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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: It's Only Awkward If You Make It Awkward · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, EMILYA 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 so happy to be here with you. It sounds
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  Speaker 2: so funny.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, I can't wait to catch up with everyone,
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  Speaker 1: which is ironic because it is not lost on me.
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  Speaker 2: This is a one way conversation.
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  Speaker 1: But it's been a second a minute since five Minute Friday,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm back. We're in the season thirteen groove. I
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  Speaker 1: have been all over the place, that's an understatement. I'm
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  Speaker 1: currently in Boston here for a bunch of fun things
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  Speaker 1: this marathon weekend. If you are going to be in
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  Speaker 1: Boston this weekend, I hope to see you at one
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  Speaker 1: of the two events I'm hosting, firstly with four pm
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  Speaker 1: Friday and then secondly with Brooks at ten thirty on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna have links and info for both of those
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  Speaker 1: things in my story on Instagram, so make sure you
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  Speaker 1: check that out over at Emily A Body.
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  Speaker 2: But I digress.
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  Speaker 1: A lot's been going on, and I feel truly fortunate
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  Speaker 1: that I've been able to really have a great mix
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  Speaker 1: of business and pleasure while being out of my normal routine.
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  Speaker 1: I was able to travel with one of my dear
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  Speaker 1: friends over to Paris, and we had such such such
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  Speaker 1: an amazing time. Feels like such a major understatement saying
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  Speaker 1: it that way, but was so lucky just to have
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  Speaker 1: my friend Ashley in tow and then another girlfriend came
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  Speaker 1: to meet up as well, and then beyond that, really
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  Speaker 1: appreciated having a downbeat in New York to kind of
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  Speaker 1: come back to calm myself and check myself with some
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  Speaker 1: of my routines and my practices and do a little,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a little me time, which was really really
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  Speaker 1: necessary now during my me time this week, And that's
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  Speaker 1: what I want to talk about really in five Minute
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  Speaker 1: Friday today. I went to the class on Monday. For
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  Speaker 1: those of you that have never heard of the class
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  Speaker 1: or are not familiar, it is. It's a cardio in
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  Speaker 1: strength pilates inspired workout that is a little odd.
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  Speaker 2: It is not lost on me that it's a little odd.
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  Speaker 1: It's really about moving energy and it's kind of crazy
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  Speaker 1: because you do the same movement for an entire song.
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  Speaker 1: I swear that if Sarah Jusca Parker ever worked out
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  Speaker 1: in Sex and the City, she would have gone to
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  Speaker 1: the class because it is truly just such a new
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  Speaker 1: York experience, you do the same movement for an entire song.
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  Speaker 1: So the entire class is doing like jumping jacks or burpies,
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  Speaker 1: or some sort of bar or pilates inspired movement like
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  Speaker 1: a leg kick or clamshell, and then there are different
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  Speaker 1: opportunities throughout all of this movement, prompted through really beautiful
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  Speaker 1: words from the instructors meditations even to introduce sound into
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  Speaker 1: the mix. So at the top of the birkie like
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  Speaker 1: you would go through the move and at the top
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  Speaker 1: you would like oh and grunt.
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  Speaker 2: And even talking about it sounds absolutely bizarre.
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  Speaker 1: But I went to the class on Monday, and the
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  Speaker 1: class can have different aspects of jumping. And because I'm
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  Speaker 1: still on this healing train with my foot, it's never ending,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm still on the healing train with my foot,
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  Speaker 1: and so I am always conscious of that and modifying
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  Speaker 1: when I need to.
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  Speaker 2: And so I decided to modify.
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  Speaker 1: After you know, a minute and a half of jumping jacks,
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  Speaker 1: I decided to vary the movement. And I was the
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  Speaker 1: only person in the class that was varying the movement.
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  Speaker 1: And my first reaction to that was, oh, my god,
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  Speaker 1: everyone's looking at me. Oh my god, I'm the oddball.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, this is so awkward. And then once
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  Speaker 1: I let those thoughts pass, I got to this point
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  Speaker 1: where I realized, no one's looking at me. This is
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  Speaker 1: only awkward if you make it awkward. And then I
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  Speaker 1: asked further, how do you feel in this moment? And
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, despite having to choose a different path,
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  Speaker 1: having to do something a little bit different, being quote
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  Speaker 1: unquote the odd ball, I felt so happy to be
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  Speaker 1: in that room, to be moving my body, to be
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  Speaker 1: back in my groove, you know. And it was a
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  Speaker 1: really important reminder for me because I think often it's
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  Speaker 1: easy for us to get caught up in the story
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  Speaker 1: that we're telling ourselves, and oftentimes something is only a
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  Speaker 1: big deal if we make it out to be a
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  Speaker 1: big deal. In that moment, what I was doing was
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  Speaker 1: I was doing what I needed to do for my body.
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  Speaker 1: I was filling up my cup. So truly, who cares
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  Speaker 1: what anybody else thinks? Right, It's not always easy to
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  Speaker 1: choose that path, but when you do, when you get
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  Speaker 1: out of your own head, you get out of your
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  Speaker 1: own way, then you can see how beautiful that opportunity
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  Speaker 1: really is. So my thought prompt for you this week
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  Speaker 1: is what are you in your head about? What are
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  Speaker 1: you getting down on yourself about for absolutely no reason?
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  Speaker 1: And can you have a little bit more grace? What
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  Speaker 1: are you in your head about? And how can you
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  Speaker 1: have some more grace with yourself? And now a listener question.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Emily, this is Abby from southeastern Idaho. Been a
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  Speaker 3: longtime listener of the Hurdle podcast, so thank you for
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  Speaker 3: your wonderful content. I am getting over a season of
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  Speaker 3: a lack of running in my life and I'm looking
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  Speaker 3: forward to a half marathon this fall. I am going
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  Speaker 3: to use a Nike Training Club program with Coach Bennett.
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  Speaker 3: But I have a good seven weeks until that program starts,
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  Speaker 3: and I've kind of been that let's start over with
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  Speaker 3: running phase. Any recommendations of what to do over the
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  Speaker 3: next seven to eight weeks while I ramp up to
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  Speaker 3: that program anyway, would love to hear your thoughts. Also,
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  Speaker 3: would love it if you did a live in Salt
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  Speaker 3: Lake City or Boise. Would totally drive either way. Thanks,
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  Speaker 3: and keep up with five Minute Friday.
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  Speaker 1: You know I love me a training plan with Coach Bennett.
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  Speaker 1: If you have missed Coach Bennett on the show he's
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  Speaker 1: been on twice. I'm going to link his episodes in
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  Speaker 1: these show notes. They are a must listen. But when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to what you should be doing for the
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  Speaker 1: next seven weeks, ask yourself what feels right to you
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  Speaker 1: now foundationally, and the trainer in me, the run coach
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  Speaker 1: in me, would encourage you to make sure that you
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  Speaker 1: are donating time and giving your attention to the muscles
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  Speaker 1: that you're about to be taxing, perhaps more regularly. So
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  Speaker 1: what work are you doing for your post he or
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  Speaker 1: your chain. Are you taking care of your body strengthening
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  Speaker 1: yourself to provide a solid foundation for what you're about
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  Speaker 1: to go through. That would be the first thing I
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  Speaker 1: would encourage you.
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  Speaker 2: To think about.
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  Speaker 1: But other than that, right now, we all know if
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  Speaker 1: you're a runner, you know that training, training season, training
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  Speaker 1: plans can definitely get draining after a little while. So
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  Speaker 1: what do you need to do to fill up your
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  Speaker 1: own cup? Instead of shooting yourself, instead of comparing whatever
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  Speaker 1: you have going on right now to when anybody else
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  Speaker 1: has going on, what feels right for you and your body?
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  Speaker 1: Answer that question honestly, be honest with yourself, and trust me,
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  Speaker 1: you won't regret it.
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  Speaker 2: Have some fun.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that's my biggest advice, have some fun. That's it
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  Speaker 1: for this week again, Boston. Hope to see you out
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  Speaker 1: there excited for season thirteen of the show. Trust me,
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  Speaker 1: we've got some good stuff on deck. Make sure you're
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  Speaker 1: following along over on social at Hurdle Podcast, at Emily
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  Speaker 1: a Body, Another hurdle conquered.
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  Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.