Tri Parenting
By Emma Cowper and Themi Petridis
Join us for a funny insight into the lives and experiences of a semi pro triathlete mother and age group triathlete father
Tri Parenting Jun 16, 2022
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Episode 19 - Finding Health in 2023
In this episode we hear about the resident Stratford Olympic pool weirdo, winter season woes, headphones etiquette, flu binge-watch recommendations, disk wheel coincidences and pizza cuttings, worn out carbon shoes, newbie Xterra questions, alternative lifestyle Airbnbs, men's vs women's razers and shin bone shaving, eyeball coffee bombs, return of the hungry mouse and more.
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Mar 14, 202354:31
Episode 18: No Broadband
Sorry about the slight delay in releasing this episode due to various illnesses. In this episode, we discuss getting stuck into off-season, whether hungover lifeguards can still save lives, discovering the politest swim lane etiquette in the world, what use is terrestrial TV to modern kids, toddler shaped iPad screen damage, Parkrun times that are close but yield no cigar, chicken pox and a rumour that there's a bigish football tournament on. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @the_triparenting_podcast and join our chat on the Facebook Group
Jan 14, 202331:00
Episode 17 - Season Over
In this episode we talk about teenage sleep patterns, post season 'training', Dubai gym bikes, cold water swimming, the spreading of fake illegal news, a race volunteer's race report, a cactus disaster, interrupted turbo sessions, non-vegan vegan nutrition, double figures coffees and a highly inappropriate charity clothing donation!
Link to Themi's Functional Sports Nutrition Magazine article: www.fsnmag.com/imag/fsnnovdec21.pdf
Link to Themi's Functional Sports Nutrition Magazine article: www.fsnmag.com/imag/fsnnovdec21.pdf
Dec 06, 202245:32
Episode 16 - St George 70.3 World Champs
In this episode we talk about the highs and lows of long-haul travel to Utah with family, oversized hire vehicles, panic swim skin purchases, unexpected coldness, best ever triathlon charity shop purchases, disc wheel dilemmas, best of the best and totally awesome race spectators, drip coffee and coffee snobbery and the IM70.3 World Champs race report.
Nov 19, 202252:07
Episode 15 - Salty Gandia
We talk about Emma's latest iron distance race in Gandia Spain, facetime bike repairs, dead turn mayhem, salty burns, frothy essence of gel, frozen nutrition and when podium presentations clash with your daughter's bedtime! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @the_tri_parenting_podcast
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Oct 24, 202228:12
Episode 14 - Ginsters Classic and Angry Birds
In this episode we report out from our recent races, discuss exploding tyres, frothy milk disasters, skinning lips, buried spoons, shivering fits, sideways rain; we ponder the selfishness and loneliness of triathlon, discuss militant transition marshals, Aussie magpies, seagull poo bombs and more! We feel lucky that this podcast made it to release given the location and recording challenges we faced; let's just say some editing 'knitting' took place!
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Oct 16, 202256:46
Episode 13 - Strava dogs
In this episode, we talk about race week, hat parachutes, entertaining children at track night, hypothermia, whether children's spag bol is an appropriate adult dessert, and coming back from races with more nutrition than you arrived with. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @the_tri_parenting_podcast
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Oct 06, 202250:12
Episode 12: Electrolyte theft
In this episode we hear about Emma's family and training adventures in Spain, electrolyte theft, a kids aquathlon, avoiding inserting TT bars into cows, how to lose your swim-run partner at sea, bog snorkelling, twisted cleats and more!
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Sep 24, 202248:54
Lots of Poo & Training with Kids
In this episode we recount our highs and lows which this week included a fair amount of poo. We talk about Themi's Polaris Challenge experience and we discuss training together with children and also trying to train whilst looking after children.
Sep 11, 202245:58
Episode 10 - 4am turbo sessions and frozen eggs
In this episode we talk about the wrong choice of bike for a family holiday in the Lake District, crazy van drivers, whether it's normal to talk to animals in your way, swim camp escapades with Tri n Swim Well and craaazy o'clock turbo sessions. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @the_tri_parenting_podcast
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Aug 30, 202256:58
Episode 9 - mice, keys and melting hair
In this episode we talk about holiday training logistics, accidentally melting children's hair, mice, keys, gravestones, fast hearts, fettling and munincipality pools (sic).
Aug 22, 202237:44
Episode 8: Outlaw debrief, gel-y belly, children coaching parents and athlete shaving stories.
In this episode Emma talks about her recent Outlaw Ironman race at Nottingham and what her body thought of her gel nutrition strategy! We also chat about Themi's children teaching him (c'mon Daddy, they're easy!) tumble turns and discuss the less discussed, probably for good reason, experiences of shaving for athletes.
Aug 16, 202235:51
Episode 7: Pre-Iron thoughts, a teen's point of view, nice toenails are overrated
In this episode we talk about Emma's pre-Ironman thoughts, recorded the day before Outlaw; and we enjoyed talking with special guest 13 year old Eleni, from whom we gained insight (and parental judgement) into her triathlon and daughter-of-a-triathlete experiences.
Aug 08, 202226:24
Episode 6: Ironman prep, dogs and sweaty parents evening
In this episode we talk about post-covid recovery and slow return to training, trips to the dump, Garmin watch screens, preparation for Emma's Outlaw full ironman, encountering dogs whilst training and embarrassing children at parents evenings.
Jul 28, 202242:56
Episode 5: Do children make good race support?
This week Tri Parenting talks about whether it's a good idea to bring children to triathlon events, about both ironman and ironing sessions, race plans, race reports, covid woes and general chit chat. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @the_tri_parenting_podcast
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Jul 18, 202241:11
Episode 4: Race debriefs
We have a few races to catch up on between the two of us
Jul 10, 202239:55
Episode 3: Family holidays Part 2
We discuss upcoming races and finish off our chat about how we train on family holidays. Here's the link to our parody: Imagine Triathlons: 'On Top of Covid Isolation' www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmt82yVuNE Here's the link to the original: Imagine Dragons: On Top of the World. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk
Jul 04, 202240:49
Episode 2: Family holidays. Part 1
In this episode we start to talk about how we manage to train whilst on family holidays and trying to keep everyone happy
Jun 16, 202242:58
Welcome to Tri Parenting Podcast - Episode 1
We discuss how we both got into triathlon and our aims for this year
Jun 06, 202237:35