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Hi I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolli Run podcast. Today I interview

Alicia Monson. Wait, Olympian, Alicia Monson.

Alicia comes from small town USA like me.

She grew up in Wisconsin where she started running.

Went to the University of Wisconsin and Madison where she won Big Ten Championships and was an NCAA champion.

Now she runs professionally for the on-athletic club in Boulder.

And she's coached by three-time Olympian, Dathan Ritz and Hein.

Alicia tells us all about how it started for her, what it was like to be in college competing when the world shut down,

and also signing a pro contract during the pandemic, her racing and ups and downs leading up to the Olympic trials,

and then we dig into that amazing 10,000 meters at the Olympic trials where she punched her ticket to Japan.

Let's just say, heat stroke, hypothermia, a hospital stay,

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