Episode 418: Alicia Vargo – Running, Relationships, Grief, and Motherhood

I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast · Oct 21, 2022 · 1h 10m

I have wanted to interview Alicia Vargo for years now! So I am very excited about this conversation.

Alicia Vargo ran for Stanford University. She is a two-time NCAA 10,000m champion and she finished 5th in the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 10,000m. More recently, she has transitioned to trail and mountain running. After the birth of her first daughter, she ran the Fastest Known Women’s Time for the Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon.

Alicia was married to Ryan Shay who tragically lost his life at the 2007 Olympic Trials in the marathon. We talk about that part of her life quite a bit in this…