Classics Interview Series
Classics Interview Series: Billy Mills Billy Mills shocked the world when he won the Gold Medal for the U.S. at 10,000 meters back in 1964. Billy gives us an up close and personal look at what led to the best race of his life. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…
Classics Interview Series: Barb Lindquist Barb Lindquist went to the Olympic Trials as a swimmer and made the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team as a triathlete. While working with USA Triathlon to identify great swimmers and runners who could be taught how to ride a bike, Barb found the woman who is now the very best female…
Classics Interview Series: Dave Orlowski Looking back at some of our classic conversations, this one with Dave Orlowski, who finished third in the first ever Ironman on Oahu back in 1978 is one of my favorites. Hey, I think he is the only guy in history to complete the Ironman bike ride in jean shorts. Love this conversation!…
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…
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…
Classics Interview Series: Linda Sweeney Linda Sweeney flew over to Kona to do the fourth ever Ironman World Championship back in 1981. She ended up winning the race even though she rode a bike with a basket on the front that carried a cassette player blasting tunes for her throughout the bike ride. By the…
From our Classics Interview Series: Dennis Christopher Dennis Christopher had very little background in cycling when he was picked to star in the 1979 film Breaking Away. Little did he know that the movie would become a classic. The show starts with a short soundbite from Jonathan Vaughters on the first time he met…
From our Classics Interview Series: Frank Shorter A lot of people may not remember that the Olympic Gold and Silver medalist in the marathon, Frank Shorter, was also an accomplished duathlete and ended up beating John Howard in the Desert Princess Run/Bike/Run back in 1988. Frank came on to chat about the value of cross training. Subscribe…