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Hey, everybody. Emily, a body. Checking in here. You are listening at two episode, 215 of Hurtle, a wellness focus podcast,

where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything in between.

We all go through hurdles in life. And my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can strive toward your own big potential.

And of course, have some fun along the way. For today's episode, 215, I am chatting with Annie Coons. She is a heptathly and a limbian. And I am so, so am to bring you this conversation.

We talked about so many things in today's episode, ranging from the injuries that Annie sustained, putting her on the injury list for this year's world championships.

What it feels like for her now to have a sponsor that not only believes in her, but invests in her within a morpho.

So plus what it really means to be a heptathlete, which featuring seven different events, it has a slew of challenges outside of just hurdles.

So I am to bring you this conversation really excited personally to be back in Brooklyn after man, a decent amount of travel was and still feeling on a high from the Salt Lake City Unleashed conference.

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And with that, let's get to handling.

Today I am sitting down with Annie Coons. She is a heptathlete tower you doing today.

Thank you for having me. I'm excited. I'm excited to I'm happy to have you here. I would be remiss if I didn't kick this off by addressing what's going on with you right now and what's going on with you right now is you're making a comeback from some injury. Talk to me about it.

Yeah, I'm just definitely you know you go to the Olympics it's like this peak moment and you think it's going to be easier for that moment on and I think this year has proven to me that that's not the case always and that adversity is just part of the sport.

And so unfortunately for me that's kind of in my situation this year battling a torn planter fascia, which is kind of where your arch connects to your heels you kind of need that for some different events.

But it's kind of been a year of blessings and disguise. I think it brought to light a lot of things that weren't mechanically working very well in my feet and the way I was running. And so it's kind of helped me to take care of the little things this year.

I think I needed a little bit of a reset just after the five year grind of the Olympics and training for that. So it's kind of give me a chance to do that. And so I'm super grateful for that.

But excited to get back out on the track. I'm definitely missing it and sad not be part of World Championship this year. But it's part of it and I'm trying to make a comeback. So.

I appreciate this perspective and the this is in some way, although not easy happening for me. Did it take work with a coach or just time to pass for you to be in this place and have this perspective.

Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely I'd be lying to you. I was like, I'm always this positive and it's, you know, always bussiness in disguise. But I think it's kind of waves of it where you're feeling.

You're motivated and you're you're like, okay, this is what I'm supposed to be doing right now. And then there's waves in the bottom where you're like, oh my gosh, the stuff is tedious.

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