What is going on, everyone? Emily, a body here. You are listening to another installment

of five minute Friday from hurdle. Hope everyone had a good week. I had a good week.

I feel like it was extremely productive all by admittedly a little difficult for me because I

have just been trying to get my feedback under me over year post vacation. What I will say is that

for me, the best part about being back home is getting back into a routine, leaving New York and

going away for a few weeks for the most part really reminded me of the importance of routine and

that we get to do these things oftentimes that give back to our bodies on the regular and set us

up for success in the day to day, which is pretty rad. Anyway, that is not what I'm here to talk to

you about today. What I'm here to talk to you about today is a DM that I got in my inbox the other

day. The DM asked me if I ever feel as though it is impossible to run a mile. That long pause is

deliberate. The answer to this question is yes. Here's the deal. Yes, no matter how long someone has

been doing something, especially when it comes to some form of physical fitness, there are going

to be days that that person feels as though they are on the struggle bus. Even the most elite of elite

athletes have these days, we're doing the thing that they get paid to do feels difficult. For me,

I mean, just this week, getting back to that normal routine that I spoke about, I was super

intimidated about it. I was nervous about it. I knew that going out for that first chunk of miles,

a five mile run that I had on Wednesday was going to feel like absolute junk. I have been eating and

drinking and dining and staying up late and waking up early and all the things. And so is that

the formula for me to wake up and feel my best? Hell, no, not at all. But I knew that getting up,

getting out and pushing myself was going to make me feel good again. And so I did it. And on that

run, I mean, the first minute, half mile mile, who am I getting? Two miles. I didn't feel truly like

myself until maybe, hmm, maybe mile four. And even then, it didn't feel stellar. So the question,

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