Episode 444: Vicki Hunter – Running and Returning: Seeking Balance in an Imperfect World
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Vicki Hunter is a runner and author. She has a book out called Running and Returning: Seeking Balance in an Imperfect World. She was a competitive runner in her late 20s when she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon in 1988. She went from a 3:50 to a 2:49 marathon in just 16 months. She was also in a horrific car accident while she was pregnant with her first child. She was in the hospital for 6 weeks and was in rehab her entire pregnancy. We talk a lot about that experience and how it changed her life. She ended up having a healthy baby girl on her due date.
This conversation is a story about Vicki’s relationship with running and how it has changed over the years but how it has always been something that is really important to her. She also recently ran a 3:28 marathon at the age of 62 so we talk about aging in this conversation as well!
What we talked about:
6:55- The book that she wrote, Running and Returning
21:05- The car accident that Vicki was in
29:25- Vicki’s running career
38:50- Her recovery after her car accident
55:05- Where she finds joy
57:50- How she handles aging
1:01:45- Moving to Hawaii
1:05:00- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:18.9 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:23.9 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you have joined us today. |
| 0:28.0 | We had a great weekend in Jacksonville, Florida at the Donna Marathon weekend and I just can't say enough about that special race and the way it supports the Donna Foundation. |
| 0:40.0 | Get this one on your calendar for next year. That's all I'm saying. I'll be there and I hope that you'll get it on your calendar for next year in February. |
| 0:48.0 | Alright, well today's episode is with Vicki Hunter. Really excited about this. |
| 0:54.0 | Vicki is a runner and she's also an author. She has a book called Running and Returning, Seeking Balance in an in perfect world. |
| 1:03.0 | She was a competitive runner in her late 20s when she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the Marathon in 1988. |
| 1:11.0 | She went from a 350 to a 249 marathon in just 16 months. She was also in a horrific car accident while she was pregnant with her first child. |
| 1:21.0 | She was in the hospital for six weeks and was in rehab her entire pregnancy and we talk a lot about that experience and how it changed her life. |
| 1:30.0 | She ended up having a healthy baby girl on her due date and this conversation really is a story about Vicki's relationship with Running and how it's changed over the years for how it's been a long time. |
| 1:39.0 | It's changed over the years for how it's always been something that's been really important to her. Something else that's really cool, she recently ran a 328 marathon at the age of 62. |
| 1:49.0 | So we talk about aging and running in this conversation as well and you know what, Vicki makes aging feel not so scary and she brought a really comforting vibe to me which I really appreciated. |
| 2:02.0 | I can't wait to share this episode with you all. Now to go check out her book you can go to v4spro.com and the book again is called Running and Returning, Seeking Balance in an In Perfect World. |
| 2:14.0 | Her Instagram is also the Vicki Hunter. |
| 2:17.0 | Alright friends and don't forget I am part of the awesome community over on relay patreon.com slash relay and we have an upcoming episode over on relay with Laura Thweet. |
| 2:29.0 | It will be Cara Goucher, Peter Bromka, Mike Co, Stephanie Flippin, Carolyn Sue and Marcus Front. |
| 2:36.0 | We're all going to be talking to Laura about her training for Boston and she's going to ask us anything about Boston in the course. |
| 2:44.0 | And I think Cara Goucher I think she has a couple of pieces of really good advice. She's done very well on that course in the past and Laura is competing at that level that Cara competed at. |
| 2:55.0 | So this is going to be a really interesting conversation and for anybody else running Boston you're going to learn a lot. |
| 3:00.0 | We're doing a lot of Boston related content over on relay for just $9 a month. |
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