Ben True is not only married to a two-time Olympic qualifier in triathlon, Sarah True, growing up he was sort of the Bo Jackson of endurance sports, a high-level athlete in both cross country skiing and running. Ben decided to hang up his running shoes and go full-time into skiing after reaching a major running…
It was the ultimate good news/ bad news scenario. U.S. steeplechaser Evan Jager was in Paris about to win the steeple at the Diamond League event. The good news? He set a new American record with his 8:00.45. The bad news? He tumbled over the very last hurdle and ended up in second. The 2012…
“I am just a boy from Belgium,” says Marc Herremans. But he is so much more. He was sixth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in his debut in 2001, but was paralyzed in training early in 2002. His journey back to Kona to complete and finally win that race in a handcycle is…
Christoph Sauser took a bronze medal home to Switzerland from the 2000 Olympics in mountain biking, has won the legendary Cape Epic Stage Race a record five times, and for the past three years has taken second at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Last year he finished only 18 seconds…
August 13, 2015 SAN DIEGO, CA – Bob Babbitt, USA Triathlon and Ironman Triathlon Hall of Fame Inductee, is proud to announce the one year anniversary of his Babbittville Radio show. Launched on August 13, 2014, the show has received amazing support from the endurance sports community, and its audience continues to grow. The podcast…
Amelia Boone is a lawyer living and working in Chicago who just happens to be a Runner’s World Cover Gal and the best female Spartan Racer on the planet – with a win at the 2013 Spartan World Championship. She came on to chat about her early days of playing soccer and softball before leaving…
Julie Dibens came from England to the U.S. to swim at LSU. Her early triathlons included racing the Danskin and the USTS Series. In her career she made two Olympic teams, raced in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, won three XTERRA World Championship titles and the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In 2010 she was…
She is known as the Queen of Pain and absolutely nothing slows her down. Rebecca Rusch is a four-time champion at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, but this time around she is coming back to ride with some of our injured troops and share her course knowledge with them on race day.…
Todd Wells remembers coming to his first Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, taking third place, and vowing not to come back. He has now won the event twice and, at the age of 39, is coming back as the defending champion. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Willie Stewart was working construction in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C. not long after graduating from high school. His arm got entangled in a rope and, as he was being dragged toward a huge fan, the all-state wrestler had two options: lose his head or lose his arm. It was a moment that would…