In the first 90 days of 2023, Alicia “World Record” Weber broke 13 world records, competed in 10 races (winning 6 of them), completed her 15th World Championship, hosted a first-ever Cross Country Versatility Contest, saw hundreds of wild animals, AND MORE….
Alicia finally had time to catch up with her fans on all her 2023 adventures so far. We will start with the countdown on her 13 world records that she broke from Recordsetter, then we will talk about the races, and finally wild animals!
Alicia flew out of the starting blocks on Jan 1st like a sprinter and began attacking her own records that have been sitting around collecting dust for nearly 8 years now! She then engulfed some records that guys held or had bettered her – where she was coming to take them back!
https://youtu.be/AGp-dj9cSG8
WORD RECORD # 1 – Alicia totally smashed the consecutive 1 minute of Balance T Elevated Leg Pushups on 1/1/23 with 28 reps!
WORLD RECORD #2 Alicia smashes the 2 minutes of consecutive Balance T elevated Leg Pushups with 50 reps on 1/10/23.
World Record #3 – Alicia destroys the 3 minutes of consecutive Balance T Elevated Leg Pushups with 69 reps on 1/14/23
https://youtu.be/_41URhsRHl8
WORLD RECORDS #4 AND #5 – Alicia broke the 4 min (81 reps) and 5 mins (101 reps) in the consecutive Balance T elevated leg pushups on 1/15/23.
https://youtu.be/885FL5AQnE0
WORLD RECORD #6 – Alicia blew away the 10 minutes of consecutive Balance T elevated leg push-ups with 161 reps on 1/21/23.
https://youtu.be/CxGMmS0SeLY
WORLD RECORD # 7 – Alicia breaks the consecutive 15 minutes of Balance T elevated leg pushups with 221 reps on 1/26/23.
Alicia competed in her first major running race of the year on 2/4/23 on a hilly clay cross country course considered the hardest in Florida and one of the most challenging 5k races in US. She placed 2nd woman (5th overall) in a new best time. This is her third year to do race and third year to place 2nd woman overall. The following day on 2/5/23, Alicia did her first-ever feet against wall consecutive push-up challenge with 38 reps (two reps over the record set by a male).This would be her 8th world record.
WORLD RECORDS # 9 AND #10 – Alicia surprised herself and greatly improved these two world records in the 1 minute (22 reps) Balance T one arm elevated leg push-ups and 2mintues (40 reps) on 3/5/23.
WORLD RECORD # 11 – Alicia takes back a record that a male athlete bettered her in….she does 75 V Plank Jacks in 2 minutes on 3/31/23.
WORLD RECORDS #12 AND #13 – Alicia takes back more records where a male athlete bettered her….she now does 41 V Plank Jacks in a minute enroute to improving the 3 minute mark to 82 V Plank Jacks in 3 minutes on 3/31/23.
Alicia was excited to participate in The March 8th Worldwide International Women’s Day Challenge completing the same time as last year in the 5k indoor row race with 21:38 (currently ranked 53rd lightweight woman in world among verified results). Then, 10 minutes later – she competed in her first-ever 10k BikeErg race in a time of 23:13 and being ranked 63rd woman in world among verified results.
Two days later (3/10/23), Alicia switched to speed events and competed in the 1k indoor rowing sprint world championship placing 30th lightweight woman in the world. This is her 15th World Championship.
After 4 weeks of middle school distance running and sprint training – the middle school runners were able to compete in an unique and possibly world’s first-ever Cross Country Versatility Contest. The training and racing were created by Coach Alicia Weber. The coach also competed in the events and she did 12.6 seconds for the cross country 100 meter and approx 10 minutes later 5:32 for the cross country mile event. The “Versatility Contest” combines the 100 meter and mile events held back- to -back on soft cross country surface where athletes try to run their fastest times in both events. They are then scored by their finishing place. The lowest placing score wins “MOST VERSATILE”…Complete Results are at this link. The “Most Versatile” runner won both the 100 meter in 12.9 seconds and 1 mile in 6:47 – 13 year old Etienne!! The great news is that ALL runners ran personal bests in the 100 meter and the mile events. Some improved their mile times by 2 minutes!! It was a “runderful” and fun event for everyone!
FINALLY, we will talk about Florida wildlife. Alicia and her family have spring birthdays and they have a ritual of finding their birthday animals! They enjoy hiking and visiting animals either in the wild OR in zoos. They had 4 amazing experiences this spring.
https://youtu.be/U-Iw2Xs8rxk
Alicia’s mother’s birthday animal came in numbers – 3 ALLIGATORS!! She had a snappy birthday in Mt. Dora, Florida. She thought she was going to take a relaxing stroll and visit shops and eateries in Mt. Dora, but she ended up having a birthday of a lifetime with 3 alligators that joined in the celebration!!
https://youtu.be/MHNk6IKxouo
Alicia’s father was specifically on a mission to find a gopher tortoisefor his birthday. Alicia steered him to Showcase of Citrus in Clermont, Florida, and there he found a gopher tortoise (and A LOT more animals at the new and improved Showcase of Citrus).
https://youtu.be/FoIqcK0jgtw
Alicia was searching for several birthday animals. She was definitely wanting to see a Florida Manatee, which has no known enemies! She got really lucky on St. Patty’s Day and found 25 birthday manatees at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge! This is the place to see A LOT of manatees and it is only by foot. She also got to see her first mating manatee herd!
https://youtu.be/o0tX8PLr0Eo
The search for “birthday animals” continued at Disney Animal Kingdom. This is the first time Alicia has been to Disney Animal Kingdom, since 2009. There are now a lot more animals and there is Asia and Africa that she could visit there! The family had a blast taking in hundreds of animals on their walk through Disney. Highlights are in video above. Alicia is known to cause monkeys to moon her. This seems to happen at all the zoos with monkeys and once again it happened at Animal Kingdom!
