Updates from Aly: First two months with baby number two

07/28/23 • 36 min

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.

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Amber Pierce on being a good wheel

In this episode Amy and Jen welcome Amber Pierce, a collegiate swimmer turned professional cyclist. Amber is now starting a new podcast, the Be A Good Wheel Podcast, which will “spotlight the value in all the messy unfiltered moments behind [the] shiny outcomes and offer a place to support each other in process.”

This interview covers a lot of ground, from systemic problems in sports that don’t support collegiate athletes and women to our personal theories on why swimmers struggle to run and vice versa. Amber talks about the ways she has continued to find joy in training after her pro career, including taking up mixed martial arts. She gives perspective on how she hopes to raise her daughter to approach competition and movement. And we hear more about her upcoming podcast.

If you want to hear more about Amber’s athletic career, check out these podcast episodes:

Amber Pierce Career Retrospective Part 1 - Successful Athletes Podcast

Amber Pierce Career Retrospective Part 2 - Successful Athletes Podcast

If you want to hear more about Amber’s experience training during pregnancy, check out this episode:

Amber Pierce on her pregnancy and training on the Ask A Cycling Coach Podcast

Find Amber on Instagram here

Next Episode

Flashback! Jen’s start in triathlon

This week on the podcast we go back in time to hear about Jen’s first triathlon and how she got her start racing draft legal after college. She shares how she got connected with a coach, started training with a group in San Antonio, and even got to do a training trip with Barb Lindquist. She shares many familiar experiences to new triathletes like falling over at stop lights when she couldn’t unclip from her bike. In their weekly updates, Amy gives a recap of her race at the Boise Twilight Criterium. Jen shares a personal update of a miscarriage and I know all of our listeners are sending love and support her way.