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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: A Very Different Starting Line · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey hurdlers, Emily A. Badi here bringing you this week's
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  Speaker 1: episode of Five Minute Friday. What a week. I said
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  Speaker 1: that at the beginning of every one of these episodes,
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  Speaker 1: I am anxious and excited and feel like I'm forgetting things,
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  Speaker 1: but that happens all the time. This week a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more than usual because I am setting out to
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  Speaker 1: run a virtual marathon this weekend because why not? And really,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I wrote about that on social media earlier yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: just like this idea that I feel as though in
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  Speaker 1: a year that is so full of ups and downs
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  Speaker 1: and things that I am unsure of and feeling like
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  Speaker 1: you're like not enough, or that you have so much
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  Speaker 1: to prove and you're spending so much time alone, like
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  Speaker 1: so many things about this year, so many hard things,
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  Speaker 1: that this virtual marathon for me is a reminder I
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  Speaker 1: know that I can do the hard things. And so
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  Speaker 1: when I keep getting asked, you know, why would you
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  Speaker 1: do that, I'm just kind of like, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: why not? Anyway, for five Minute Friday this week, I
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  Speaker 1: am talking a little bit more about the virtual marathon.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'll be lacing up on Saturday to do it,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we all think a ton of things
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  Speaker 1: before any race, whether it's a mile or a five k,
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  Speaker 1: ten k half marathon, marathon, what have you? You have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of thoughts right this week. I have been thinking,
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  Speaker 1: like I need to do laundry, I need to buy bagels.
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  Speaker 1: I'm out of peanut butter. I should I wear race bib?
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering if the temperature, which I think is like
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  Speaker 1: maybe a high of forty eight right now, Like should
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  Speaker 1: I be wearing shorts? Should I be wearing pants? Should
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  Speaker 1: I be wearing a long sleeve? Do I know what
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  Speaker 1: root I'm going? Which actually is kind of comical considering
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  Speaker 1: you need to map out where you're gonna go in
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  Speaker 1: some respects to make sure that you have enough room
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  Speaker 1: to run twenty six point two miles. But God, that
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  Speaker 1: makes it a lot more difficult to design your own
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  Speaker 1: root instead of someone just guiding you exactly where to go. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I digress anyway. I mean, so many questions in my
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  Speaker 1: head and so many things that are swirling, and so
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  Speaker 1: many things that are different, Like I haven't or didn't
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  Speaker 1: talk to my parents about the fact that I was
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  Speaker 1: doing this in depth because I wouldn't expect them to
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  Speaker 1: come for it unlike a normal marathon. Obviously, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going to a marathon expo. I'm not worrying about telling
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  Speaker 1: people where to meet afterward to celebrate, like I'm not
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  Speaker 1: doing a bunch of the normal things. It's it's my
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  Speaker 1: race and it's my rules. With that said, something that
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  Speaker 1: did pop into my head today that is interesting is
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  Speaker 1: the thought that I am going to be starting this
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  Speaker 1: race completely by myself. I do have like a friend,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of friends that will be jumping in at
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  Speaker 1: different points on this run, but not for like the
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  Speaker 1: first eight to ten miles. And that's kind of crazy. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, so many times I go out for
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  Speaker 1: a weekend long run or I go out on a
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  Speaker 1: run and I'm going by myself, and that's one thing,
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  Speaker 1: but never have I ever like set out on a marathon.
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  Speaker 1: It feels really appropriate to go hand in hand with
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty, Like, how many things this year, whether you
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  Speaker 1: are single or attached, have you had to pony up
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  Speaker 1: and do alone? Have you had to do in a
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  Speaker 1: way that is different than what you used to know?
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  Speaker 1: This is just an other example of that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: no one's going to be standing there watching me and
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  Speaker 1: cheering me on. This is something that certainly has the
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  Speaker 1: potential to be uncomfortable, and it becomes my responsibility, and
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  Speaker 1: my responsibility alone as I have set out to do this,
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  Speaker 1: that I'm going to stay the course. This is an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for me to focus on the things that I
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  Speaker 1: can control and kind of throw my hands up in
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  Speaker 1: the air to the things that I can't. Just like
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  Speaker 1: this crazy, crazy year, I have no goal, no expectation
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  Speaker 1: aside from the fact that I will finish, and I
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  Speaker 1: feel as though Saturday is really just another opportunity for
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  Speaker 1: me to lace up my shoes and go out there
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  Speaker 1: and do something that I love that makes me feel
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  Speaker 1: like me a little less adrenaline maybe than usual, but
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  Speaker 1: I will always, whether it's Saturday or any other day,
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  Speaker 1: have me have my thoughts and be my own biggest
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  Speaker 1: hype man. My prompt for you this week, what is
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  Speaker 1: one goal that you have for the remainder of twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: What's something that you want to get done? Again, what
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  Speaker 1: is one goal you have for the remainder of twenty twenty?
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  Speaker 1: What is something that you want to get done? Listener
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  Speaker 1: Question of the Week, Who is your dream hurdle? Guest well,
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  Speaker 1: I have a lot of them, and I've been very
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  Speaker 1: lucky to have had the opportunity to talk to some
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  Speaker 1: of them throughout the past almost three years. I would say,
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  Speaker 1: on the top of my list right now some people
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  Speaker 1: I would love to talk to uh Serena Williams, Simone Biles,
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  Speaker 1: Megan Rappino, Misty Copeland, Chilane Flanagan. These are all like
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  Speaker 1: complete female asses, but just rambling off some of them.
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  Speaker 1: And if someone listening to this knows away, we can
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  Speaker 1: make this happen. Trust me, I have been trying. I'm trying.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always trying, So feel free to inbox me if
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  Speaker 1: you've got the in highlights of the week. As always,
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  Speaker 1: the links to all this goodness can be found in
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  Speaker 1: the show notes. First thing, I want to bring up
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  Speaker 1: the Tracksmith New York Pioneer Club collection. You have heard
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  Speaker 1: me talk to the founder of Tracksmith, Matt Taylor on
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  Speaker 1: the show before. They're a huge brand that is all
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  Speaker 1: about the running scene. They've got a ton of great
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  Speaker 1: product and I'm really big on this new collection that
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  Speaker 1: they have inspired by the legacy of New York Pioneer
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  Speaker 1: Club athlete Ted Corbett. It's in celebration of the fifty
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  Speaker 1: years of the New York Marathon. Corbett helped plan that
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  Speaker 1: course and they Tracksmith worked with another fellow hurdler, Robinson,
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  Speaker 1: to create this really awesome limited edition collection. They've got
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  Speaker 1: racing kits, teas, sweatshirts, all with Varsity lettering and colors,
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  Speaker 1: and I am just so about it. Next up, learn
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  Speaker 1: I've got a Nutrition for Runners workshop. My two good
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  Speaker 1: friends Lindsay and Amber, the ladies behind Brave Body Project,
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  Speaker 1: They are hosting a really helpful workshop this week along
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  Speaker 1: with Kara Griffin of Feel This. It's all about holistic
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  Speaker 1: nutrition for runners. Whether you're a marathoner or a five
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  Speaker 1: kre a competitive racer or a hobby jogger, all of us,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we face the same question what are we
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  Speaker 1: supposed to eat? So in this seminar you will get
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  Speaker 1: tons of helpful information from how to fuel your body before, during,
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  Speaker 1: and after big efforts to what will help you run
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  Speaker 1: stronger and smarter and faster. So definitely click on over
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  Speaker 1: the show notes and sign up for this workshop. It's
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday, November fifth, from say to seven pm Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: Another opportunity to take virtual cycling and sculpt classes with
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  Speaker 1: Nachelle Hines. Y'all heard Michelle Hines talk on Hurdle not
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  Speaker 1: all that long ago. You know she is hella motivating.
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  Speaker 1: She is offering both cycling if you happen to have
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  Speaker 1: your own bike at home, and also sculpt classes over zoom.
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  Speaker 1: The sculpt classes have minimal equipment required. She's got a
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  Speaker 1: slew of options over on her site, So click into
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  Speaker 1: the show notes and sign up to get your booty
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  Speaker 1: whooped and to feel super inspired. And the last thing
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  Speaker 1: read or write, I guess maybe might be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more appropriate Gray Mallon's Goals Journal. I am a
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  Speaker 1: huge Gray Mallon fan. If you don't know about him,
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  Speaker 1: he is a stunning photographer, most known for his aerial
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  Speaker 1: beach photography. I love all of his stuff from Italy.
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  Speaker 1: Mallan recently released this journy, which is basically a series
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  Speaker 1: of prompted exercises alongside his awesome photography. And I love
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  Speaker 1: that in this Gray himself he sprinkled and just like
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  Speaker 1: his own advice and tidbits and experiences, and I really
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  Speaker 1: like it. So give that a LOOXI Talking about books
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  Speaker 1: and writing, I finally have picked next month aka December
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  Speaker 1: ninth Hurdle book Club choice, we're going to be reading
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was just me, but it isn't by
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  Speaker 1: Brene Brown Again. We will be meeting on December ninth.
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  Speaker 1: To get in on the list for book club, click
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  Speaker 1: on over to the show notes, give me your details
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  Speaker 1: and I'll make sure you are entirely kept in the
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  Speaker 1: loop for this and all of the other Hurdler's book
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  Speaker 1: clubs to come. Y'all know the drill. Make sure to
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  Speaker 1: and at Emily a Body as well. And if you
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  Speaker 1: have not yet reviewed and rated the podcast, I know
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  Speaker 1: I say it all the time, but it would mean
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  Speaker 1: in the world to me if you would just take
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  Speaker 1: a few seconds and give Hurdle some love in the
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  Speaker 1: iTunes store another hurdle conquered. Happy weekend and wish me luck.
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  Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.