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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: Here We Go Again · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Thank God it's Friday.
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  Speaker 2: I Emily a body here coming into your feeds with
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  Speaker 2: an episode of five Minute Friday. And let me tell you,
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  Speaker 2: this week has been a lot. It's been a lot
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  Speaker 2: with the news, It's been a lot of work, it's
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  Speaker 2: been a lot of playing a little bit of catch up.
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  Speaker 2: So personally, I am really really ready for the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I am excited to announce that I am officially signed
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  Speaker 2: up for the second time for the London Marathon. If
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  Speaker 2: you've been a hurdler for a while, then you followed
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  Speaker 2: along last year with my journey to the London Marathon,
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  Speaker 2: ultimately an injury which prevented me from going to London,
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  Speaker 2: pivoting going to Italy, the whole shabang.
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  Speaker 1: And so now that.
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  Speaker 2: I am on the brink of another training cycle fourteen
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  Speaker 2: weeks for me gearing up to finally do this thing
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  Speaker 2: that has just been so long time coming, I feel
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  Speaker 2: anxious and nervous and cautiously optimistic. I think a lot
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  Speaker 2: about where I am now, just working on navigating what
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  Speaker 2: has been a little bit of plantro fauci itis for
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  Speaker 2: the past few months, and for more resources and information
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  Speaker 2: on navigating plantro fauci itis, and other foot conditions. Make
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  Speaker 2: sure that you check out Wednesday's episode with doctor Emily Splickel, so.
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  Speaker 1: Many good takeaways in there.
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  Speaker 2: But I have been working with a physical therapist over
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  Speaker 2: at Motive in New York and also just diligently doing
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  Speaker 2: my exercises and really really making it a top priority
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  Speaker 2: to take care of my body. And I'm seeing the
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  Speaker 2: fruits of my efforts, so to speak, pay off. My
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  Speaker 2: plantro fasciidis has gotten much much better. I'm now able
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  Speaker 2: to run without pain. That's not to say that pain
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  Speaker 2: doesn't pop in every now and again, but I'm managing it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm working with it, and i am on the ups,
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  Speaker 2: and I can say that confidently. Now. The thing about
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  Speaker 2: this training cycle that feels unlike maybe any other that
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  Speaker 2: I have gone through, and sometime I really feel like
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  Speaker 2: I'm starting at square one. I mean, I essentially took
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  Speaker 2: off some solid time from any sort of distance run
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  Speaker 2: in April and May, and so for me now starting
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  Speaker 2: this journey after just running a half marathon, and that
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  Speaker 2: experience went like pretty it was pretty difficult for me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm humble and I'm honest, and I'm working to meet
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  Speaker 2: myself with where I'm at It was a conversation that
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  Speaker 2: I had with my pet the other day, homing in
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  Speaker 2: on this idea that doing that, being honest about my
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  Speaker 2: current status is going to be the thing that enables
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  Speaker 2: me to get toward my goals.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm chasing the version.
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  Speaker 2: Of Emily that was running in twenty nineteen when I
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  Speaker 2: snagged my first BQ in the Chicago Marathon, that would
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  Speaker 2: be me doing myself a disservice. I am not starting
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  Speaker 2: in the same place that I started back in twenty nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: Here in twenty twenty two, I am a different person.
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  Speaker 2: I'm dealing with different situations. I am emotionally, physically, and professionally,
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  Speaker 2: like all in a different spot. And so I recognize that,
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  Speaker 2: and I have grace with that. And that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: that there aren't going to be moments where I am
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  Speaker 2: my own biggest critic. If you follow me on Instagram,
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  Speaker 2: then you saw that I wrote a post about this.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned that I had a hard time in my
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  Speaker 2: last half marathon.
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  Speaker 1: I really did.
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  Speaker 2: I ran this race here in New York called the
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  Speaker 2: Midnight Half, and I went out there and just felt
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  Speaker 2: as though so much of my fitness was lacking and
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  Speaker 2: because of that I felt embarrassed, I felt frustrated. I
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  Speaker 2: felt as though I wanted to curl up in a
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  Speaker 2: small ball and completely hide away. And in the days
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  Speaker 2: and weeks since that race, I have come back to
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  Speaker 2: this place of having more grace with myself. Although I
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  Speaker 2: needed to feel those feelings, there are so many realities
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  Speaker 2: that go hand in hand with what happened night. Aside
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  Speaker 2: from taking some time off, I also hadn't run more
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  Speaker 2: than eight and a half miles consecutively before going out
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  Speaker 2: to run that half, and sometime I don't usually stay
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  Speaker 2: a week past ten thirty at night, so going out
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  Speaker 2: to run a half marathon and midnight isn't exactly a breeze.
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  Speaker 2: I mean so many things, none of them excuses, all
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  Speaker 2: just me learning to accept the facts and move forward
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  Speaker 2: doing the best I can with what I have. And
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  Speaker 2: so all of this to say that I'm feeling excited
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  Speaker 2: to get back into some sort of a routine and
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  Speaker 2: have a plan to stick to. I'm feeling anxious, I'm
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  Speaker 2: also feeling really at peace with where I am. I'm
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  Speaker 2: excited about the potential for where I can go. And
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  Speaker 2: I know that going back to that saying all I
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  Speaker 2: can do is truly the best I can with what
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  Speaker 2: I have. And if I'm being honest with myself and
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  Speaker 2: I'm giving the efforts that I'm hoping to give and
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  Speaker 2: dedicating the time and accepting the opportunity cost, then I
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  Speaker 2: hope that when I look back on this training cycle
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  Speaker 2: in thirteen and a half weeks, I can confidently say
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  Speaker 2: that I am better for.
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  Speaker 1: Doing all of that.
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  Speaker 2: And so my question for you this week, my prompt
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  Speaker 2: for you this week is what is something in your
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  Speaker 2: life right now where you would be better for accepting
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  Speaker 2: things as they are instead of wishing that they were
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  Speaker 2: another way?
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  Speaker 1: How can you have a little bit more grace with yourself?
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  Speaker 2: Again, the prompt is, what is something in your life
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  Speaker 2: that you would be better off if you accepted for
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  Speaker 2: how it is right now and met yourself with where
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  Speaker 2: you're at instead of wishing for things to be different?
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  Speaker 2: How can you have some more grace with you? And
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  Speaker 2: now a listener question.
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  Speaker 3: Hi Emily, my name is Trish and I've lived in
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  Speaker 3: New York my entire life, but I think within the
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  Speaker 3: next few years I might want to leave, just so
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  Speaker 3: I could find somewhere that's a little quieter and a
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  Speaker 3: little more affordable. I know you're also a proud New Yorker.
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  Speaker 3: So my question to you is are you New York
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  Speaker 3: or nowhere or do you think you'll settle down in
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  Speaker 3: a different city somewhere and where might that be? Thanks
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  Speaker 3: so much?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, hey, so man, this question a hot topic over
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  Speaker 2: the last few years. Was so many of my dear
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  Speaker 2: dear friends, not you know, living in the area. Me
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  Speaker 2: just getting older thinking about the hope one day to
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  Speaker 2: buy property instead of just spending all of my money
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  Speaker 2: in rent. I love New York, I truly do, and
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  Speaker 2: I see myself being in the area, probably for a
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  Speaker 2: better part of my life. That is not to say
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  Speaker 2: that I'm not open to doing stints in other places,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't see myself as a single, thirty something
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  Speaker 2: woman moving to a new city to start over. New York.
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  Speaker 2: For me, right now, it feels like home. I feel
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  Speaker 2: happy here, and that's what I'm focused on. If I
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  Speaker 2: have a family one day, I could definitely see myself
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  Speaker 2: raising a family somewhere in Brooklyn. Definitely an ideal situation
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  Speaker 2: would be property that has a yard. But I grew
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  Speaker 2: up in Connecticut and I loved having a house in
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  Speaker 2: a really big yard.
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  Speaker 1: So that could be an option too.
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  Speaker 2: I've never been one of those girls that had a
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  Speaker 2: clear outline for what my life would look like when
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  Speaker 2: I got to a certain age, and so I feel
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  Speaker 2: as though I have some priorities, and those priorities don't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily have to do with things like that. My biggest
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  Speaker 2: life priority right now is finding I guess, a lifelong
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  Speaker 2: partner and focusing on that and figuring out the details
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  Speaker 2: that come after that with that person together. So who
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  Speaker 2: a little vulnerability for your Friday. I hope that you
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  Speaker 2: have something enjoyable planned for the holiday weekend. Stay safe
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  Speaker 2: out there, have a good time, and we will be
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  Speaker 2: back in the feed on Tuesday morning, July fifth at
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  Speaker 2: Emily Body at Hurdle Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered.
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  Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.