Peloton's Tunde Oyeneyin Surprised By Runner Who Helped Her Finish NYC Marathon
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00:00 >> My friend is an instructor
00:02 at peloton, superstar.
00:03 She's also been working with us
00:04 as a guest correspondent.
00:05 In fact, she covered the CFDA
00:07 awards the day after running the
00:09 New York City marathon.
00:11 And it was her first marathon
00:13 ever.
00:14 She found herself struggling in
00:15 the last 800 meters or so.
00:17 >> Luckily, fellow runner Mandy
00:19 saw her and helped her get to
00:21 the finish line.
00:22 >> Unreal.
00:23 After the race, she had no luck
00:25 trying to find Mandy.
00:26 We tracked Mandy down and
00:28 set up a zoom from the hospital
00:30 where she works as a cardiac
00:32 nurse.
00:33 All to the surprise of her and
00:34 toonday.
00:35 It was amazing.
00:36 Check this out.
00:37 >> I'm so freaking scared I
00:38 can't even breathe.
00:39 I'm actually going to throw up.
00:41 >> Oh, my god!
00:43 >> Hi!
00:44 >> How are you?
00:45 >> How are you?
00:47 >> How are you?
00:48 >> You saved my life.
00:50 >> What is this?
00:51 How did they find -- who found
00:53 Mandy?
00:54 >> It's great to see you.
00:55 >> I've watched you.
00:56 >> It's great to see you.
00:58 >> I've watched that video at
01:00 least 100 times.
01:01 And every single time I've
01:02 watched that video, I've just
01:04 like falled in pride.
01:06 Girl, when I tell you I almost
01:08 gave up at that last 800 meters
01:10 and crawled my way to that
01:11 finish and it was your
01:13 uplifting words and your
01:14 encouragement that got me
01:15 through the line, I am so
01:16 grateful.
01:17 Thank you so much.
01:18 >> Absolutely.
01:19 My great honor.
01:21 And you do it every day for us.
01:23 You lift us up in so, so many
01:26 ways.
01:27 So it's just coming full circle.
01:29 >> Full circle because what
01:31 Tunde didn't know is that her
01:33 peloton classes got Mandy
01:34 through her darkest time, only a
01:36 few years ago when she lost her
01:38 mother, something Tunde has been
01:40 through herself.
01:41 >> She was my biggest
01:42 cheerleader, my biggest
01:43 support.
01:44 She was a lot.
01:45 So just knowing that you shared
01:48 your story made me feel like
01:51 someone understood.
01:53 And so I felt good working out
01:55 with you.
01:56 So yeah.
01:57 So I was happy to repay a
01:59 little bit of your kindness.
02:01 >> Robin, my teammate Robin,
02:03 she looked at me and I said, I
02:05 have to walk.
02:06 I have to walk.
02:07 And she yelled at me and she
02:09 said, no.
02:10 She said, you've been through
02:12 worse.
02:13 And I thought about my brother
02:14 that I lost and my dad that I
02:16 lost and the emptiness that I
02:17 feel from losing my mother.
02:19 And I -- in that moment, I was
02:21 like, I've been through worse
02:22 and I kept running.
02:24 And so I hear you on that.
02:26 And I'm so happy that my classes
02:28 have been a space for you.
02:30 >> What does it feel like for
02:32 you to know that so many people
02:35 are inspired by your action?
02:38 >> This was like beyond
02:40 anything I would have imagined.
02:42 And like I'm just a runner
02:44 helping another runner.
02:46 And it's what we do.
02:48 ♪♪♪♪♪
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