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Girls’ Day Gets Real with Gabby Thomas and Rayniah Jones | If Not For My Girls S8: Ep1
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00:14All right, all right, all right.
00:16What the fuck do you see I hit the snowy?
00:18You see I hit the snowy?
00:19Don't you know what I'm talking about?
00:35I'm with Gabby today.
00:36I'm so excited because we're just going to have a girls' day.
00:39We're eating pizza, we're playing ping pong, and we're just chatting.
00:42We're just having fun.
00:43To be honest, I don't really think I'm that competitive off the track
00:47just because I feel like I'm in such a competitive sport,
00:51but I do like to win.
00:53Well, my family too.
00:54I feel like I just naturally win at family events,
00:57and it just makes it more fun.
00:58That's a competitive, isn't you?
01:00That's a competitive energy.
01:02Nonchalant competitive.
01:04Like, I'm not even doing anything.
01:05I knew that Renaya was more than just a teammate to me
01:08when I was hosting a group get-together,
01:11and this girl just got up and truly, like, got the party started.
01:17Like, led basically a whole dance party
01:18right in the middle of my living room,
01:20and in that moment I was like, yeah, this girl, like,
01:23she is such good energy.
01:24She's so fun.
01:26Like, she just brings people together in a way
01:28that is very unique to her.
01:29See, I grew up with a twin, so it's, like, baked in, you know?
01:31Oh, no.
01:32That's where that comes from.
01:33I don't know what it's like to grow up with a twin.
01:35Oh, okay, okay, okay.
01:36Now you got me.
01:37Now you got me.
01:38What is it? Y'all kids do?
01:39Don't even worry.
01:40That was a good rally.
01:42I low-key will ruin a family holiday.
01:46Over a game of Uno.
01:49I have to keep hearing about this.
01:50I have to keep hearing about this.
01:51I was twin B, so I was the second twin.
01:54Twin B?
01:55So I feel like I've spent my entire life
01:56just trying to come back from that.
01:59You know what?
02:00And just be the winner.
02:00I don't believe you.
02:01I want to be number one.
02:03And I'm even sorry that I heard that.
02:06Feel bad for me.
02:07Feel bad for me.
02:10Oh!
02:11All right, all right, all right.
02:12You can't hit the celly.
02:14You can't hit the celly.
02:16Don't worry about it.
02:16I don't know about it.
02:17I want to be the night.
02:20I want to know you better.
02:23Mmm.
02:24She is bitter.
02:26I am a set plan person.
02:27Like, I'm like, I need to know what's happening,
02:29when it's happening because I'm so busy.
02:31Yeah.
02:31But I feel like the energy of everyone is like,
02:34oh, let's go with the flow.
02:34We'll make it happen when it happens.
02:36Yes.
02:36So trying to figure that out is very funny.
02:38Yeah, I'm more of a go with the flow person
02:39because I feel like even our practices are go with the flow.
02:42Yes.
02:42We don't even know what time practice is.
02:44Yeah, but listen, I struggled with that so much
02:46because that is just not, like, my personality.
02:48So even adjusting to that with a group was difficult for me.
02:51Yeah.
02:51It is very go with the flow.
02:52It's very, like, all right, night before.
02:54This is what time we're going.
02:56And then once you show off, it's like, okay,
02:58we'll take our time warming up.
02:59We might start in 30 minutes.
03:00We might start in an hour.
03:01We'll see.
03:02I'll see, like, you guys' workout, and I'll be like...
03:05This week was hard.
03:06Like, I got a massage last night, and it just,
03:08it changed the game.
03:09One of my favorite ways to, like, recover, refresh as well,
03:12is probably just using some Norma Tech boots,
03:15and then just, like, watching my favorite show.
03:17I love just watching a good TV show.
03:19That's why I'm always looking for, like, TV recs
03:20and movie recs from you.
03:21Because I'm like...
03:22From me?
03:23From me?
03:23You have good ones.
03:24Like, I actually trust you.
03:25Guys, who's listening?
03:25I trust you.
03:26I take that seriously.
03:29So we're going to play a little game, right?
03:30We're going to call it take a sip.
03:32You know, we got our drinks here.
03:33And if you feel like it applies to you,
03:36you're going to take a sip.
03:37Let's do it.
03:38Okay.
03:40So, first question.
03:42Take a sip if a Coach Bailey workout
03:44has ever humbled you.
03:47Mm.
03:49Mm-hmm.
03:51Yeah.
03:51I want to know, when you first came to the group,
03:53and she said we're running a mile,
03:55like, what was your first thought?
03:57Did she prepare you beforehand?
03:59I was doing, like, workouts with Jessica
04:01and stuff like that.
04:01Okay, a little bit.
04:02But it didn't prepare me.
04:03No, it didn't prepare me.
04:04And I think this year was, like, super worse
04:06because I think we did, like, six weeks of it.
04:07So I was like, okay, when's it going to be over?
04:09When's it going to be over?
04:10Mm-hmm.
04:10And I feel like, naturally,
04:11it just brings us together
04:12because it's like we're all struggling.
04:14Yeah.
04:15Well, you know what?
04:15Maybe not all.
04:16No, we all are.
04:17No, that is fair.
04:18That is fair.
04:19Okay, next question.
04:20Take a sip if you've planned your nail set
04:22around a meet.
04:23Mm.
04:27That's fun.
04:27I like doing that.
04:28Yeah.
04:29I feel like track meets are just a good excuse
04:30to just, like, get done anyways.
04:31Right?
04:31Nails, hair, makeup, all of it.
04:33Third question.
04:34Third question.
04:36Take a sip if you take forever to text back.
04:42Guilty.
04:43Very guilty.
04:44I take 24 to 48 hours.
04:47That's my rule.
04:48Don't let me read the text
04:49and I'm doing something
04:50because I don't know when I'm getting back to you.
04:51Oh, period.
04:52Yeah.
04:52Just pray that I get your text.
04:53Just pray.
04:54Call me.
04:55Actually call me if it's really good.
04:56Call you?
04:57Yeah.
04:58It's bad.
04:58Or FaceTime.
04:59Alright, last question.
05:00Take a sip if you take longer than expected to get ready.
05:04Mm.
05:06That was me today.
05:07I literally was looking at the time
05:09and I was just like,
05:10look at me late again.
05:11Late again.
05:12Such a flaw.
05:12I'm such a flaw.
05:14Character flaw.
05:15No, same.
05:16Even at track meets too.
05:17I'm just so inspired by the fact that she is decorated when it comes to the track.
05:22But it's just like you can see everything in her life that she's passionate about,
05:25whether it's healthcare, whether it's academics.
05:28And that just inspires me so much.
05:30It's great for other athletes to see her and realize that they can be so much more than just running
05:35track.
05:35I love how supportive our group is.
05:37Oh, me too.
05:37Like.
05:38Absolutely love it.
05:39Like we understand each other.
05:40Have so much respect for one another.
05:42Because we do know how hard we work.
05:44Yeah.
05:44And we see it.
05:44Like we see each other every day going through it.
05:47Like we're trying so hard, but it does bring us together.
05:49Yeah.
05:49Like we're so proud of each other at the end of the day.
05:51We all go out there.
05:52We know what Coach Bailey's workouts are like.
05:54Any time you see somebody on the line running, it's like go, go, go.
05:57Make it through the line.
05:58Right?
05:58Just everybody like being veterans on the team.
06:00I did not feel like, like, oh my gosh, I have to shy away from you guys.
06:04Like you guys just made me feel so welcome.
06:06So I was just really happy that I was in your group.
06:08I was already used to having girls around me.
06:10So it was just like, oh, another girl environment.
06:12Yeah.
06:13And I came here and it's like, everybody has such elite mindsets.
06:15Like I was super happy.
06:17You're such like a ball of good energy and positivity and fun.
06:20And in our sport, those days can be so hard and long.
06:24And we're in an individual sport, you know?
06:25So it's like we don't have teammates to like pass the ball to or like play fun games with and
06:31do fun drills with.
06:31It's like us versus us.
06:34Like we're just on the line.
06:35It's very individual and it can be hard.
06:36So breaking that up with like fun and practice, I feel like it really helps us through it.
06:41Like you need the humor to get through the day.
06:44Exactly.
06:44You're not going to make it.
06:45Yeah.
06:46It's a balance of having accountability and like holding each other accountable,
06:50but also like that sweet spot of actually being really supportive and kind and like understanding of what each other
06:56is going through.
06:57Like even when you join the group, I think about it like what what do I want to leave with
07:01you?
07:01Right. Like what do I want to be for you?
07:03I want you to see how hard we work.
07:05Like I want you to see that I'm a very hard worker, but it's also like I don't want to
07:09scare you off or make this seem like it's too much like too soon.
07:12And so it's like you watching how hard it is, but also making sure that you feel like welcomed and
07:17encouraged and that you can do it.
07:18And I think you've done a really good job with that.
07:20Like you work so hard.
07:22Like one thing about you is you're going to work hard and you're going to do that rap and you're
07:25going to push yourself.
07:26And we're all about that.
07:28And we support you.
07:29Cheers to Pete.
07:30Cheers to Pete.
07:31Cheers.

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