Geraint Thomas is a three-time world champion, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and the winner of the 2018 Tour de France. Geraint was kind enough to join us at NYTRO for a Q&A on January 5th. He was hilarious and the crowd was HUGE. A big thank you to the new owner of NYTRO, Mike…
David Bailey was on the very top of the motocross world when he was paralyzed in January of 1987. He came back from that tragedy to have three epic battles in Kona with Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda in the handcycle division. In this conversation David takes us through his journey to the very top in…
Greg Cohen is a personal trainer in LA who was diagnosed in 2017 with a rare and incurable auto immune disease called Scleroderma. After getting over the shock of the diagnosis, he decided to train for the 2018 LA Marathon. After running LA again in 2019, the goal for Greg now is to run four…
Rob Mendez was born without arms or legs but overcame every obstacle in his way to coach high school football. This summer he was honored by ESPN with the 2019 Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts…
Thank you to all our great Babbittville on Instagram friends for following along with us in 2019 as we celebrated the wonderful world of endurance sports and all the amazing athletes we got to spend time with and the events we got to enjoy. Here’s a look back at our Top Nine Instagram posts from…
From our Babbittville Vault, this 2006 interview with three-time Olympic gold medalist Peter Snell with my Competitor Radio co-host Paul Huddle is one of my all-time favorites. When he won the 800 meter gold medal in 1960, Sir Peter Snell was only 21 years old and was ranked 25th in the world. He became one…
CAF’s Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, from Ghana, went from shining shoes on a street corner to riding a bike across his country on one leg on a mountain bike to having a movie made on his life that was narrated by Oprah. Can one person change the plight of the disabled in their country? Emmanuel would…
Charley French is 93 years old, was born in 1926, fought in World War II, helped to create the modern ski goggles, and was working with Boone Lennon at Scott USA and tested out the first pair of aerodynamic handlebars that totally changed the sports of triathlon and cycling. Besides that, he is still out…
Chris Kostman, the long-time owner of the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon across Death Valley, joined us to chat about his new event. It’s called the Artsakh Ultra and it’s an off-road trail run consisting of six separate stages and 160 miles on the Janapar Trail in Armenia and Artsakh. It sounds truly amazing and the website…
Robin Thurston is the creator of Map My Fitness and now the CEO of Pocket Outdoor Media, which owns Triathlete Magazine, Women’s Running Magazine and VeloNews Magazine. We chatted about everything from Robin’s early days as a cyclist to his belief in the iconic brands he now owns. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…