SPL HEALTH
St. Anthony’s Triathlon is a Family Affair
a part of their lives. The two busy doctors – he’s a urologist and she
three children. One of the things they all like to do together is the
St. Anthony’s Triathlon, which is coming up April 25-26.
The doctors are happy that the annual event, now in its 37th year in
been doing the Olympic-distance race. For the past few years, their
the fun.
Dr. Eric, a BayCare Medical Group physician in the Suncoast Medical
Clinic on the St. Anthony’s Hospital campus. “We’re lucky to live in
a great place where we can be outside and active throughout the
Dr. Beth along with the couples’ children will tackle the Meek &
Mighty on April 25. The next day, she will do the run portion on an
Olympic-distance relay team along with her father-in-law, Ronald
Diner, who will ride the bike. Dr. Eric also will participate individually
in the Olympic-distance race.
The Triathlon is just one part of this busy family’s active lifestyle.
All of the children participate in sports. Jacob, a seventh-grader,
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participates on
swim, basketball
and baseball
teams. Jonah,
grade, mainly
plays basketball.
Jesse, a fourthgrader,
plays
tennis and
participates in
gymnastics.
“We think it’s
important to get them in the habit of being active while they are
a physician at Women’s Care Florida – St. Petersburg who has
Although the children are just starting out in the sport, both the
in 2009, a year after Dr. Eric started doing the event.
Fitting in some training time can be tough for these busy doctors,
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