Hey, everyone. Emily, body here. You are listening to another episode of Five Minute

Friday from Hurtle. What's up? Hello. Hi. Wow, last five minute Friday here in the studio

for a couple of weeks, although I am doing loads of preparation to gear up to get out of

town literally on Monday. I'm heading out to do some work in Italy before heading over

to Berlin and running the marathon and then going to October fast and then actually going

back to Italy. It's going to be a hectic, but fun and rewarding and exciting couple of weeks,

and I I'm really feeling I'm just ready for it. You know, I think the thing about training for

a marathon is it does take such an opportunity cost. It requires so much sacrifice and pursuit

of a goal. And when you have a strong why and a strong foundation, strong reason for going after

whatever it is that you're after, then that opportunity cost doesn't really feel all that

dramatic. It just feels necessary. This time around, yes, it's felt necessary, but it's certainly been

a tad challenging to make sure that I'm doing all the things that I need to do in preparation for

this race while prioritizing my business as well and traveling. And also the pain that kind of

comes with investing in myself, I know that I want to invest in myself, but financially,

monetarily, this is the most money that I have ever spent on myself when it comes to regular

physical therapy and bodywork and using different recovery modalities and acupuncture, you name it.

So I I feel like it's worth it. I definitely had to get you a place where I felt more comfortable

investing in myself. And I know after my last physical therapy appointment that it was the best

choice that I could have made before I walked out on Tuesday for my last session, my PT Luke said

to me that my body is in a better place now after three months of marathon training than it was when

I started and that really is a testament to just how worthwhile that investment has been even though,

like I said, definitely the biggest spend category in my budget. I'm going to be happy to

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