#HURDLEMOMENT: The Chicago Marathon, A Recap
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
I am a 3:28:08 marathoner. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be saying that sentence. In today’s #hurdlemoment — a recap of last weekend’s Chicago Marathon — I give the rundown on how the 21:08 PR happened, from the prep and what I did differently for my eight marathon to how I got my mind right walking to the starting line. I get emotional (surprise) reflecting on the highs and lows of the race, and talk about what’s next for me (plus, what’s not).
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| 0:00.0 | Well, here we are. Hey, hurdlers, Emily Abadi here with a new hurdle moment from Hurdle, |
| 0:10.1 | a podcast that talks to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've |
| 0:15.2 | gotten through tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning in to wellness. Today, the episode that so many of you have been |
| 0:24.6 | asking me for since Sunday's Chicago Marathon, a recap. I thought a lot about writing this one down. |
| 0:33.6 | I thought a lot about how I would structure this episode and decided that instead of overthinking |
| 0:40.5 | it, I would just go off the cuff. So in today's episode, I'm going to be talking about a day |
| 0:48.3 | that has forever changed my life. If you've been following along on social media or if you haven't, regardless, |
| 0:55.4 | I'm so appreciative that you're in my little corner of the interwebs. Chicago was unbelievable. |
| 1:04.8 | I did something on Sunday that I never thought would be possible for me. And to be honest with you, wasn't even |
| 1:14.9 | something in terms of goals that was on my radar. On Sunday, I ran 26.2 miles through the streets |
| 1:23.8 | of Chicago in three hours, 28 minutes, and 8 seconds. I say that and I'm at an immediate |
| 1:32.8 | loss for words because although I know it's real, although I know it happened, trust me, |
| 1:38.8 | my body feels like it happened. It feels surreal. I'm so grateful for the experience. I'm so thankful for the support |
| 1:50.1 | of my friends and my family. And of course, from all of you. And in today's episode, I'm going to |
| 1:57.2 | talk through what happened. How did that happen? As someone that before Sunday had a marathon personal best of 3.49.13, that's over a 21-minute |
| 2:10.5 | difference. |
| 2:11.8 | And today I'm going to give you some insight into how that really happened or at least, you know, what I've been able to piece |
| 2:19.0 | together of it anyway. You guys know the drill. I've been connecting with so many of you on |
| 2:26.0 | social media. So of course, continue to reach out to me. I read all of your messages and do the |
| 2:31.1 | best that I can to try and get back to you. It is at Emily Abadi |
| 2:35.7 | and at Hurdle podcast on Instagram as well as Emily at hurdle.us over email. And lastly, before I get |
| 2:44.0 | into it, a huge thank you to all the hurdlers that came out on Friday before the marathon out |
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