Hi Emily, it's Kim. I just want to say good luck in the half tomorrow of the Reading

Spring. I registered my 10-year-old in the Kids Race for Tomorrow and we went out today

to practice the 1.5K and as we rounded up this hill, he turned to me and he said,

I am strong, I am capable, this run is going to be great. And I was so happy I wanted to

share that with you. I have a picture of you with that mantra from one of your Instagrams

taped in my closet. So I love that he conjured up his, my mantra from my closet for our

hurdle moment together. Like honestly, how could I not start 5-minute Friday with that

story? I am sitting here in the AG studio in my feelings. You all know who it is. It's

Emily here. Just looking out my gloomy window reflecting on a crazy week and I am just

having so many, yeah, so many feelings. I ran a half marathon last weekend. It was a great

time and not just an actual great time in that it's the fastest I've ever run a half marathon.

It was a great time because I went into last week weekend. I went into last weekend wanting to

have fun and focused on fun. I've talked about this briefly on the show before but my biggest

takeaway from the New York Marathon last year was that I wasn't in it for what felt like the

right reasons in the moment. In the moment, I was so wrapped up in pace and worried about

performance that I forgot why it is that I tow the line in the first place. I run because of

the feeling that it gives me and because it's a reminder that I am capable and because of

the community and so many things and because I wasn't focused on that stuff, I like look back on

that experience and I'm proud of me but I learned because now that I know better, I can do better.

And so I went into what felt like this fun opportunity last weekend with the mindset that fun was

priority number one. If quote unquote running fast wasn't fun, then that's not what I wanted to do

last Saturday. What I wanted to do last Saturday was go out and have a good time with my city.

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