He graduated with a degree in finance, had a great job overlooking Sydney Harbor…and was miserable. In this in-depth conversation with two-time Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack, he takes us through his career step by step. Knocking off the unbeatable Simon Lessing, getting passed over for the 2000 Olympic team even though he was ranked…
Molly Huddle was a one person cross country team her senior year in high school with her dad as her coach. She went undefeated, set 12 course records, and took fourth at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship. In 2014 she had a huge year, breaking her own national record at 5,000 meters and…
Diana Bertsch is the long-time race director for the Ironman World Championship and the Vice President of Ironman’s World Championship events. What is it like to oversee the most important event in endurance sports? You can feel Diana’s passion for the event, the brand, the volunteers, and the Big Island come right through the phone…
Grant Fisher from Grand Blanc, Michigan just won the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship for the second straight year, only the fifth boy in the history of the event to win two in a row. Mike Scannell has personal bests of 2:16 for the marathon and a 29:02 for the 10K. Mike has been coaching…
USA Triathlon just committed $2.6 million dollars to support NCAA colleges looking to create triathlon programs for women at their schools. Coach Jim Vance came on to chat about that, his Formula Endurance Program, and the growth of junior triathlon programs around the country. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
He grew up in Australia as a basketball and rugby player. But Tim Reed eventually realized that his body type and work ethic made endurance sports a much better fit for him. As an age grouper, he made it to the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii and completed the 112 mile ride on a borrowed…
Here are a few of my favorite interviews from our Breakfast from Bahrain show from the inaugural Challenge Bahrain. You can watch all the pre-race and post-race videos on our Babbittville YouTube Channel. Germany’s Michael Raelert was the very best in the world at the Ironman 70.3 distance after winning the world title twice. But over…
Shane Niemeyer was a heroin addict and had been arrested 25 times. While in prison, he attempted to hang himself and failed. From that point on his life changed forever, and triathlon and the Ironman played a huge role. His story is unbelievable! Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links…
Lindsey Kurhajetz from Life Time Fitness came on to fill us in on one of the cooler partnerships around, Life Time Fitness and Ironman. One of their first joint initiatives is coming up on Sunday January 4, 2015 at 77 Life Time Fitness Clubs around the country. The program is called Commit to Tri and the…
Mohamed Lahna has completed the infamous Marathon des Sables, considered the toughest running event on earth, and this past summer completed the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon plus three full Ironman events. It’s amazing what he has accomplished considering that the young man from Morocco was born with a short right leg and didn’t become an athlete…