When it comes to performing enhancing drugs in sport, no one is better at breaking it all down than Mark Zeigler from the San Diego Union Tribune. For this chat, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was our main topic of discussion. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links…
Barry Siff is the former president of USA Triathlon. While he still loves triathlon, and is on the Board of both USA Triathlon and the International Triathlon Union, he is now also the CEO of USA Team Handball. What is Team Handball? Barry is so glad you asked! Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Evan Pardi is one of those unique triathletes who has mastered the Tux-to-Speedo transition. When he is not racing as a professional triathlete or XTERRA athlete, Evan plays the double bass with the Tucson Symphony. Do you think it’s a hassle traveling with a bike? Imagine traveling with a 7-foot tall double bass! …
Taylor Phinney became a pro cyclist when he was only 16 years old and has won three national time trial championships, a stage at the Giro d’Italia, a stage of the Tour of California and two World Championship titles in the Individual Pursuit. He also made two Olympic teams. His career was nearly ended the…
Carrie and Tobias Panek from Koz Events are doing all the right stuff to grow all six of their San Diego based triathlons, including the upcoming Solana Beach Triathlon. Check them out at kozevents.com Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts…
Molly Cuevas left Santa Monica on April 1st and ended up running over 3,000 miles across the US to Montauk Island, New York. She ran 35-40 miles a day for 89 days and ended up raising $50,000 for The Challenged Athletes Foundation. How did she do it, and what adventures did she have along the…
On June 9th at the WTS race in Leeds, Matt McElroy took second place and became the first American man to finish on the podium of a WTS race since 2009! As a high school runner he took second place at the 2009 Footlocker National Championships to Lukas Verzbicas. McElroy had added swimming and cycling…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories. This week’s story is about my experience at the Western States 100 and the 4th of July “…The idea was to give some of the less ambitious in town (namely me) the chance to run the Western States 100…
Matthew Futterman from the New York Times has put together a spectacular new book on Meb Keflezighi’s legendary coach Bob Larsen: Running to the Edge. If you are a distance runner, you will love learning about the Jamul Toads and how the training they did under Coach Bob in the 1970s set the table for…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories. This week’s story is one about me and my father: Boxing Lessons “….Fathers and sons share a unique relationship. Most of our communication is of the barely-speaking variety. When you’re about 4 or 5, a glove and a ball…