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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: A Little More Ease, A Little Less Stress · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Life.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on? Everyone? Emily a body? Here? You are
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  Speaker 2: listening to five minute Friday from Hurdle. What a week.
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  Speaker 2: I went to Paris.
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  Speaker 1: On Sunday, I hosted an event on behalf of Nike
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  Speaker 1: going siding with the Paralympics. On Monday, I got to
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  Speaker 1: go up to the de France, had myself a day
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday. On Wednesday I went to Rome and enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: some time there. And now on Friday, I am on
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  Speaker 1: my way home as you listen to this back to Brooklyn.
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  Speaker 1: I was thinking about how I feel like my best
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  Speaker 1: self when I'm in Europe. I guess this month it's
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  Speaker 1: been between Paris and Italy, although the time in Italy
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  Speaker 1: was definitely too short. But I feel like my best self,
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  Speaker 1: and that's because I'm constantly answering the question what's best
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  Speaker 1: for Emily and not shoulding myself right. My routine in
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  Speaker 1: Rome involved, yes, moving my body, but not in the
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  Speaker 1: exact same way that I do back at home, not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily following a prescribed training program for the marathon. I
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  Speaker 1: have on deck, yes, running, yes, lifting weights, but then
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  Speaker 1: answering the question what's best for Emily? By what do
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  Speaker 1: I want to eat? Today, what do I want to
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  Speaker 1: have for breakfast? Okay, smoothie right now?
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  Speaker 2: Great?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, sandwich from this amazing sandwich shop later perfect and
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  Speaker 1: no guilt with any of that. I think that sometimes
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  Speaker 1: when I'm home and I'm thinking about how to best
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  Speaker 1: fuel my body and what I quote unquote should be doing,
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  Speaker 1: I think of things differently when I'm in Europe, when
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  Speaker 1: I'm on vacation, and I don't think of it the
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  Speaker 1: same way.
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  Speaker 2: I take time to be mindful.
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  Speaker 1: I take time to write, to journal, to reflect, and
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  Speaker 1: it feels really, really good. And so today as I
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  Speaker 1: was journaling while sipping a Hugo Sprits, which is my
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  Speaker 1: new thing, a little late, considering summer is on its
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  Speaker 1: way out, but I can tell you that next summer
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  Speaker 1: twenty five is going to be the summer of the
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  Speaker 1: Hugo Sprits for me.
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  Speaker 2: I digress.
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  Speaker 1: While I was sitting and journaling and sipping, I was
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  Speaker 1: thinking to myself, how can I do more of this
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  Speaker 1: in my regular routine at home? How can I get
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  Speaker 1: to a place where I feel more comfortable letting go
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  Speaker 1: of the should And it's not easy, right, but really
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  Speaker 1: it is being more intentional. And I know the word
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  Speaker 1: is getting some flock right now because of the trends
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  Speaker 1: in TikTok, But being more mindful that feels really good
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  Speaker 1: for me, that idea of asking myself and maybe for you,
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  Speaker 1: asking yourself what is good for insert your name today
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  Speaker 1: and some days it's going to be quote unquote living
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  Speaker 1: in a way that many consider to be healthy. It's
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  Speaker 1: eating whole grains and vegetables and maybe drinking your greens,
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  Speaker 1: and also leaning away from over consumption of anything from
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  Speaker 1: alcohol to media. Right it's being mindful of your inputs
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  Speaker 1: and your outputs, which I also believe is part of
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  Speaker 1: this puzzle for me over here, the fact that I'm
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  Speaker 1: not really sitting around scrolling on social I'm reading, I'm journaling.
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  Speaker 1: I'm walking around and looking at the art around me
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  Speaker 1: and the buildings around me, of the culture around me.
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  Speaker 1: And so when I think about how I can bring
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  Speaker 1: more of this back into my day to day routine
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  Speaker 1: at home, it really is putting some limits on myself,
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  Speaker 1: asking myself what's best for Emily today, and how can
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  Speaker 1: I be a little bit more mindful of those inputs
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  Speaker 1: of those outputs. There's also something to be said about
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  Speaker 1: removing yourself from the hustle or removing yourself from the
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  Speaker 1: regular routine. Being six hours ahead where I was this week,
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  Speaker 1: it helps me not feel like everything is so time sensitive.
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  Speaker 1: It helped me feel a little bit more like I
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  Speaker 1: had a handle on things. And it's understandable that it
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  Speaker 1: could feel the other way for some, but that's.
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  Speaker 2: Just how it felt for me.
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  Speaker 1: And I liked that there's a pace to things in
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  Speaker 1: Europe that I want to bring back with me, this
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  Speaker 1: concept that nothing is so ridiculously time sensitive and it
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  Speaker 1: will all get done in due time. And so I
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  Speaker 1: plan to try to bring some of that back with
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  Speaker 1: me today to keep that in mind when October gets hectic,
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  Speaker 1: which I know it will. I promise on that note
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  Speaker 1: that I have some exciting events to share with you
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  Speaker 1: very soon, very very soon. But one thing at a time,
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  Speaker 1: one breath, one step, one thing at a time. I
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  Speaker 1: prompter you this week on this note is how can
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  Speaker 1: you bring some of this ease into your every day?
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  Speaker 1: How can you bring a little bit more ease into
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  Speaker 1: your every day? And now a listener question, Hey, Emily,
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  Speaker 1: I have been listening to Hurdle forever, but I feel
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  Speaker 1: as though I have been so hesitant to write in
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  Speaker 1: to call and leave a voice message because I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Want to feel judged.
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  Speaker 1: I'm relatively new to running, and I feel as though
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  Speaker 1: it's just not getting any easier. I want to stick
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  Speaker 1: with it, but I'm not really feeling motivated by any
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  Speaker 1: of the progress that I am or am not experiencing.
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  Speaker 1: So my question for you is, how did you not
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  Speaker 1: give up? I like the way that I feel after.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, but on this journey, it's just
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  Speaker 1: not clicking for me.
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  Speaker 2: Should I abandon it? Am I making a mistake? Please?
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  Speaker 2: Any thoughts totally welcomed.
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  Speaker 1: Jenny Oh, Jenny Oh, Jenny Oh, Jenny, I get it.
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  Speaker 2: I've been there. I'm gonna be honest, I'm there right now.
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  Speaker 1: This week of running for me has felt really junkie,
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  Speaker 1: likely because of the time change. I have the grace
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  Speaker 1: with myself and that's wonderful. But I remember when I
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  Speaker 1: started running, and the summer that I started running, I
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  Speaker 1: ran a half mile every day, and I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it was until the end of that summer, like literally
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  Speaker 1: fifty plus days of consecutive running later, that maybe I
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  Speaker 1: experienced that it felt good on the run. So know
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  Speaker 1: that you are not alone in how you feel, and
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  Speaker 1: also know that it's entirely up to you. There is
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  Speaker 1: so much value and reward and sticking with a hard
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  Speaker 1: thing and realizing that in the act of doing the
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  Speaker 1: hard thing that you are capable of doing other hard things.
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  Speaker 1: But we know that the most guaranteed way to stick
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  Speaker 1: with any sort of an exercise routine is to do
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  Speaker 1: something that brings you joy, to do something.
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  Speaker 2: That you enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: And so I ask you this, what's the Why are
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  Speaker 1: you running because you want to get to a place
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  Speaker 1: that you like it, because you feel like it could
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  Speaker 1: be good for you in your life?
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  Speaker 2: Or are you doing it because you feel as though
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  Speaker 2: you should be doing it? Why are you running? I
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  Speaker 2: say it again, why are you running?
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  Speaker 1: And know that it does take a while to click okay,
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  Speaker 1: So again you're not alone in that it feels hard.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm a decade into this thing and it still
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  Speaker 1: feels hard at times. But I know that this hard thing,
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  Speaker 1: when I'm done with it, it feels good. I know
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  Speaker 1: that I have a strong why for running and that
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  Speaker 1: it does remind me, Like I said, that I am
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  Speaker 1: capable of hard things, both on the road, on the
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  Speaker 1: trails and well beyond. And so that's why it works
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  Speaker 1: for me. But you have to be honest with what
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  Speaker 1: you want, what's your why, and take it from there.
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  Speaker 1: Trust me though you're not alone. I can't say it enough.
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  Speaker 1: And remember what I said earlier. One step, one breath,
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  Speaker 1: one thing at a time. That's it for this week.
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  Speaker 1: Please email in your listener questions over at Hello at
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  Speaker 1: hurdle dot us. Again that email for your listener questions
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  Speaker 1: is Hello at hurdle dot us. Another hurdle conquered. Catch
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  Speaker 1: you guys next time.