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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Redefining Routine with Latoya Shauntay Snell

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As an endurance athlete, being ordered to stay inside means something different to Latoya Snell. Listen to how she stays positive and keeps training.

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0:00.0

As endurance athletes, the biggest hurdle that we'll ever encounter is preparing for the things that we cannot prepare for.

0:10.0

And that doesn't matter if you're a runner, if you're a cyclist, a swimmer, or anything in between.

0:16.0

As athletes, we're resilient.

0:18.0

So as long as we can actually see, you know, that this is just another hurdle that we need to get past and we change our

0:26.2

perspective on this entire situation I feel like we're going to come out of this much

0:30.4

stronger than when we actually entered it. No matter where you are, chances are you've had to adjust to a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

0:45.0

Changing a routine can lead to all sorts of emotions, so I wanted to talk to someone who had to change their routine a lot in the past few weeks. You might remember Latoya

0:55.6

Chante Snell from an episode we released two months ago. Latoy is a pro-athlete, a runner, and an advocate

1:01.6

for inclusivity and health and fitness based in New York.

1:05.0

When the isolation orders hit, Latoya was in the thick of training for various half marathons,

1:10.6

and even new virtual

1:15.0

her first triathlon. Today I'm talking to Littoya about how she's dealing with

1:15.4

canceled, postponed, and even new virtual races, plus the training

1:19.8

adjustments she's making, how she's trying to maintain her mental health for herself and her

1:24.3

family during these strange times, and some advice on how we can all adapt to

1:28.8

changing our own routines right now.

1:38.0

Latoya, thank you so much for coming back on the show. I really appreciate you being here with me at least virtually.

1:42.0

Thank you. being here with me at least virtually.

1:46.0

Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. You know, it's definitely been a challenge, you know, with everything that's happening right now with this pandemic.

1:52.0

But we're going to make the best out of it.

1:53.9

Dude your laugh just made me smile so thank you for that and I just called you dude

1:58.1

sorry but I'm still wanting here. I call people with dude all the time. Okay good I don't I don't feel so bad it's

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