#HURDLEMOMENT: How To Start (And Stay) Running

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today, I’m a certified run coach and seven-time marathoner. But not too long ago, I could barely run a mile without wanting to pass out. In today’s #hurdlemoment, I share my tried-and-true tips on how to start running—and stay running. I totally understand why you might feel intimidated. Picking up any new hobby can definitely feel overwhelming. The good news? With the right attitude, you too will be crushing morning miles in no time. SOCIAL @emilyabbate @hurdlepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hurdle/message

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0:00.0	Hey, hurdlers. Welcome back to another hurdle moment, in honor of all the small hurdles we're
0:06.4	conquering each and every day. This week, I'm chatting all about how to start and stay running,
0:12.9	which, if we're being honest, is probably the second most often question that I get in my inbox,
0:19.3	either in my email or my DMs, next to last week's
0:22.2	hurdle moment topic of how do I become a morning person? If you haven't checked that out yet,
0:26.7	I definitely suggest you give it a listen. You know the drill by now. We are on week three of these
0:33.5	hurdle moments and it seems to be something that you guys are really into. I'm really digging
0:38.0	all of your feedback. I love when you send me your topic suggestions. And what I adore even more than
0:45.7	that is when you share the podcast with a friend. You know, it's never going to get old each and every
0:51.1	week when I come back on here to record these. I'm able to say the sentence,
0:55.5	it was the biggest week ever for the podcast. That's all because of you guys and tuning in and
1:01.5	sharing it and all the things. So please, if you haven't done so yet, make sure to rate and
1:06.0	review the podcast by clicking a link with the description to this episode. Share it with a friend, send it to your
1:12.7	mom, send it to your colleague, whoever. I appreciate all the support. You guys are the best.
1:18.7	I'm going to keep this intro short and sweet this week because we got some running to do.
1:22.4	So with that, let's get to this week's hurdle moment.
1:35.3	Thank you. Let's get to this week's turtle moment. I know this might be hard to believe, considering how often I run in my life now, but there was a time that I absolutely despised it.
1:44.1	Once tipping the scale up more than 200 pounds,
1:46.7	I hated that I wasn't good at running, which really made me not want to do it at all.
1:52.4	When I was a sophomore in high school, I didn't make the JV volleyball team because I couldn't
1:56.8	run a mile in under 10 minutes. I tried really, really hard. And all throughout growing up,
2:04.0	my brother would always tell me to go run a mile when I was bothering him, which he knew got
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