Episode 593: Amanda Vestri – 67:35 in the Half Marathon in Houston
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
I’m so excited to share this conversation with Amanda Vestri, who is an absolute joy to interview. She’s got a lot to say about her goals with running and how her mindset has evolved over time. It was inspiring hearing her talk about how she views the sport and what’s ahead for her.
Recently, Amanda ran an impressive 67:35 at the Houston Half Marathon, marking her second-ever half. Her debut was in Orlando, where she won and ran 68:12. She was initially supposed to run the Valencia Half, known for its speed, but due to an injury that popped up just weeks before, she had to pull out. Instead, she raced in Orlando and then in Houston, which led to an amazing result. At Houston, she finished as the second American behind Weini Kelati, and fourth overall. With the Half Marathon Championships coming up in Atlanta this March, it’s going to be exciting to see Amanda, Weini, and many other fast women battling it out. The field will be stacked!
Amanda is sponsored by Brooks and runs with ZAP Fitness. She ran for Syracuse University after initially starting her college career at Iowa State. In our conversation, she reflects on her journey post-college and how it wasn’t quite what she expected. The path to finding the right team and sponsorship wasn’t smooth at first, but ZAP Fitness really gave her the opportunity she needed. And now she has a sponsorship with Brooks!
Speaking of her sponsorship with Brooks, she shares a wild story about signing her deal just an hour before the Olympic Trials, which is something I found so interesting. Amanda also had an amazing result at the Olympic Trials in the 10,000 meters, finishing fifth while coming off a COVID recovery, which is an incredible accomplishment given the competition.
She currently lives in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, where ZAP Fitness is based, and it’s always a pleasure to chat with her. I know when she runs her first marathon, it’s going to be something special.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Thanks for being here and enjoy my chat with Amanda Vestri.
What we talked about:
3:00- Reflections on her first year as a pro
9:45- Her recent half marathon success
25:10- How she is feeling walking away from Houston
29:50- Heading into the half marathon champs
35:00- Other upcoming races
43:00- Her partnership with Brooks
51:00- Her college experience and turning pro
1:10:20- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:17.8 | Hey everybody. Welcome to All Have Another Podcast with Lindsay Hine. |
| 0:21.6 | I am your host, Lindsay. |
| 0:23.0 | Thank you so much for being here today. |
| 0:24.8 | So excited to share a conversation with Amanda Vestry. |
| 0:30.0 | She is, let me just tell you, she's a very easy person to interview. |
| 0:33.9 | I have a lot to say about what her goals are with running and how she kind of shifted her |
| 0:40.1 | mindset recently. I loved hearing the way she talked about her goals and how she views the |
| 0:46.1 | sport right now. She just ran such a fantastic time and race in Houston at the Houston half. |
| 0:53.2 | She ran 6735. This was just her second half marathon. |
| 0:57.7 | She debuted in Orlando, where she won that race, and she ran 6812. The story there is she was |
| 1:04.5 | supposed to run Valencia, the Valencia half, which everybody knows is a super speedy race, and she |
| 1:10.0 | ended up having to pull out of that race |
| 1:11.9 | because she got injured a few days before or a few weeks before. |
| 1:16.1 | So she decided to do Orlando and then Houston and look where that took her. |
| 1:22.0 | She was the second American behind Wainey and was fourth overall at this race. |
| 1:31.4 | Man, the half marathon championships in Atlanta and March are going to be crazy. I mean, so many fast women running that race. It's going to be fun to |
| 1:37.2 | see Amanda and Wainey and all the other women that are going to be out there running. I know there's |
| 1:42.3 | a lot of marathoners gearing up to run who are training for a marathon, |
| 1:45.4 | but they're going to throw in the half championships. |
| 1:47.5 | There's a lot of people focused on the half. |
| 1:49.3 | There's 10,000 meter runners running, |
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