Jessica Tomasek came in studio with her mom and dad and her coach Jim Vance to talk about becoming the first woman to receive an NCAA scholarship for the sport of triathlon. Becoming an NCAA sport is huge for triathlon. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
Classics Interview Series: Chrissie Wellington, October 2011 It was one week after what turned out to be the last race -and win- of her amazing career. Chrissie Wellington never lost an Iron distance event, winning 13 times in a row. Her fourth win in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in 2011, coming less than two…
When Dean Karnazes got into the sport of ultra running and started to create media around himself and the sport, a lot of ultra runners were not very happy. Dean reflects on embracing a career where it became all about pushing his personal limits and boundaries. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe…
Paul Greer is one of the most positive and enthusiastic people in our sport. It’s always great to have Paul come in studio just to have him pump everyone up. Listen to Paul and you’ll be lacing up your shoes and heading out for a run within five minutes of the end of the chat.…
Sally Edwards is a 16-time Ironman finisher, a member of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, and a serial entrepreneur who founded the original Fleet Feet running store and built that business to $22 million dollars in revenue. She came on with myself and my co-host for the evening, two-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson,…
UCSD Tri Team members Esther Walker and Gretchen Stumhofer came in studio to chat about their backgrounds, their best races, the upcoming Tritonman Triathlon, and how they balance school and training while racing both bikes and triathlons. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
Joe De Sena is the creator of The Spartan Race, which has now grown to 137 events in 17 countries. In 2014 850,000 participants did his events and in 2015 that number could exceed one million. How did the event start? What did he learn from his days on Wall Street that transferred over to…
Eric Feller and Danny Kolker met, believe it or not, in grammar school. They knew early on that one day they would work together. Their first major project was a documentary film following a number of top U.S. triathletes as they were attempting to make the first ever U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team in 2000. Little…
Leon Griffin is on a roll. Since the birth of his little boy Harry about six weeks before our chat, the 2006 ITU World Duathlon Champion from Australia has been on fire. He started his season off with a second place to Tim Reed by about 14 seconds at the Asia Pacific 70.3 Championship and…
Classics Interview Series: Eamonn Coghlan He is known as the Chairman of the Boards for his success running indoors. Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan won 52 out of 70 races indoors between 1974 and 1987, broke the record for the indoor mile three times and held the record for 18 years. His fastest indoor mile was 3:49.78…