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Bad Boy Running

Ep 514 | Alicia Vargo – The Super Mom Returning to Elite Trail Running Following Loss and 4 Children

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7539 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail On our latest Interview episode of Bad Boy Running, Jody and David speak to Alicia Vargo. Alicia put her athletic career on hold for six long years, choosing instead to focus on her growing family. Now, she's back on the racing circuit, juggling her training schedule with the responsibilities of being a mother to four children. Alicia’s journey is one of perseverance and strength, both physical and emotional. Her world was shattered when her husband tragically passed a...

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0:00.0

Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, hello, Jody, hello, listeners.

0:06.8

Welcome to Bad Boy Running.

0:08.4

We're going straight in with our interview tonight, and we've just finished up.

0:13.1

It's very much an interview of two parts, because our next guest, she arrived on the

0:18.3

Golden Trail, having been away for six years, with four children,

0:24.1

taking away from running, returned at a super high level, came into the season, not even halfway

0:30.7

through, with only two races left, managed to qualify for the world finals, and then come top

0:36.4

10 overall. But in this episode, we talked to her

0:39.3

about how she managed to do that, what the, the difficulties have been actually trying to

0:44.7

stay fit and then refocus when you've got just so many kids around you. But also, you know,

0:51.2

Alicia had a tragic, has a tragic story as well,

0:57.1

where in the 2008 Olympic trials in America,

1:00.4

her husband sadly dropped dead during the marathon.

1:04.3

So this episode, we start with talking about Trail

1:08.0

and her adaptation since coming back from from motherhood as such,

1:15.5

but then we also talked to her about how she's managed to use running and really mainly

1:21.5

the running community it seems as a good way to keep on moving forward.

1:29.7

So thanks listening, guys, and we'll crack on with the interview.

1:32.8

Thanks, Nick.

1:34.6

They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running.

1:40.2

Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainsford and David Heller

1:46.4

Come back

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