Moms of Triathlon

This week on the podcast, Amy and Aly get controversial! They give their quick-fire stance on some of the hottest topics in the pregnancy and parenting world, including epidurals, finding out the baby’s gender, gender neutral clothing, co-sleeping, and sleep training. In her update, Amy shares updates on potty training, cycling bump drills, and the big Portland snow day. Aly talks about getting th...

This week on the podcast Amy and Aly welcome Stephanie Go - a radiologist and mother of two. This year Stephanie is training for multiple marathons and 70.3 races. They discuss how she fits in training with her shifting schedule and how she is doing more with limited time. Stephanie shares how she wants her daughters to learn that it’s fun to move your body, along with the confidence and other ben...

Amy and Aly discuss their own experiences biking during their pregnancies and share their top tips. They discuss the decision of whether or not to bike on the road or stick to the trainer in the second half of pregnancy. Zwift was a tool both used to stay entertained on trainer rides during pregnancy and they share the types of workouts and rides they did. They also talk about what to wear and alt...

Amy and Aly discuss the shifts of priorities over time. They both share how the ebb and flow of various priorities has shifted for them over time. For Aly, that meant that the intense focus on swimming during school left her ready for a mental break to focus on her career after college. For Amy, that meant that after being intensely focused on academic work in college, she was excited to focus on...

This week on the podcast Amy and Aly interview Olympian and World Champion triathlete Katie Zaferes. Katie is returning to ITU racing this year after giving birth to her son Kimble last July. Katie shares that she originally was not planning to return to triathlon after having a baby, but once she got pregnant she realized she didn’t want to rule it out before she tried. She used the time during p...

Amy and Aly discuss their personal experiences with mental health, and specifically how much hormonal shifts can impact mental health. They talk about the ways IUDs impacted their emotions. They discuss the heightened emotions they felt after giving birth, including feelings of rage, depression, guilt, and anxiety. Amy shares the ways that her anxiety increased after her second baby was born. She...

Amy and Aly talk about their plans for the 2023 race season. Amy will have a bike focus so she shares what she has been learning about how to plan a bike season. Specific focuses are keeping it sustainable for the family, being flexible as the season progresses, earning points to upgrade to Cat 2, and finding ways to test herself. Aly has a big A race in May - the due date of baby girl! She shares...

This week on the podcast we share pregnancy updates that were recorded in real time from Aly’s first trimester and the first half of her second trimester. Because pregnancy announcements are so frequently made after the first trimester, it can be hard to get an accurate account of what that first part of pregnancy is like - especially from another mom athlete. Aly talks about her excitement to mai...

This week Aly shares some exciting news - she is pregnant! Aly is 20 weeks with her second baby. To go along with the news, Aly and Amy share how they decided when to start trying to conceive each of their kids. They talk about each planning to start trying after big races (or mock races in 2020). Amy shares that her second pregnancy was actually earlier than she had originally planned because onc...

This week on the show Amy and Aly share ideas on how to stay safe while biking, running, and open water swimming. The number of cyclist and pedestrian fatalities is rising in the US, and while we can do more gravel riding or trainer riding, what can we also do to keep ourselves safe on the roads? Amy and Aly share some of their own close calls. They talk through ideas like being more visible with...

On this week’s episode, Amy and Aly get personal on their experience with drinking culture in the US generally, and also as it relates specifically to sports. Aly talks about collegiate swimming and the “dry season” from New Year’s to conference. And what it was liking working in the beer industry where drinking was a part of work events. Amy talks about how her focus on triathlon helped her to cu...

For the last episode of 2022, Amy and Aly give updates on how all of the holiday events went with their kids, including multiple instances of a crying baby in a stroller. Then they talk about how they like to approach New Year’s resolutions. They talk about picking a one-word theme for the year and discuss ideas including ‘believe’ and ‘balance.’ Then they dive into more specific resolutions, such...

This week Amy and Aly dive into what it means to have a growth mindset in sport and theorize about which sport is more innate vs developed through training: swimming, biking, or running. They also share some of their holiday traditions. In their weekly updates, Amy shares the struggles of getting a 3-year-old to wash their hands and Aly celebrates a return to consistent training. 

This week Amy and Aly discuss how they have approached training during the holidays in the past, the present, and the future.  Amy talks about past holiday travel and how that impacts training. Aly shares the crazy workload that was expected of college swimmers and how she approaches things now as a triathlete. They talk about coordinating it to be a rest week or off season if it aligns, and how t...

This week on the podcast Amy and Aly share how their athlete identities have evolved over time, from when they were younger to adulthood and then through pregnancy and parenthood. They talk about imposter syndrome when injury and pregnancy prevents you from training. And what it’s like to not be “one of the fastest” on the team when parenting means less time to train. Amy divulges her fears of emb...

This week on the podcast Amy and Aly interview Tiffany Carlin, a pelvic floor physical therapist just about to run her first postpartum half marathon 8 months after giving birth to her daughter. Tiffany shares her perspective as both a PT and a mom who has gone through the process of training through pregnancy and returning to exercise and running after birth. She gives some of her favorite pelvic...

This week on the podcast Amy and Aly share their ideas for gifts going into this holiday season. Ideas span from triathlete-specific, some general ideas , and gift ideas for young kids. They also discuss Zwift riding and racing and 18-month sleep troubles. Lobster gloves The Athletic Socks Otto lock bike lock Reflective vest with lights Polar Verity Sense Compete  journal  Run fast eat slow Oxo Si...

On this week’s episode Amy and Aly decided to dive into the sometimes complicated world of maintaining friendships once kids are involved. They talk about some of the changes they’ve had to make in their lives in order to maintain long-standing friendships, and some of the differences that they feel when making new friends that never knew them before having kids. They discuss compromises that they...

It’s the time of year when triathlon brands are recruiting for their teams! Amy and Aly discuss their experience having been on the Tres Piñas team and Team Zoot. They talk about the benefits, like community and discounted gear. And they also touch on some drawbacks, like cost to buy a new team kit each year and lack of time to devote to the team with young kids. In their weekly updates they discu...

This week on the show Amy and Aly address a listener requested topic: Amy’s experience having an au pair. Amy discusses everything from how the decision to get an au pair was made, a bit about the process of working with a program to match with an au pair, and finally how it has been to have someone living in their home and becoming a part of their family. The episode starts off with a brief discu...

This week Amy and Aly discuss Amy’s recent decision to officially quit her job, how that decision came about and how that ties into her goal of focusing more on triathlon and bike racing. Aly shares some of the thought process that went into the decision to stop working when Beth was born and become a full time stay at home mom. They discuss some of the challenges that stay at home parents face, e...

This week on the podcast Amy talks about her recent cyclocross accident that resulted in a broken collarbone and a concussion. Amy and Aly tie it into experiencing sports related injuries in general and how they have approached them both mentally and physically. They talk about preventative physical therapy and how it’s important to schedule it in, especially when life gets busy with kids. And the...

This week Amy and Aly discuss what off season means to them and how they approach the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Both agree on the importance in finding the positives and trying to embrace the changing of the seasons. Amy talks about the importance of resetting the mind and body, what she feels is the appropriate amount of time to take off and that it's different for everyone! A...

On this week’s episode Amy and Aly talk about Mirinda Carfrae’s recent video announcing why she made the decision to not go after a Kona slot this year and also Chelsea Sodaro’s Ironman World Championship victory. In Rinny’s video, she talked about wanting to have more time to focus on her family rather than the long training hours Ironman training demands. Amy and Aly reflect on how that relates...

Jen Gottschalk, mother, Ironman attorney, Ironman athlete and former college swimmer, joins Amy and Aly in today’s episode to talk about her experience training for Ironman Alaska with the goal of competing in it when she was less than 10 months postpartum. Jen discusses her decision to pump in transition and the logistics that went into it, as well as the immense amount of support shown to her by...