Oh Dear. Here's where I'm at. Answering a listener question for the entirety of this episode that's actually 12 questions in one, all about where I'm at going into next weekend's Chicago Marathon.
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Hello, Hi Emily.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Here, I'm feeling silly today. I'm feeling silly today because
I have been working on a project. I have made
this project the Monster for months now. To be specific,
I'm working on a speaking reel and I needed to
sit down and storyboard it and think about what I
(00:42):
wanted it to say and find examples. And I just
have not put in the time for this. And I'm
finally putting in the time for it, and I'm proud
of myself, but my brain feels like mush. On that note,
Aside from working on this reel, the other thing that
I am just inundated with is the fact that I
am running a marathon next weekend. You've heard me talk
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about it incessantly here, so I'm going to do that.
I won't even say for the last time, because I'm
sure I'm going to talk about it some more. But today,
this whole episode is me answering a five minute Friday question.
This one comes from Shay from New York City. She says,
love your show so much and I miss the solo
Wednesday episodes. Any chance you bring them back? Fun fact,
(01:27):
I'm gonna have a solo to kick off next week,
so stay tuned for that. But if you also feel
this way always, I love your feedback. Just like you
can email me a listener question over to Hello at
hurdle dot us. You can always email me there with
whatever your thoughts, your feelings, your concerns. I will see
them anyway. Shay writes, I have a question for five
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Minute Friday. How do you feel going into Chicago Marathon weekend?
You announced a big goal early in your training, and
I'd love to hear some reflections from you. What was
the hardest part of training? What did you do differently
this time around? Would you do that again? Other than
your a goal? What would make you feel accomplished? Where
do you feel most confident? How do you feel in
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your body? How are you passing the time on your taper.
While there's a lot of questions here, Shay, I'm being
honest really would love to hear anything you'd be willing
to share. Thanks so much and wishing you the absolute
best day out there on the twelfth eek, Shay, Like Shy,
this is fun. I don't think I'm going to answer
every single one of those questions, but I am holistically
going to give you a pulse check on where I'm at,
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and I do write a little bit about this in
the Weekly Hurdle newsletter today as well, So if you're
not subscribed, it is absolutely free unless you would like
to donate, so consider doing that. I feel ready and
I feel a little worried for no specific reason.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
In particular.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I've done all of the workouts, and oftentimes when I
feel that sense of hesitation going into a moment like this,
I find it so helpful to reflect on the training
and literally look at the log and see all of
the work that I've put in and remind myself that
I am capable of doing this hard thing. With that said,
the worry comes from I made a decision that was
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the right decision, and that was to go work in
Japan for two weeks, and if I am being entirely
real with myself, that was really hard on my body.
I do feel like now, you know, a little over
a week out, I feel back to being myself.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
But for god, you.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Know, a better part of the last three four weeks,
I just haven't been in the place that would be
ideal for performing how I originally set out to perform
at this marathon. So Shay referenced me announcing a big
goal early in my training when I like just that
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I was all in on this. I wanted to run
faster than my previous Chicago PR which is three twenty
eight oh eight. I was like, I feel like I
have this in my soul. I am capable, I am confident.
Let's do it, like, let's put it all out there.
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And I'm still willing to put it all out there.
But I remember when I went into New York last
year and I thought that I could do a certain thing,
and my goal at the time was I want to
do this thing, and I also want to have fun.
And so if I am in pursuit of the thing
and it stops being mostly fun, then I'm abandoning the goal,
(04:43):
right And so I feel that way a little bit
about Chicago. I do think that I can go into
the pain cave and have a good time. Don't get
me wrong, I love a good time in the pain cave.
But I want to I do want to enjoy myself.
And if that is like being really miserable out there
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because it's just not feeling like it's clicking, then I'm
gonna pull back and I'm gonna focus on the fun.
I also went into this marathon training cycle like oh
my god again.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I wrote about this in the Weekly Hurdle.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Like I in May was just in a body that
I have never been into my life. Marathon training aka
running four or five days a week and committing to
strength training and strength training for days a week like that,
they those are two very different things. And I felt
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really confident in my body at the beginning of.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
This training cycle, and I also feel really.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Confident in it now and that is the result of
putting in the work Like that is not something that
I Gosh, I've just been on this journey for so long,
and no matter how confident or whatever you see on
social you know, like I'm on a journey that will
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never end when it comes to being proud of myself
and body acceptance and like standing strong and who it
is that I am, and old me would really feel
like I did something wrong by losing that's kind of
in air quotes some of the progress that I had
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made earlier this year. I definitely like have lost some
strength but gained other things in the process of training
for this marathon, and.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
So it's it's it's a work in progress.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I'm really proud of myself for how I feel right
now in my body knowing that.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
One isn't better than the other.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
And I can feel strong and confident in my body
knowing that this body is going to be the body
that helps me cross that twenty six point two mile
finish line next weekend, and it's the same body that
could do seven pull ups in July. Can I do
seven pull ups right now? Highly doubtful, Highly doubtful, And
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that is oh okay, now, you know me. I love
a marathon recop episode, So I do believe that I
will address a lot of other things in that that
Shay asked in this But if you have other questions
or if there is anything else I can talk on,
you know me. I try to be an open book
in a way that feels responsible and safe and also
(07:31):
like safe for me and my boundaries. So yeah, ask
away again. That email for those is hello at Hurdle
dot us. You know how to find me. I'm over
on the socials at Emilyabody and at Hurdle Podcast Another
Hurdle Conquered.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Catch you guys next time.
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