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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: How Will You Make A Difference? · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Emily body here you are listening to five
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  Speaker 1: Minute Friday. Ha. I'm sitting in my hotel room in Shamani,
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  Speaker 1: which is a theme for the next month. As between
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  Speaker 1: running Berlin and work I am abroad for I think
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  Speaker 1: I calculated something like twenty days of a total of
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  Speaker 1: a forty day stretch. Now, firstly, thanks for being patient
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  Speaker 1: with my voice between the cheering that I've been doing
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  Speaker 1: here for athletes, and I'll explain that in a second,
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  Speaker 1: as well as being just a little bit congested. I
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  Speaker 1: am the first to say that it does sounded better,
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  Speaker 1: So thank you. Some of you may be following along
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  Speaker 1: on social but I am here in Shamani because I
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  Speaker 1: came out to attend UTMB, which stands for Ultra Trail
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  Speaker 1: Dumont Blanc, and essentially you can think of UTMB as
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  Speaker 1: like the super Bowl, the final of a race series
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  Speaker 1: that's held around the globe, and this race is like
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  Speaker 1: the ultimate trail race, the pinnacle event of UTMB. People
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  Speaker 1: run roughly, let's say one hundred and seventy one kilometers,
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  Speaker 1: which is one hundred and six miles, and during that
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  Speaker 1: period they cover ten thousand meters of elevation gain, which
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  Speaker 1: that sentence just it truly blows my mind. And I
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  Speaker 1: came to this last year. I was invited by Strava,
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  Speaker 1: and firstly was blown away by just how beautiful this
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  Speaker 1: small town is in the middle of these massive, towering mountains.
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  Speaker 1: But beyond that, I was really impacted because I noticed
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  Speaker 1: there weren't a lot of women. I dug into this
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  Speaker 1: after that experience, and I learned that historically less than
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  Speaker 1: ten percent of all UTMB participants have been women. And
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  Speaker 1: of note, in addition, diversity is also a really big
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  Speaker 1: issue with this particular race series, and I know that
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  Speaker 1: there are some individuals that are making their voices known
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  Speaker 1: on both issues. Personally, as someone who would like to
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  Speaker 1: think of herself as a champion of women of fem
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  Speaker 1: identifying individuals, I knew that I wanted to do something
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  Speaker 1: in a way that felt natural to me, and so
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  Speaker 1: I thought about how I could do that, what that
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  Speaker 1: would look like, what my skill set is, and my
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  Speaker 1: skill set is creating safe spaces for FEMI identifying folks. Now,
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  Speaker 1: not having an individual relationship with anyone at uta Be,
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  Speaker 1: I decided to go to the next best thing, which
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  Speaker 1: is Hoka. Hoka happens to be the token sponsor of
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  Speaker 1: this event, and so I made an entire deck pitching
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  Speaker 1: this idea that I had. And it's funny because when
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  Speaker 1: I made the deck, I contacted someone I knew at
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  Speaker 1: HOKA and I said, I have this idea. Will you
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  Speaker 1: give me a twenty minute meeting? And she said for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I definitely don't think that. She thought that when we
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  Speaker 1: got on the meeting, I would ask to present, and
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  Speaker 1: I presented a deck that had language both from Hokah's ethos,
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  Speaker 1: their mission statement and added in what my personal mission is.
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  Speaker 1: And all of this seemed to have in line aspects
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  Speaker 1: that made what I was pitching make a lot of sense.
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  Speaker 1: Needless to say, she loved the idea, but at that moment,
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  Speaker 1: originally they had some other things on deck that were
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  Speaker 1: already in motion. I couldn't be mad. She said, let's
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  Speaker 1: do something like this in twenty twenty four, and I
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  Speaker 1: went on with my life. No is a thing I
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  Speaker 1: hear a lot. So I was happy that I shot
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  Speaker 1: my shot. I was happy that I went for it.
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  Speaker 1: A few weeks later, I'm sitting at my computer and
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  Speaker 1: an email comes in my inbox and it says, you
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  Speaker 1: know what, Let's do it. I think I literally jumped
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  Speaker 1: out of my chair. I was so excited. I was
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  Speaker 1: so excited because it just felt so right. It felt
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  Speaker 1: so right because I was going to have the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to create a workshop for women. And again I keep
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  Speaker 1: using this term fem identifying, because I wanted all individuals
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  Speaker 1: that identify as female to feel safe in this space,
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  Speaker 1: a workshop for them to come together and feel seen
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  Speaker 1: in a place that they don't feel seen. That is
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  Speaker 1: exactly what we did this week, and it feels really,
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  Speaker 1: really rewarding. I know that there's so much more work
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  Speaker 1: to be done, and these are workshops that I've been
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  Speaker 1: hosting around the country in twenty twenty four. I really
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  Speaker 1: want to take this concept to the next level. But
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  Speaker 1: in the meantime, I feel very validated and very excited
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  Speaker 1: about the opportunity to help her. It's a huge reason
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  Speaker 1: of why I have this show, and I guess I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you this story right now because I want you
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  Speaker 1: to take big risks. I want you to identify a
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  Speaker 1: place in your community, in your environment where you can
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  Speaker 1: make a difference because you have a voice. And so
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  Speaker 1: I encourage you today to send the email to do
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  Speaker 1: the thing, to get uncomfortable because that's when change happens,
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  Speaker 1: and change it can feel really scary, but it is
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  Speaker 1: so needed in so many spaces. My prompt for you
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  Speaker 1: this week what are you passionate about? What do you
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  Speaker 1: want to do? How can you make a difference? Again,
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  Speaker 1: what are you passionate about? What can you do to
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  Speaker 1: make a difference? And now a listener question.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Emily, this is Jess from Connecticut. Thanks for troubleshooting
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  Speaker 2: with me. I was having some difficulty trying to leave
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  Speaker 2: you this message. I was curious about if you've had
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  Speaker 2: any recommendations for different accessories or products to use. I
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  Speaker 2: am trying to get ahead of some potential planner fasciitis
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  Speaker 2: working with physical therapists, and I have a running coach.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm training for the New York City Marathon and
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  Speaker 2: it's a dream race. So I want to do everything
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  Speaker 2: I can to toe the line nice and healthy. So
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  Speaker 2: any tips and recommendations that you may have from all
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  Speaker 2: of your experiences would be greatly appreciated. And thanks so
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  Speaker 2: much in advance for your help and time.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so notably, there are I would say three products
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  Speaker 1: that have made a difference for me in my planter fasciitis.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to to all three of these in the
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  Speaker 1: show notes, but know that everyone is different, and I
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  Speaker 1: would definitely recommend if you are dealing with the same
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  Speaker 1: condition that I've been dealing with, that you make an
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  Speaker 1: effort to see an expert, so a physical therapist, a physician,
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  Speaker 1: get one on one help with your situation. The first
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  Speaker 1: thing a tigertail. It's a small roller that you can
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  Speaker 1: use all over your body for soft tissue work, but
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  Speaker 1: it's also great for rolling out my foot before and
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  Speaker 1: after efforts, and it's small to travel with, so I
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  Speaker 1: would recommend that. The next thing I would recommend is
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  Speaker 1: a frozen foot massage roller. So again, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: massage tools here. I am obsessed. I have one from
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  Speaker 1: I believe you pronounce it Guy m Gaiam. You can
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  Speaker 1: buy it on Amazon again in the show notes, and
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  Speaker 1: I keep this in my freezer and I look forward
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  Speaker 1: to using it in the morning at night when I'm
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  Speaker 1: sitting watching TV. Is excellent. And the last thing that's
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  Speaker 1: in my rotation are in souls. Now you can get
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  Speaker 1: custom orthotics, they can be very expensive, so instead I
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  Speaker 1: went to Amazon and bought a pair that my PT
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  Speaker 1: recommended and they have made a world of difference in
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  Speaker 1: my sneakers, so orthotics and two different tools to roll
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  Speaker 1: out my feet. I know a lot of people use
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  Speaker 1: socks and whatnot to sleep in overnight. I am the
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  Speaker 1: kind of person that cannot bear socks in bed, so
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  Speaker 1: they're not for me, but all the power to you.
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  Speaker 1: That is it for this week. Avoir from shaw Minie
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  Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.