If you're going to do something, step into your light and give it 110% of your effort.

Because there's nothing like regret when you look back in your life and you think,

you know what? I really wish I tried a bit harder. Hey, Hurdlers.

Emily Abadi here, bringing you episode 1,16 of Hurdle.

A wellness focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything

from their big wins to how

they've gotten through some of life's toughest moments. On the show, you can expect

vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone from top athletes to aspiring

entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions. My mission is simple to inspire you to be your

best self, move with intention, and have some fun along the way. If you've been following

along this week, I have been reposting some of my favorite episodes of Hurdles Past, featuring black guests, hoping to amplify

their voices during this important time in our country and continue my commitment to being a better

ally. Today's episode, I am bringing you my conversation with Charlie Dark from November

2019. And this experience is probably one of my favorites since launching the show. Charlie and I

sat down in a Lulu Lemon pop-up the week of the New York City Marathon for this recording.

And it was just really, really special in that the community really showed up.

And he has a lot of really great stories to tell.

He talked to me about how when he started running, he was in a bad place.

Today, he is a DJ and a poet. And at the time, he was teaching

a poetry and creative writing class in East London and had recently lost a friend of his. And

when he started running, it started under the cover of darkness, he says, between around 1 and 3 a.m.

He'd leave the recording studio in the early

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