By: Weber Way to Wellness Reporter
The World Record Woman, Alicia Weber, who at one point set 1,000 physical fitness world records in 1,785 days (one record every 42 hours) knows how important a good night’s sleep can be. Alicia enjoys 9-11 hours of sleep, but can do well with 8 hours. However, every hour under 8 hours needs to be made up for her to function at optimal levels. Outside of record breaking, she juggles a few careers and also competes as an elite athlete (she has over 170 victories).
She recently encountered a Ghostbed and was so excited by the name and comfort level of this split king adjustable bed with mattress.
“Going to bed to me is like going into a movie theater. I can’t wait to see what dream or “movie” will play tonight. Ghostbed sounds like a bed for a creative imagination at work at night,” Alicia exclaimed.
Recently, Alicia had a ghost disrupt her sleep (not in a Ghostbed)! She had to get extra sleep over a couple nights to recover. Late at night, dead batteries were left in a light and it suddenly turned on and flickered like crazy!!! There was no let up till she manually turned the light off. She checked the light in the morning and the batteries were dead again and light not working. She feels it was a good ghost though!
Alicia recently completed 3 Clay Races in Central Florida in 57 days. She loves to try to dream about her races, but rarely can feel herself running in her sleep. She can only see herself from a 3rd person point of view normally when it comes to running in her dreams. Only once in a dream did she feel herself running and huffing and puffing from a first person point of view. She remembers it as a “runderful” dream where she was running fast and effortlessly around a large grass field converted into a grass 400 meter track in between football goal posts. It felt so real. Then, in real life…several days after having the “runderful” dream she was sought out and offered a job as a track coach where she ended up training youth on the same grass track that she saw in her dream!!
Alicia likes to mentally prepare for competitions at night through dreams. In her March 5, 2022 Clay Race she saw herself coming through the finish line in first place. Then, in real life she did win the race! Then, she had a dream about her next race on April 23, 2022. She walked into a big auditorium and a bunch of people kept saying, “There is the winner” or “Congrats to winner” or pointing and saying “She is the winner” – a vivid dream! When she awoke she felt that dream was letting her know she will win. In real life, she did win her second consecutive clay race! Finally, she was hoping for a third win only 7 days later at the largest clay race in Central Florida with 770 finishers on April 30, 2022. She was unable to have any good dream about this 3rd race. All she could see in her dream was the type of terrain she would be running in and seeing herself go around a few bends. In real life, she placed 5th woman overall, first place Master Female.
The right, relaxing night time setting stimulates her imagination and ability to dream. Outside of a comfortable bed (like Ghostbed), she likes to hear the sound of water or have a Himalayan salt lamp on before sleeping to help with relaxation.
“You know you had a great sleep when you have a great dream that wakes you up excited for a new day. Also, to go to bed and feel fatigued and get the right amount of hours of deep sleep is very rejuvenating,” mentioned Alicia.
Getting the right amount of hours of deep sleep, keeps Alicia thinking possibilities with a positive-approach. Alicia hates not getting enough sleep because she feels disorganized and finds it harder to think positively. There are many other benefits to a Good Night’s Sleep. In fact, Penn Medicine considers sleep the Best Medicine!
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