Tara Davis has a personality that can take track and field to a whole new level. The University of Georgia freshman is one of America’s best at both the long jump and the 100 meter hurdles. One fun story from our conversation. At the California high school state meet,Tara earned 30 points as an individual,…
At the age of 16, high school baseball star Ruben Marin was the victim of a drive by shooting and lost his left leg below the knee. He is now a college pitcher with a prosthetic and says that losing his leg was the best thing that ever happened to him, that it has actually…
Gwen Jorgensen left her job as a CPA to become the best female triathlete on the ITU circuit and win the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in triathlon. After becoming a mom, she shocked the endurance world by deciding to move to the marathon in order to get Olympic gold number two. Gwen joined…
Cam Wurf rowed in the 2004 Olympics for Australia, still cycles professionally, trains on a regular basis with the 2017 Tour de France and Vuelta Espana champion Chris Froome, broke the bike course record in Kona on October 14th, and is training for his EIGHTH Ironman of the year. On top of all that….the guy…
Renowned chef Richard Blais came in studio to chat about his career, his books, his restaurants, winning Top Chef All-Stars, and how he lost 60 pounds and is getting ready for his fifth TCS New York City Marathon. He is running New York to raise funds for roomtoread.org. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
This was Lucy’s first time racing the Ironman World Championship as a professional, and she told herself to go for it from the start, because she had nothing to lose. Lucy talked about how the conditions in Kona are relentless and it was a gamble to ride as hard as she did. But it paid…
We went through Lionel’s race at the Ironman World Championship, and talked about some of the decisions he made, and what he learned for next time. Asked about his journey from dark days to yesterday’s performance: “It took me 8 years of dreaming, failing, and adversity, but you keep working hard. I told myself yesterday:…
The 2017 Ironman World Champion joined us on the morning after his victory to talk about his race. Watch the interview with Patrick here. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on Stitcher Challenged Athletes…
The 3-time Ironman World Champion shared insight into her incredible victory the morning after her race. Watch the interview with Daniela here. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on Stitcher Challenged Athletes Foundation Cruse…
Heather Jackson was the top American woman at the 2017 Ironman World Championship, finishing in 4th place, and we went through her day, and the great battles during the race that she had with the other leaders. Heather shared her take aways from the experience, and what she loves so much about racing in Kona.…