Where there's a why. There's a why, there's a way. Where there's a way. Where there's a way. I know you've heard the

saying before, where there's a will, there's a way. But earlier this week, as I was starting to put

together the puzzle pieces to make everything work

out in my favor, make things work out in a way that was best for Emily, I was reminded of the

importance of my why. You're listening to Five Minute Friday. You're listening to Hurdle.

And I'm talking about the puzzle

pieces being the training that I want to get done in between long days, long hours, trips,

time zones, you name it. If you're listening to this in real time, time, I'm likely in the

middle of a 17 or 18 mile long run

that I decided needed to happen on the Friday before I took to back-to-back trips.

Usually I do something like this on Saturday or Sunday mornings, but being that I am set to be out of my element and that I had other work

that needed to also get done of an equal priority, that meant rearranging my schedule and

doing something a little less than desirable in favor of an ultimate goal.

And I'm telling you about my choice to do a run at 530 in the

morning on Friday before an 11 a.m. flight because that's what happens when you have a strong

why. We are now into February. We're far past that day. I think it's January 11th. That is Quitters Day.

And one of the biggest errors I hear from people when they talk to me about the goals that they want to set is that they are setting a goal based off of seeing something on social media or because they feel like they should.

In other words, they don't have a strong why for the goal that they are setting forward.

For instance, you see someone doing the 75 hard program on Instagram and it looks jazzy

and exciting and they suddenly have a six-pack abs that they

thought were never possible. Yeah, like, yes, perhaps six-pack abs are enticing. But if you have no

interest in the journey that is the 75 hard, if that whole process isn't actually something that

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