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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: What Can You Do TODAY That Brings You Joy? · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Okay, hurdlers, Emily here popping into your feed for five
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  Speaker 1: Minute Friday. What a week? Every week feels like a
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  Speaker 1: month when you're home in quarantine. For those of you
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  Speaker 1: that missed five Minute Friday last week, this is a
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  Speaker 1: fun little segment I'm doing on the podcast where I
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  Speaker 1: share a story, I offer you a thought provoking prompt,
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  Speaker 1: and then I share my content highlights of the week.
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  Speaker 1: So yesterday I decided to wake up and go on
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  Speaker 1: a run. The morning started pretty slow, I had a
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  Speaker 1: little espresso, I was enjoying reading and journaling. I got
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  Speaker 1: ready for the run and I went out there, and
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  Speaker 1: I didn't exactly have a distance in mind. I just
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  Speaker 1: knew I wanted to get to other parts of the city.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's been really interesting spending the last what
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  Speaker 1: feels like forever, but is really I think about ten
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  Speaker 1: days now within a four or five block radius. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: I headed downtown and I weaved my way down the
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  Speaker 1: east side of Manhattan toward the Lower east Side. And
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  Speaker 1: I had a choice. When I got to the Williamsburg Bridge.
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  Speaker 1: I could either turn around and run the four miles
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  Speaker 1: back up, or I could take a loop, And so
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  Speaker 1: I went for the loop and I went over the bridge,
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  Speaker 1: made a left toward Williamsburg proper, weaved my way through,
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  Speaker 1: stopped by McCarran Park, kept going through Greenpoint, over the
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  Speaker 1: PULASKI back in, over the Queensboro and back uptown to
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  Speaker 1: the upper east Side, and I think it was heading
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  Speaker 1: on over Theansborough when I realized just how much I
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  Speaker 1: was enjoying the run. You know, running is something I
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  Speaker 1: do at least four or five days a week, and
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  Speaker 1: up until recently it had felt kind of tedious, as
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  Speaker 1: it can be sometimes with marathon training. But recently, after
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  Speaker 1: the postponing of London and my plans shifting, I've been
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  Speaker 1: able to find the joy in running again. I've been
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  Speaker 1: able to feel like my best self on the run.
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  Speaker 1: I noticed on the bridge that I felt so thankful
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  Speaker 1: and grateful just to move, just to get outside of
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  Speaker 1: the walls of my apartment. I was so grateful for
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  Speaker 1: this simple thing, this one activity, and it's so awesome
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  Speaker 1: that this thing can bring me so much happiness. Still,
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  Speaker 1: of course, there are the days where it feels painful
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  Speaker 1: or frustrating, or I might have a goal that I
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  Speaker 1: don't exactly meet, or I have to abandon a workout
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  Speaker 1: part of the way through. I'm not perfect, no one
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  Speaker 1: is perfect, but on this day yesterday, I felt whole.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty awesome. So this week's prompt, what is something
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  Speaker 1: in your life that you can do today, this weekend
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  Speaker 1: or soon that brings you true joy? And I want
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  Speaker 1: to follow that up with another question, is there something
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  Speaker 1: in your life that falls into this bucket that you've
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  Speaker 1: been over complicating lately? And as an aside, if you're
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  Speaker 1: doing these prompts at home, which I hope that you are,
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  Speaker 1: and you're writing down your answers, I would love for
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  Speaker 1: you to share them with me on social media by
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  Speaker 1: tagging either at Hurdle Podcasts at Emily Abody and of
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  Speaker 1: course you're always welcome just to send me it over
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  Speaker 1: a DM or via email. It's Emily at Hurdle Us.
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  Speaker 1: Now my content picks for the week. First and foremost,
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  Speaker 1: Brene has a new podcast. If you've never listened to
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  Speaker 1: her speak before or read her books, I highly recommend it.
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  Speaker 1: One of my favorites is I Thought It was just
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  Speaker 1: Me but it isn't. Or another great gateway is her
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  Speaker 1: Netflix special. Anyway, the podcast is called Unlocking Us. I
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  Speaker 1: believe there are already three episodes out and I'm really
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  Speaker 1: digging it. Hurdler reached out to me yesterday on Instagram
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  Speaker 1: and suggested that I get the book. Maybe you should
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  Speaker 1: talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb. I've seen it popping
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  Speaker 1: up on Instagram. I've heard it's great. I ordered it
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  Speaker 1: yesterday on Amazon and I'm holding it right now. I'm
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  Speaker 1: super excited to jump into that. And then I think
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  Speaker 1: it's really important right now to shout out the people
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  Speaker 1: that are doing some good, specially those in the fitness industry.
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  Speaker 1: It's a hard time a lot of them figuring out
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  Speaker 1: how to make ends meet and how to make a
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  Speaker 1: shift now that they can't work with clients in person
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  Speaker 1: or teach their regular classes. And so I want to
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  Speaker 1: give a quick shout out today to a few people
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  Speaker 1: that I think are doing a stellar job over on Instagram,
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  Speaker 1: especially Ashley Wilking. She's a Nike trainer as well as
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  Speaker 1: a Rumble trainer. She has been going live at least
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  Speaker 1: what seems like twice a day and putting some really
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  Speaker 1: awesome content out there. Also a shout out to Bethany
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  Speaker 1: Lyons and lions Den Power Yoga your five PM Happy
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  Speaker 1: Hours have been getting me through. And then lastly, if
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  Speaker 1: you have yet to check out Nike Training Club Premium,
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  Speaker 1: they're offering the app for free to everyone right now
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  Speaker 1: in the US and they've got a lot of really great,
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  Speaker 1: thoughtfully produced workouts on there with a slew of people
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  Speaker 1: you've heard on Hurdle before, from Joe Holder to Patina Gozo,
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  Speaker 1: Christy Gotzo, Alex silver Fagin. Definitely definitely check those out.
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  Speaker 1: One more content highlight to bring you from my friend
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey on Instagram at Kelsey Underscore Try. She does the
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  Speaker 1: funniest thing called TikTok Thursday, where she goes through and
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  Speaker 1: highlights some of the most ridiculous tiktoks that exist for
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  Speaker 1: the week. And let me tell you, everyone deserves a
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  Speaker 1: good laugh right now and you will one hundred percent
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  Speaker 1: get it if you go on over to her profile
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  Speaker 1: and check it out. I'm going to close out today's
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  Speaker 1: five Minute Friday with just a little reassurance. I have
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  Speaker 1: a poster that sits on my TV stand by a
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  Speaker 1: company called Nolita, and it says, everything is going to
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  Speaker 1: be all right right now, Just do me a favor.
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  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath, hold it in, feel your heart beating.
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  Speaker 1: Take in one last sip of air, exhale, and remember
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  Speaker 1: you're alive. This might be hard, we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: through it all right. At Emily A Body at Hurdle Podcast,
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  Speaker 1: another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next week