Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share a story about my friend Tom Sullivan:

It didn’t take him long to figure it out. Tom Sullivan, blind from birth, could hear the murmurs and chuckles as we walked our bike toward transition. The two of us were doing our first triathlon together and my primary responsibility, besides making sure we didn’t swim, run or ride into any solid objects, was to pilot a tandem. “Babbitt, is there a pink flamingo on the front of this thing?” Tom asked. “Why, yes, Tommy there is,” I responded ever so casually. “Doesn’t everyone have one?” “That’s awesome,” screamed the always upbeat Tom. “I have never had a seeing eye flamingo before!”

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