Do The Hard Thing & Love It | Robin Arzón
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Robin Arzón (https://www.robinarzon.com/) knew she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 10 years old, went to NYU, the Villanova Law and landed a job at a top firm in New York where she practiced for 7 years. But, along the way, a series of events would profound change her path. While still an undergrad she found herself being held at gunpoint in the middle of a standoff with police. That moment shook her and she found herself, much to her surprise turning to running as a way to both process the trauma and reclaim her power.
What began as a two-mile jog to school after a largely sedentary life, turned into a deep passion for movement, running, especially at night in the city with a sort of fitness-counterculture group of friends, taking on marathons and ultramarathons. This passion would eventually lead her out of the law, into the world of fitness, media, teaching, activism and to writing a New York Times bestselling book, Shut Up And Run (https://amzn.to/2X8g7Bk) about her philosophy of movement and life. Her passion for running also expanded to fitness, indoor cycling and business, where she found a home as Vice President of Fitness Programming and Head Instructor at Peloton, and brand ambassador for some of the world’s top fitness brands.
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| 0:00.0 | My guest today, Robin, our zone, kind of knew she wanted to be lawyer since he was 10 |
| 0:09.4 | years old. |
| 0:10.4 | She went to NYU undergrad, Villanova Law, landed a job at a top firm in New York where she practiced |
| 0:15.4 | for seven years. |
| 0:16.9 | But along the way, a series of events would profoundly change her path, while still in |
| 0:22.0 | undergrad, she actually found herself being held at gunpoint in the middle of a standoff |
| 0:26.3 | with police. |
| 0:27.3 | And that moment really shook her and she found herself much to her surprise, turning to |
| 0:32.1 | running as a way to both process the trauma and reclaim her power. |
| 0:35.8 | And what began as a two mile jog to school, after largely sedentary life, it turned into |
| 0:41.2 | a deep passion for movement and running, especially at night in the city, with a sort of a fitness |
| 0:46.8 | counter-culture group of friends taking on eventually marathons and then ultra-marathons, |
| 0:51.5 | and this passion would eventually lead her out of the law into the world of fitness and |
| 0:55.3 | media teaching activism, and even to writing a New York Times bestselling book called |
| 1:00.3 | Shut Up and Run about her philosophy of movement and life. |
| 1:04.4 | And that running also expanded to fitness indoor cycling and business, where she's found |
| 1:09.6 | a home as a teacher and vice president of fitness programming and head instructor at Peloton, |
| 1:16.0 | and also as a brand ambassador for some of the world's top fitness brands. |
| 1:20.7 | So excited to share Robin's amazing journey and energy with you. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is a good life project. |
| 1:27.8 | Were you the type of kid, whereas you kind of saw parents as a doctor and a lawyer, |
| 1:40.5 | you kind of like always assumed that was part of your path or not so much? |
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