Now, Alicia is left to fulfill her dream on her own.

Her husband is no longer at the track, exhorting her during a tough interval workout. He is not there to share ice cream as a guilty pleasure.

Ryan Shay died at 28 after collapsing 5½ miles into the men's Olympic marathon trials Nov. 3 in New York while his wife waited in Central Park to cheer him on. They had been married four months.

An autopsy said Ryan Shay died of an irregular heartbeat due to an enlarged heart. He had been cleared to compete by doctors who knew about his condition and was a contender in the 26.2-mile trials.