PRESSURE.
A lot of things. A lot of people. A hell of a lot of expectations.
Get it done. Hurry up. Follow through. Measure up.
Smaller. Leaner. Fa...
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Written by Emily on Friday, May 3, 2019
People talk about finding joy. Like they’re on a scavenger hunt.
But finding joy? It’s just finding yourself.
This isn’t therapy chair talk. Or some O...
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Written by Emily on Sunday, March 31, 2019
Your body is a vessel.
Take a minute. Seriously.
Think about it.
The absolute beauty and intricacy of this.
Not your muscle or your weight.
Your...
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Written by Emily on Sunday, March 31, 2019
There are certain things in life we can’t control.
Traffic. Our mother-in-law. Passive-aggressive colleagues. That uncle who always brings up politics...
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Written by Emily on Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Why are you getting up at 4 a.m.? You’re working out again today? Didn’t you just do that yesterday?You’re obsessed. I just don’t get it.What is this...
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Written by Emily on Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Written by Emily on Sunday, August 26, 2018
Written by Emily on Sunday, August 26, 2018
You think you know who I am.
What I do. What I represent.
I see the way you look at me.
You don’t think I see you?
But you don’t know me.
Let me repea...
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Written by Emily on Monday, July 2, 2018
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Written by Emily on Friday, May 11, 2018
It isn’t reserved for professional athletes.
Or the perfectly in-shape, Nike-commercial bodies.
It isn’t for those in their 20s, without children, wit...
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Written by Emily on Friday, May 4, 2018
Tread is Latin for “PR”.
Did you know that?
Indeed. Fascinating, right?
The prefix “tre” means individue (where the English term “individual” comes...
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Written by Emily on Wednesday, May 2, 2018
And just like that, weeks of training for Cap City have come to a close.
It’s really amazing when you stop and think about it.
The hundreds, thousands...
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Written by Emily on Sunday, April 29, 2018
And here we are.
In the final week.
Days before the race…
Constantly checking the weather.
It’s going to rain!
Wait, no! There’s sun! LOTS of sun!
N...
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Written by Emily on Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Anything in life worth doing, I think, is much easier—and better—when you have people around you.
Helping you through, encouraging you.
All the rah...
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Written by Emily on Thursday, April 12, 2018
Yup. She's 50 and kicking as much ass as anyone around. If you've been to one of her classes, then you've been fortunate to receive one of her party f...
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Written by Emily on Thursday, April 5, 2018
Your iPhone beeps, flashes in the dark. 5:00. In the morning.
Why. Why am I doing this. I should be sleeping. I should be dreaming. I should be dreami...
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Written by Emily on Tuesday, April 3, 2018
GUYS. Folks. Ladies & gentlemen. People.
DARE I SAY—the system works.
(I KNOW. Who would have thought.)
[It’s really exciting.]
How do I k...
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Written by Emily on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Written by Emily on Sunday, March 18, 2018
Six weeks in, six weeks out.
Cue the nausea
Can you believe we’re already half way through our training?
For the Cap-cap city? Tyga can’t either. R...
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Written by Emily on Friday, March 16, 2018
To know him, is to love him. If you've ever taken a class from the one and only, Gabe Flores, you know the energy is going to be high and you're goin...
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Written by Emily on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
I went to the Grand Tetons with my sister Jennifer in 2009. It was the same year I had discovered running. I had dropped some lbs., focused on food as...
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Written by Emily on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
I read somewhere that it takes at least four weeks to notice a change in your body after you begin working out. And it takes those around you eight we...
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Written by Emily on Friday, March 2, 2018
Take a moment and think back to when you were young.
Really young. Just a child. On vacation. You’re maybe five, six years old.
Seriously, take a seco...
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Written by Emily on Thursday, March 1, 2018
