Mark Zeigler, the award-winning journalist from the San Diego Union tribune, is our go-to-guy whenever the topic becomes performance enhancing drugs. Mark came on to discuss the BBC feature called ‘Catch Me If You Can’ that brings to light accusations against coach Alberto Salazar and Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
Helle Frederiksen from Denmark was coming off the biggest win in her career at the 2014 Hy-Vee Triathlon where she took home a first place check of $100,000. The following weekend, 57 kilometers into the Ironman 70.3 World Championship at Mont-Tremblant, she received a drafting penalty, lost four minutes, and eventually dropped out of the…
Craig Alexander is the three-time Ironman World Champion and the course record holder. It’s always a treat to get to chat with Crowie about the most important moments in his legendary career. During our interview, we chatted about his daughter Lucy, who has become quite an accomplished swimmer and runner. “As a runner, I think…
Abbott is the new title sponsor of the World Marathon Majors – Tokyo, London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York – and their goal is to not only help support the world’s best runners and wheelchair athletes, but to help grow the sport of running as well. Chris Miller, Divisional Vice President Global Brand Strategy and…
In response to our interview with Ironman CEO Andrew Messick, top pro Rachel Joyce came on to talk about the issue of 50 Women to Kona. We also chatted about her foot injury and her recent coaching change. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
Andrew Messick is the CEO of the Ironman. We had a wide-ranging conversation on a variety of topics. One of which was his rationale behind holding firm on not supporting 50 pro women to Kona. Here are few highlights from our conversation on this topic, in which we agreed to disagree: Bob Babbitt: Andrew, in tennis…
With the 35th Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon coming up, the time was right to have Eric Gilsenan, Mr. Escape, on with us. Eric is going for his 27th consecutive finish at the Escape from Alcatraz. More information about the triathlon here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
Classics Interview Series: Javier Gomez at Tri Club of San Diego, April 2013 Javier Gomez joined me at a Tri Club of San Diego meeting the week before the ITU WTS San Diego race for a Q&A interview. We talked about the Brownlee brothers, career highlights, and his future plans in the sport. Enjoy the audio from our interview. …
Classics Interview Series: Alistair Brownlee at Tri Club of San Diego, April 2013 The day after winning the ITU race in San Diego, the Olympic gold medalist – and the best triathlete in the world – Alistair Brownlee and I sat down for a Q&A in front of a huge Tri Club of San Diego…
When Glenn Hartrick got into endurance sports back in 2006, he jumped in 1000%, going from participating in eight events in 2007 to 36 events in 2012 and a total of 157 events overall. In June 2014 he was paralyzed when he was hit by a car while on his bike, but the December 2012…