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#HURDLEMOMENT: Conquer the New York City Marathon With These Veteran Tips · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: What's going on hurdlers.
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  Speaker 2: Emily a body here with a new installment of Hurdle
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  Speaker 2: Moment from Hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from
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  Speaker 2: entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten
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  Speaker 2: through tough times hurdles of sports by leaning in to wellness.
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  Speaker 2: It is a really exciting week here in New York City.
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  Speaker 2: It is New York City Marathon week. I myself am
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  Speaker 2: a four time NYC marathoner. I affectionately call my first
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  Speaker 2: one back in twenty fourteen the best day of my life,
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  Speaker 2: and the vibes are real.
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  Speaker 1: In today's episode.
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  Speaker 2: A Hurdle Moment, I'm gonna be running down everything every
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  Speaker 2: runner should know going into the New York City Marathon.
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  Speaker 2: I did an Instagram live earlier this week chatting.
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  Speaker 1: About these things.
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting loads of direct messages on Instagram with all
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  Speaker 2: of the questions, and so I feel like as a
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  Speaker 2: four time New York City marathoner, it is my duty
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  Speaker 2: ever lack of a better term, for me to spread
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  Speaker 2: my wisdom to the world. Now, of course, this is
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  Speaker 2: just coming from my experience, my best practices, but I
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  Speaker 2: hope that with these tips and tricks, if you are
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  Speaker 2: running New York City this year. If you find this
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  Speaker 2: in the future that I can help you run your
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  Speaker 2: best race through all.
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  Speaker 1: Of the five burrows. You all know the drill.
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  Speaker 2: If you have any questions, the comments, concerns, need anything,
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  Speaker 2: you can reach me at Emily a Body or at
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  Speaker 2: Hurdle Podcasts. Also over email, It's Emily at hurdle dot us.
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  Speaker 2: And of course this week, if you're in the New
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  Speaker 2: York City area, come out tonight to the Lulam and
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  Speaker 2: Repair Lab. I'm when you're recording a live hurdle with
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  Speaker 2: Charlie Dark He's a run coach based out of the UK.
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  Speaker 2: And then on Friday, I'm sitting down with three awesome
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  Speaker 2: fellow female podcasters with the help of you can at
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  Speaker 2: the Marriott Marquis to chat All Things Marathon. For more
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  Speaker 2: details on all the events, on all the Things, click
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  Speaker 2: the link with the description to this episode, and with
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  Speaker 2: that let's get to hurdling. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion,
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  Speaker 2: but if you ask me, the New York City Marathon
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  Speaker 2: is the best marathon.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, So I'm a New Yorker.
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  Speaker 2: I've been living here for eight years, which means I'm
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  Speaker 2: a little biased, But what I do know is that
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  Speaker 2: there is absolutely nothing like the crowds in New York.
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  Speaker 2: From the moment you step foot off of the arizontal bridge,
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  Speaker 2: you get into Brooklyn, you make your way through all
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  Speaker 2: of the streets and head towards Central Park. The roads
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  Speaker 2: are plagued with people, and that is just a testament
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  Speaker 2: to the rich culture, the rich heart of New York City.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's always so beautiful because there's nothing like
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  Speaker 2: a marathon where people of all walks of life, they
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  Speaker 2: come out, they cheer. It doesn't matter what your religion is,
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  Speaker 2: or what your sex is, who you're interested in, where
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  Speaker 2: you come from. Everyone just like comes out on this
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  Speaker 2: one big festive day for one awesome reason. Now I
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  Speaker 2: affectionately call the first New York City Marathon I ever
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  Speaker 2: ran as the best day of my life. It was
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  Speaker 2: the second marathon I had ever completed, next to Hartford
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  Speaker 2: the year before, and it was just something I never
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  Speaker 2: thought as a young woman that I would be capable of.
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  Speaker 2: So now, if you are lacing up to run in
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  Speaker 2: New York this year, I have the tips and tricks
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  Speaker 2: my veteran wisdom to dispel on you all. First things, First,
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  Speaker 2: layer a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 2: General transportation to the starting line and I don't have
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  Speaker 2: all the details on this, So if you need information
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  Speaker 2: at all about logistics when it comes to New York
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  Speaker 2: City marathon, go on over to the New York Roadrunners website.
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  Speaker 2: But general transportation to the starting line requires that participants
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  Speaker 2: get on the Staten Island ferry and arrive at the
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  Speaker 2: starting village superly. My first year, temperatures were literally in
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  Speaker 2: the low thirties, which means that I was waiting in
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  Speaker 2: the starting village for at least two hours and I
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  Speaker 2: was really cold. My biggest tip to New York City
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  Speaker 2: marathoners is make that time in the starting village as
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  Speaker 2: comfortable as possible. That means bring things like fuzzy bathrobes, blankets, sweatshirts, sweatpants.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna need a lot of throwaway clothes. Now, don't worry.
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  Speaker 2: All of your throwaway clothes are then put into bins
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  Speaker 2: which are then donated, so all that stuff is going
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  Speaker 2: toward a good purpose. But yeah, you want to bring
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  Speaker 2: old winter jackets, extra sweatpants, a blanket or super helpful
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  Speaker 2: bring things like pillows. I've heard of people bring things
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  Speaker 2: like pool floats, old sleeping bags, whatever you can bring
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  Speaker 2: with you to get super super cozy. Another simple tip
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  Speaker 2: I love for the starting line, bring like brainless magazines. Again,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of time there. The last thing you want
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  Speaker 2: to do is be sitting there just like twitally your
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  Speaker 2: thumbs and freaking out. So bring old magazines. Definitely check
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  Speaker 2: in with any friends you have running and see where
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be.
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  Speaker 1: Link up that kind of stuff. Super super helpful. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Next tip, wear your name on your shirt. I think
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  Speaker 2: you should do this no matter what marathon you're running
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  Speaker 2: and where you are. I didn't do it in Chicago
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  Speaker 2: this year, and I kind of recredit it, but especially
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  Speaker 2: in New York with the crowds as robust as they are,
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  Speaker 2: it is just like the best thing when you're running
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  Speaker 2: and you're struggling, and like hundreds of thousands of people
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  Speaker 2: are just cheering for you, just strangers. It's kind of
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  Speaker 2: a It's something that sometimes I wish we could have
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  Speaker 2: like on a regular basis.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Next tip, incorporate hill running into your training. Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: you're listening to this the week of a marathon, do
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  Speaker 2: not freak out. Every marathon has its fair share of challenges.
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  Speaker 2: Than in New York City. That is definitely hills. What
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  Speaker 2: I want you to do is, when you approach these hills,
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  Speaker 2: just keep going back to Colm. Obviously, there are a
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  Speaker 2: few of them in the race. At mile fifteen, you'll
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  Speaker 2: face what many will tell you is the worst of them,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the Queensboro Bridge. And I remember distinctly during
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  Speaker 2: my first New York City that I got to the
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  Speaker 2: Queensboro Bridge and everyone had built up this huge hill
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  Speaker 2: to me, and in reality, I didn't think it was
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  Speaker 2: that bad at all. If you are in New Yorker
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  Speaker 2: and you're used to running loops of Central Park, the
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  Speaker 2: Queensboro Bridge hill is much less of a greed than
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  Speaker 2: Harlem Hill and honestly, probably even Cat Hill. So it's
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  Speaker 2: only a problem if you make it a problem. Go
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  Speaker 2: into it with a sense of calm and remember that
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  Speaker 2: you put in the work and you're going to be
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  Speaker 2: just fine. Next tip, be your own plan B, especially
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to fuel. Of course, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be fuel stations on the course with things like water
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  Speaker 2: and gatorade, and then at one point, I believe there
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  Speaker 2: are Gatorade endurance shells. But what's important is, yes you
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  Speaker 2: can one hundred percent rely on the water and the Gatorade,
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  Speaker 2: but it comes to actual fuel, whether that's shells or choose.
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  Speaker 2: I have a girlfriend that runs with baby food coaches,
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  Speaker 2: bring your own. It is so much better to be
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  Speaker 2: over prepared than underprepared. Back in Chicago this year, I
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  Speaker 2: ate five different cases of the Gatorade and Endurance gummy chews.
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  Speaker 1: That's four gummies in each choose.
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  Speaker 2: I have never felt better in a marathon, and that's
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  Speaker 2: because I had a constant source of fuel for my muscles.
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  Speaker 2: Now again, nothing new on race day, which means you
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  Speaker 2: need to be running on that day with things that
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  Speaker 2: you have used before. This is not the time to
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  Speaker 2: get experimental. Next thing every runner should know going into
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  Speaker 2: the marathon. Mile sixteen is the best. Okay, a little
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  Speaker 2: bit biased. I've spent the last eight years of my
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  Speaker 2: life living in New York City on the Upper East Side,
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  Speaker 2: but the Queensboro Bridge is the only place on the
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  Speaker 2: course where literally there are no spectators except for like
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  Speaker 2: the few random people who've decided to walk up onto
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  Speaker 2: the bridge and cheer.
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  Speaker 1: So you're on the.
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  Speaker 2: Queensboro it's absolute silence. It's like your one moment of
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  Speaker 2: the entire twenty six point two miles, just to like
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  Speaker 2: have a deep breath, and as you get toward the end,
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  Speaker 2: you literally hear the war of the crowd coming off
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  Speaker 2: of the bridge. Everyone is freaking out. It is so
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  Speaker 2: exciting and it is just magic. Like there's no other
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  Speaker 2: way to explain it, especially because for me, again an
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  Speaker 2: up East sider, I'm coming home, but this is like
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  Speaker 2: you are back in Manhattan and like the next ten
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  Speaker 2: miles is just yours for the taking. So at this
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  Speaker 2: point I would suggest to you soak in the energy,
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  Speaker 2: really get excited. This is your chance to kind of
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  Speaker 2: re up on those good vibes and to push forward
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  Speaker 2: in running after what is yours that metal that finish. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: next tip, have a meeting place for when you're done.
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  Speaker 2: Just like any big concert or event or whatever, the
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  Speaker 2: crowds in New York they're huge, which means that cell
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  Speaker 2: phone service isn't exactly at a premium when you are
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  Speaker 2: done with that overwhelming twenty six point two miles. The
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  Speaker 2: good news is that New York Roadrunners is a really
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  Speaker 2: great setup to the family meeting area or whatever special
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  Speaker 2: term that they call it. And in that family meeting
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  Speaker 2: area there are signs designated by letter of the alphabet,
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  Speaker 2: so it's super easy to tell your friends and family
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  Speaker 2: to meet you at your specific letter sign, reunite there,
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  Speaker 2: and then find yourselves a bar that's my usual go
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  Speaker 2: to or somewhere just to sit down, relax and enjoy
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  Speaker 2: your achievement. Next New York City Marathon tip the day
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  Speaker 2: after the race, there are two things you've got to do.
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  Speaker 2: They offer really inexpensive metal engraving the day after the
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  Speaker 2: marathon back in Central Park, and it's something that I've
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  Speaker 2: done every year because it gets me just to move
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  Speaker 2: my legs a little bit the day after the race.
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  Speaker 2: I get a lot of questions about the best ways
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  Speaker 2: to recover the next day after a marathon, and there
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  Speaker 2: are two things that make sure to do without fail
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  Speaker 2: every time. It is get up and walk around just
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. You're not trying to be a hero,
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  Speaker 2: You're just trying to move. And then, if you can
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  Speaker 2: find it, get yourself in some Norma tech boots, the
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  Speaker 2: compression boots. They have them at physical therapist's office. I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure there's going to be a lot of different pop
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  Speaker 2: up events around the area, So get yourself in some boots,
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  Speaker 2: go walk to the Central Park, get your metal engraved,
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  Speaker 2: and again.
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  Speaker 1: Just soak in that awesome achievement.
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  Speaker 2: And the second thing that you have to do is,
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  Speaker 2: of course stop by the Tracksmith pop up. They do
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  Speaker 2: it in all the cities where the Abbot World Majors happen.
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  Speaker 2: They make custom posters with your marathon time stamped on
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  Speaker 2: the bottom. If you follow me on social media, you
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  Speaker 2: have seen mine on the wall. They are my favorite
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  Speaker 2: favorite thing, So definitely check on over to their instagram.
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  Speaker 2: It's at Tracksmith Running and you can find out where
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be hanging out this week in New York.
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  Speaker 2: And my last tip for you guys is just try
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  Speaker 2: us the process. Whether you're running New York, whether you're
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  Speaker 2: doing something else, whether you're gearing up for a five k,
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  Speaker 2: a half marathon, whatever it is, understand that this close
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  Speaker 2: to race day, as we're winding down, you have come
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  Speaker 2: a long way on this journey. You have sacrificed so much,
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  Speaker 2: You have given this so much of your heart and
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  Speaker 2: your soul, and you are ready. Trust me, no amount
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  Speaker 2: of nerves or anxiety or anything is going to change
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  Speaker 2: that come race day. So just understand that now is
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  Speaker 2: your time to soak it in, to go out there
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  Speaker 2: to get what's yours and then twenty six point two
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  Speaker 2: miles later you are forever a marathon or.
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  Speaker 1: So go out there, guys. That's what I got for
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  Speaker 1: you this week. Again.
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  Speaker 2: If you have any questions, if there's anything I can
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  Speaker 2: help you with, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
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  Speaker 2: Have a great race, and make sure to message me
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  Speaker 2: after because another hurdle conquered.
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  Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.