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 that I wrote in 2005 about Jim MacLaren. I called it Unbreakable Spirit, and it appeared in my book Never…
Hunter Woodhall is the first double below knee amputee to receive an NCAA Division 1 track and field scholarship and the 2016 Paralympic silver and bronze medalist had a great freshman season at Arkansas. But his biggest impact is on the amputee kids who are looking to follow in his footsteps. Sponsors…
She ran the steeplechase and made it to the Olympic Trials in both 2012 and 2016. She won her first marathon in 2:30:41. When Becky Wade earned the Watson Fellowship, she traveled and ran in 22 countries in 12 months, went through 11 pairs of running shoes and ran 3,504 miles! Becky is gearing up…
Triathlon’s Big Four: Dave Scott, Scott Molina, Mark Allen, and Scott Tinley For our October, 1987 issue of Competitor Magazine we featured the four triathletes who dominated triathlon’s grand era of the 80’s, particularly the showcase races in the Fall. Between the the four of them, they had won seven Ironman World Championships, five Nice…
One of America’s premiere triathletes, Ben Hoffman has gone from racing on the collegiate level at the University of Montana at Missoula to racing head-to-head with the best triathletes in the world. Ben has six Ironman wins in his career plus a ninth, fourth, and second place at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.…
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 6-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott. …..I was standing behind Dave Scott as he signed autographs and chatted with his…
24 year old Molly Cuevas is a former collegiate field hockey player who had never run a marathon when she decided to run 3,000 miles across the US and raise funds for the Challenged Athletes Foundation along the way. She will be leaving Santa Monica on April 1st and we chatted about what she is…
Ben Bowley from Today’s Plan came on to chat about their coaching and training platform, which started in cycling but has shown huge growth during their first year in multisport. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville…
4:29 miler Sean English was on his way to church with his family in early April 2017 when a Jeep with six passengers inside rolled over on the highway. His family stopped to help and Sean was hit by an impaired driver and ended up losing his leg below the knee. Seven months after getting…
I joined 2004 Olympian and winner of 29 Ironman 70.3 races, Andy Potts at his triathlon training camp in San Diego for a fun conversation in front of his campers….we talk about Andy’s swimming background, what it was like racing on the ITU circuit, and get lots of training insights. Watch the interview on the…