Julie Weiss, aka The Marathon Goddess, ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks in order to honor her dad who had died 35 days after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She has now run over 100 marathons and raised over $500,000 for Pancreatic Cancer research. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville We…
Rich Izzo is the founder and CEO of the Toughman Triathlon Series, which will have 12 events in 2019 including five in Chile and four in the US. For the Toughman Championship event on September 15th, corporate teams have become a bigger and bigger part of the half-Iron distance event with Morgan Stanley leading the…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share a story about my friend Tom Sullivan: It didn’t take him long to figure it out. Tom Sullivan, blind from birth, could hear…
Seven time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson just ran a 1:33 half marathon in Daytona and Boston will be his first marathon. His PR for a half Iron event is 4:42 and his goal is to one day race in Kona. In this interview, Jimmie shares how one of the greatest NASCAR champions of…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share an article I wrote about the great Chrissie Wellington after she had won three Ironman World Championship titles. It’s a look at what…
Lucy Gossage is a twelve-time Ironman champion and a five-time Ironman UK Champion who also happens to be a cancer doctor. Plus, in 2018, at the age of 39, she proved that she is getting better with age by winning Ironman UK, Ironman Wales, and Ironman Lanzarote. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Lacey Henderson was diagnosed with a tumor in her knee when she was nine and had her leg amputated above the knee the next year. She was a cheerleader in high school and college, found para track in 2012, and ran the 100 and long jumped in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. Next up? Hopefully…
We have had some classic interviews on this show over the years, but the brand new one with 6’9″ former professional basketball player Sebastien Bellin which takes us through the events of March 22, 2016 when he was seriously injured and nearly died during the bombings in the Brussels Airport, just might be one of…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share the story of Jon Blais, Blazeman. Diagnosed with ALS May 2, 2005 at the age of 33, Jon Blais died May 27, 2007, at…
Camilla Pedersen played ice hockey with the boys in Denmark before eventually moving to swimming and then triathlon. Even though she didn’t get into the sport until she was 27, she had immediate success. After qualifying for the 2013 Ironman World Championship, Camilla had a horrific bike accident and ended up being in an induced…