation. Maybe also you're thinking, okay, I've got
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  Speaker 1: this goal and I'm actually not that jazzed about it.
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  Speaker 1: You can change your mind at any time. You can
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  Speaker 1: change your mind at any time. That's what free will
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  Speaker 1: is for. So listen to what's happening in here, in
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  Speaker 1: your gut, in your heart, and move with intention, okay?
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  Speaker 1: That's my updates for now. My listener prompt for you
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  Speaker 1: this week is someone actually, I know I used this
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  Speaker 1: one recently and I got a few messages about it,
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  Speaker 1: but I would love to get some more. So I
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  Speaker 1: want to know what your goal is right now. It
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  Speaker 1: can be a short-term goal. It can be an action,
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  Speaker 1: a habit-based goal. It can be something that you're chasing.
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  Speaker 1: in the future, whatever it is, I want to know
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  Speaker 1: what excites you because I'm constantly sharing with you guys
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  Speaker 1: the things.
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  Speaker 2: That I'm going after.
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  Speaker 1: So message me either on the socials over at Emily Abadi,
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  Speaker 1: or you can always email me at hello at hurdle.us.
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  Speaker 1: And now a listener question. Hi, Emily, longtime listener and
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  Speaker 1: fan of the show. I want to ask a very
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  Speaker 1: controversial question today. And that is, I know Hurdle is
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  Speaker 1: a running focus podcast, very inspirational in a lot of ways.
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  Speaker 1: but I've realized something about myself and I was hoping
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  Speaker 1: you could speak to that. And that is genuinely that
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  Speaker 1: I don't like running. I learned that about myself recently,
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  Speaker 1: not through an injury or anything, but I have great
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  Speaker 1: admiration for people who run marathons and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: But for me personally, a 5k is, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: distance I'm willing to run. And so I guess my
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  Speaker 1: question is, is running a sport for everyone?
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  Speaker 2: That's one.
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  Speaker 1: And also I know it's a very accessible sport compared
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  Speaker 1: to others and you don't need a lot of things
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  Speaker 1: like equipment, but Do you think, in your opinion, after
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  Speaker 1: running the Sydney Marathon and everything, do you think everybody
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  Speaker 1: is supposed to run a marathon? I just feel like
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  Speaker 1: there's this constant pressure and maybe it's because I'm in
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  Speaker 1: my 30s and everything and people feel like they need
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  Speaker 1: to do all of these ostentatious things and achieve peak
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  Speaker 1: physical health and do a high rocks and you get
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But, you know, now that you've run many,
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  Speaker 1: many marathons, do you think running a marathon is for everyone?
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  Speaker 2: And if not, why not? Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
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  Speaker 2: What a question. This is a good question.
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  Speaker 1: I do believe in my heart that running can be
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  Speaker 1: for anyone. I believe that in the highlight reel that
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  Speaker 1: is social media, we are constantly shown the best of
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  Speaker 1: the best and And literally, if you have a body
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  Speaker 1: and you run, regardless of the pace, regardless for how long,
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  Speaker 1: you are a runner.
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  Speaker 2: Let me say that one more time for the people
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  Speaker 2: in the back.
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  Speaker 1: If you have a body and you run, regardless of
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  Speaker 1: the pace, congratulations, you're a runner. So with that said,
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  Speaker 1: the distance, that's completely up to you. You do not
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  Speaker 1: have to do anything that you don't want to do.
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  Speaker 1: And I just talked about goals. If running a marathon
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  Speaker 1: isn't something that excites you, if that's not something that
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  Speaker 1: you have a strong why to do, then absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: I am not the person that's going to tell you
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  Speaker 1: that you should run a marathon. But what I will say,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll say it with my whole chest, is that
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  Speaker 1: for me personally, running a marathon, the decision to do
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  Speaker 1: that hard thing, the decision to put myself out there,
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  Speaker 1: the decision to.
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  Speaker 2: move forward at my own pace.
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  Speaker 1: That was the best thing I ever did for myself
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  Speaker 1: back in 2013. And that is why I've done it
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  Speaker 1: 16 times since. Again, I have a strong why. And
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  Speaker 1: I also love the journey. I love how I feel
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  Speaker 1: training for a marathon. It feels good for me in
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  Speaker 1: my body. That does not mean, again, louder for the
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  Speaker 1: people in the back, that everyone should run one. But
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  Speaker 1: if it is something that you too can find enjoyment in,
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  Speaker 1: if it is something that feels good for you in
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  Speaker 1: your body, then hey, maybe it's for you. But again,
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  Speaker 1: don't let anyone shame you into what you feel as
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  Speaker 1: though you should, air quotes, be doing. Do what feels
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  Speaker 1: good for you. Set goals that excite you and goals that, again,
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned that word journey, that you can enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: journey to getting.
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  Speaker 2: To, okay?
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  Speaker 1: If you have a buddy, buddy, if you have a buddy,
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  Speaker 1: if you also have a body and you run, you're
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  Speaker 1: a runner, all right? Over at emilyabody, at Hurdle Podcast,
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  Speaker 1: Send me your listener questions. Again, that email address, hello
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  Speaker 1: at hurdle.us. Comment, like, subscribe, whether you're on the YouTube,
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  Speaker 1: listening on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify. Give it five stars, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me what you love about the show. Another hurdle conquered.
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  Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.