Hey everyone. Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. I am deep in the thick of it. We are, it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, two days out from my 14th marathon, my 7th New York. And the events are in full swing. What a special time it is

to be in New York. And I understand that I am very inside baseball. Like I am immersed in this

community. So that is why it feels so hectic. But I would say whether or not you are a runner, this is the most special time

to be in this city, period. I'm so grateful yesterday. I had the opportunity to volunteer at the

expo and I got to meet some hurdlers as they were picking up their bibs. And that's something I've

never done before. And to see the different people that were coming up their bibs, and that's something I've never done before, and to see

the different people that were coming up to our booth and their excitement was so contagious,

and it just felt so awesome to be a part of such a special moment for them.

People coming from, oh my goodness, Singapore, I checked in people from Australia, truly all

ends of the earth. It was so special. I was talking about a lot of the events that I went to.

And one of the events that I went to was a community dinner that was put together by Nike.

And English Gardner was at the dinner. And if you don't know English,

she's one of the fastest woman, period. She's an Olympian and a Nike athlete. And she was in

conversation at the dinner with my dear friend Rebecca talking about this contract that she made

with herself. And I want to share some of these sentiments here

because it really resonated with me. She talked about how when she was on the come up in her

sport, she made this contract with herself and she refused to go back on the terms of that

contract. And I found that terminology, that metaphor to be so powerful, she said, you are the only

person who will show up for yourself the way that you deserve it each and every time. And I do feel

like that's a little bit, it's scary to think that way, right? There are going to be people in your life

and there are currently people in your life and there are currently

people in your life who will do anything and everything for you. But at the end of the day,

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