Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession
What would you do if half your town caught triathlon mania?

If you’re like Alicia DiFabioa minivan-driving, harried mother of four small children whose daily look features stained yoga pants, a messy ponytail, and a big diaper bagyou would shrug your shoulders and try to hold on for that after-bedtime glass of wine. It was to her utter surprise that this middle-aged, out-of-shape mother found herself on the starting line of a triathlon.

In Women Who Tri, DiFabio explores the triathlon phenomenon that has gripped her town and swept the nation.

Her memoir is both inspiring and informative as it explores the popularity, psychology, subculture, and transformative power of triathlons among "ordinary" women. Set in a small New Jersey town that now hosts America’s largest women-only triathlon club, Women Who Tri weaves together the insights of a psychologist, the research of a journalist, and the deep insecurities of a daunted newbie.

DiFabio shares her journey from nervous newcomer to triathlon finisher as she investigates one of the world’s most challenging and inspiring sports. She profiles women who have overcome challenges to become athletes and tri for themselves and to help others. Women Who Tri will entertain, enlighten, and inspire any triathlon enthusiast, from tri-addicts to the tri-curious.
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Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession
What would you do if half your town caught triathlon mania?

If you’re like Alicia DiFabioa minivan-driving, harried mother of four small children whose daily look features stained yoga pants, a messy ponytail, and a big diaper bagyou would shrug your shoulders and try to hold on for that after-bedtime glass of wine. It was to her utter surprise that this middle-aged, out-of-shape mother found herself on the starting line of a triathlon.

In Women Who Tri, DiFabio explores the triathlon phenomenon that has gripped her town and swept the nation.

Her memoir is both inspiring and informative as it explores the popularity, psychology, subculture, and transformative power of triathlons among "ordinary" women. Set in a small New Jersey town that now hosts America’s largest women-only triathlon club, Women Who Tri weaves together the insights of a psychologist, the research of a journalist, and the deep insecurities of a daunted newbie.

DiFabio shares her journey from nervous newcomer to triathlon finisher as she investigates one of the world’s most challenging and inspiring sports. She profiles women who have overcome challenges to become athletes and tri for themselves and to help others. Women Who Tri will entertain, enlighten, and inspire any triathlon enthusiast, from tri-addicts to the tri-curious.
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Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession

Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession

by Alicia DiFabio Psy.D.
Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession

Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete's Journey Into the Heart of America's Newest Obsession

by Alicia DiFabio Psy.D.

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What would you do if half your town caught triathlon mania?

If you’re like Alicia DiFabioa minivan-driving, harried mother of four small children whose daily look features stained yoga pants, a messy ponytail, and a big diaper bagyou would shrug your shoulders and try to hold on for that after-bedtime glass of wine. It was to her utter surprise that this middle-aged, out-of-shape mother found herself on the starting line of a triathlon.

In Women Who Tri, DiFabio explores the triathlon phenomenon that has gripped her town and swept the nation.

Her memoir is both inspiring and informative as it explores the popularity, psychology, subculture, and transformative power of triathlons among "ordinary" women. Set in a small New Jersey town that now hosts America’s largest women-only triathlon club, Women Who Tri weaves together the insights of a psychologist, the research of a journalist, and the deep insecurities of a daunted newbie.

DiFabio shares her journey from nervous newcomer to triathlon finisher as she investigates one of the world’s most challenging and inspiring sports. She profiles women who have overcome challenges to become athletes and tri for themselves and to help others. Women Who Tri will entertain, enlighten, and inspire any triathlon enthusiast, from tri-addicts to the tri-curious.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937715588
Publisher: VeloPress
Publication date: 04/02/2017
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Alicia DiFabio, Psy.D. finished her first triathlon at age 45. She is a member of the 900-woman strong Mullica Hill Women’s Tri Club and a member of its board of directors. DiFabio has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland. On hiatus from the practice of psychology to raise her four young children, she writes on health and wellness, women’s issues, parenting, and education for newspapers, magazines, and literary journals. She is a contributing editor of the literary magazine, Pentimento. An active blogger, Dr. DiFabio chronicles her adventures as a special needs mother to four children, one who has been diagnosed with autism and epilepsy. Her blog, Lost in Holland, has been featured in the Examiner.com, a network serving over 20 million monthly readers and her posts have been picked up for syndication by McClatchy Tribune.

Table of Contents

Prologue. Greater Than The Sum Of All Fears

1 - A Revolution, Clad In Pink

2 - So It Begins

3- A Tri Is Born

Andrea Peet: Still Time

4 - The Long and Short Of It

5 - Who’s Drinking The Kool Aid?

Debbie Neimann: For Cecilia

6 - No Nuts, Just Guts

Nancy Stevens: Visionary

7 - Sigma Tri

8 - Inside the TRIbe

Linda Garrett: Ageless

9 - Run With It

Lisa Hallett: Run to Remember

10 - Girls Run the World

11 - Chronic Tribernation

Terry Woods: Unbroken

12 - Tri Girls Aren’t Cheap Dates

Erin Briggs: On Fire

13 - Swim, Bike, Run ... Guilt?

14 – TriathaPhobia

Chrissy Vasquez: Going the Distance

15 - Sink Or Swim

16 - Making Waves

17 - On The Most Dangerous Leg

Barbara Mockford: Unfinished Business

18 - Gearing Up

19 - Women On Wheels

Tara Emrick: Back In Action

20 - Train Wreck

21 - Jane’s Addiction

Jenn Sommermann: Fifty-Fifty

22 - Charity, Causes and Cures, Oh Tri!

Winter Vinecki: Team Winter

23- Tri: The Next Generation

Jessica Cappella: Could, Would, Should, DID

24 - Queen of the Hill

Epilogue: Those Girls In Pink

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