Alicia Monson: Going Pro in a Pandemic & Reflecting on Her Olympic 10k Experience

Convos Over Cold Brew with Emma Abrahamson

Emma Abrahamson

Running, Sports

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In this episode, Emma sits down with Alicia Monson, professional runner for On Athletics Club based in Boulder, Colorado. During her first year and a half as a professional runner, Alicia qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 10k and most recently qualified to the World Indoor Championships in the 3k. Alicia talks about how she got into the sport of running, the progression of her success while running for the University of Wisconsin, her experience qualifying for the Olympics in the 10k, and more. Follow Alicia on Instagram - @monsonalicia. You can find Emma on Instagram at @emmaabrahamson and on her YouTube Channel. Follow Convos Over Cold Brew Podcast on Instagram at @convosovercoldbrewpod.

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0:00.0	What's up, fellas? Welcome back to Converse the Vocal Brew with me, your host, Emma Abrahamson.
0:05.6	Today we're talking to Alicia Monson, who is a professional runner for on Athletics Club.
0:10.4	In Boulder, Colorado, she also ran at Wisconsin, in college, it was a great runner there.
0:15.8	Qualified to the 2020 Sasha 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 10K, she just most recently qualified
0:23.1	to the World Indoor Championships in the 3K. This was my first time talking to Alicia ever.
0:27.5	It was a great conversation I got to know her, talked about her whole backstory, college experience,
0:32.0	Olympic experience, random stories at the end, to be honest. So I hope you guys enjoyed today's
0:37.5	episode. We are so close to 1000 reviews on Apple podcasts. You guys, we are at like a 970 when
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