Moms of Triathlon

This week we catch up with Aly on how her first two months with baby Hannah have been going. Aly shares with us what her recovery has been like from her c-section, postpartum physical therapy, and getting into a new routine with a newborn. She gives some insight into her return to training including master’s swimming on Monday nights, an open water swim, nap time trainer workouts, and core exercises. In their weekly updates, Amy talks about sleep struggles on vacation and pre-race nerves and Jen gives an update on toddler swim lessons and Maddox’s serious face in home depot.

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 that her postpartum plan this time will not include a specific race to build up to, but rather will focus on learning how to find a maintainable fitness routine. And hopefully she can throw in some Master’s Swimming Virtual Challenges in, too. In their weekly updates Amy talks about her recent solo trip back home to WI and pumping during the trip and plans for weaning in the future. Aly talks about feeling baby move and being motivated by Tour de Zwift.

In this episode, Amy and Aly share some recommendations on things to watch and listen to:

• Bring Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman (book)
• Friends, Lovers, and the Bike Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (book)
• Good Girl by Lauren Fleshman (book)
• Younger (tv show)
• All For One (documentary)
• House of the Dragon (tv show)
• Yellowstone (tv show)
• 1883 (tv show - Yellowstone spin off)
• 1923 (tv show - Yellowstone spin off)
• My Favorite Murder Podcast
• That Triathlon Life Podcast
• Happier with Gretchen Rubin (podcast)
• Nobody Asked Us with Des and Kara (podcast)

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 have to make and also acknowledge that once you have kids you find yourself asking more of your friends, like having them come to you more often than you going to them. And they end with their Go Mommas of the Week!

This week Amy and Aly talk about racing planning as parents, and how it has changed since before having kids, including how much more you have to rely on your partner.. Aly recaps her triathlon relay bike leg and talks about kids and water safety. Amy talks about how her first family meeting went and what Ollie suggests for an easier bedtime routine. The episode closes with their big mom wins of the week (Go Mama of the Week).

On the show this week Amy and Aly go into more of the common parenting decisions and what they have chosen to do so far. They talk about topics like posting kids on social media, following parenting philosophies, swearing in front of kids, screen time, and toddler leashes. Some topics are not just divisive between Amy and Aly, but also between them and their partners. Amy talks about her tendency towards RIE parenting and mentions following Janet Lansbury and Dr. Becky. Aly shares an interesting philosophy towards swearing in front of kids and how it actually plays out with a 2-year-old.