Vincent Luis, from France, is a three-time Olympian, two-time World Champion, and a bronze medalist in the triathlon Mixed Team Relay from the Olympic Games in Tokyo. We chat about how a running camp in Kenya after a disappointing 2016 Olympic performance changed his entire approach to life and to his sport, his love of…
Babbittville Classic Rewind: Chrissie Wellington 2008 This interview with Chrissie Wellington is from June of 2008, about eight months after she won her first Ironman World Championship title in Kona, Hawaii. Paul Huddle and I had a blast chatting with this amazing young woman. By the time she retired in 2011, she had won four…
Babbittville Classic Rewind: Greg LeMond, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina How special is this? Three-time Tour de France Champion Greg LeMond joined us on the phone with two-time Ironman World Champion Scott Tinley and 1988 Ironman World Champion Scott Molina with me in studio. This was a classic conversation! The opening sound bite features New…
Announcing Babbittville Classic Rewind Many of you know me from Breakfast with Bob. But did you know I started hosting a radio show – The Competitors – all the way back in 1990? Yep. Back in 1990, I was looking for a way to create more awareness around the amazing endurance athletes I was covering…
Ice Was Nice When I first moved to Southern California, I was amazed at the size of some of the houses and the yards, but what really blew me away were the driveways. The what? Yep, the driveways. When you’re a California native, a driveway is, well, a driveway. When you’re from the Midwest, a…
In August, Cam Wurf went to Ironman Copenhagen and won his first Ironman since Ironman Italy in 2019. What a treat to get to chat with a guy who is a professional cyclist with the INEOS Grenadiers, and in his spare time kicks ass and takes names as a professional triathlete. There is no one…
When you look at the triathlon uber-cyclists of today, you think of Cam Wurf, Andrew Starykowicz, Sebastian Kienle, Magnus Ditlev, and Lionel Sanders, among others. But back in the 1980s, when the Big Four – Dave Scott, Mark Allen, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina – dominated the sport, an uber-cyclist named Mike Pigg from Arcata,…
What a treat! This is a can’t miss conversation with three-time Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno as he got ready to race Gustav Iden and Lionel Sanders at Ironman California. Enjoy! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio…
Sam Long was kind enough to join us in San Diego for our 28th Annual Challenged Athletes Foundation Best Weekend in Triathlon. His relay partners were Paralympic Paratriathlete Jamie Brown swimming the mile, Sam cycling 41 miles, and the first double-amputee to finish the Ironman World Championship, Roderick Sewell, doing the ten mile run. After…
A true legend of endurance sports, Phil Liggett joined me for a chat before he does the commentary for the Collins Cup. Lots of great stories in this one! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple…