Episode 531: Alysia Montaño – Advocacy with &Mother, Perspectives on Motherhood, & Her Recent Upgrade to 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Today, I am thrilled to present an episode that was recorded live in Chicago, in collaboration with Fleet Feet Chicago and Altra. In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my favorites, Alysia Montaño. Alysia, as you may have recently heard, has been rightfully upgraded to a Bronze Medalist from the 2012 London Olympics in the 800 meters. This achievement comes after two years of world championships where she also received upgraded bronze medals. It’s a moment of celebration for her, yet also a time to reflect on the challenges she faced during those years. We delve into this aspect of her journey towards the end of our conversation.
Alysia is a mother of three and a six-time USA Outdoor Track champion in the 800 meters. Moreover, she has emerged as a powerful advocate for women and mothers in sports. Alysia is the founder of ‘&mother,’ an organization dedicated to dismantling barriers that hinder women’s ability to pursue and excel in both their careers and motherhood.
This conversation was such a joy to host live with Alysia! Given the timing, our discussion naturally gravitates towards the topic of motherhood. To all those observing Mother’s Day this weekend, I’m giving you all a hug and celebrating you! I hope this conversation brings you joy and inspiration as you celebrate.
What we talked about:
4:00- Taylor Swift talk!
6:55- Introduction to Alysia
8:00- Catching up with Alysia
10:30- Starting &Mother and transitioning out of professional running
14:45- Changes being made in the sport for mothers
22:00- Finding joy in the sport
28:00- Talking to your kids about failure
30:50- Perspectives on motherhood
42:00- Encouraging our kids to watch and support women’s sports
48:30- Her daughter getting into running
52:50- Her recent upgrade to an Olympic gold medal
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody. Welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. Thank you so much for joining today. Today I'm excited to share with you an episode that I recorded live in Chicago, Chicago, and Ultra. |
| 0:36.0 | I had the opportunity to interview one of my favorites, Alicia Montagno. |
| 0:40.0 | Alicia, you may have recently seen in the news that she has been finally upgraded to a |
| 0:47.0 | bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics in the 800 meters, sandwiched between two years of world championships that she |
| 0:57.6 | also was upgraded in years past to bronze medals. She has a lot to celebrate in that regard. It's a |
| 1:05.4 | joyful time and also a time to grieve all that she lost during those years and |
| 1:11.0 | she talks about that. We talk about that toward the end of this |
| 1:13.3 | conversation. Alicia there's so much more to her though than that she's a mom of three |
| 1:18.7 | and she is a six-time USA Outdoor Track Champion in the 800 meters. |
| 1:25.0 | And she has gone on to be an amazing advocate |
| 1:27.7 | for women and mothers in sports. |
| 1:30.0 | She's the founder of the organization and Mother, |
| 1:33.7 | which is dedicated to breaking barriers |
| 1:36.2 | that limit a woman's choice to pursue and thrive |
| 1:39.0 | in both career and motherhood. |
| 1:41.7 | I want to let you know on June 8th Alicia with and mother has a 5K |
| 1:47.8 | event called Mom Forward. This year's theme Go for Gold is a riff off the gold standard with setting for family support provisions in all spaces, |
| 1:57.0 | especially as we go into Hyper Drive to support the mom athletes headed to the Olympic qualifiers and games. This is taking place live in Berkeley, California |
| 2:06.5 | and even if you are not local there, you can register and sign up to run it virtually. You can have your own team and everything from wherever you live. |
| 2:17.0 | Alicia of course will be at the live event in Berkeley, California. |
| 2:20.5 | This race demonstrates the ongoing need for support to help break down barriers for moms to thrive in career sports and motherhood. |
| 2:28.0 | I'm going to do the race virtually here. I'm going to support and mother and I hope you'll consider doing that as well. |
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