2017 has been a breakout year for 24 year old Ironman 70.3 World Championship Silver Medalist Ben Kanute. Coach Jim Vance joined me for a chat about working with Ben Kanute, and helping him make the jump up to the 70.3 distance from ITU racing. We also chatted about Jim’s run data observations at Chattanooga…
Steve Tomboni has been putting on races for 25 years. For the past six, he has been growing the Viking Dash Trail Run Series throughout the U.S. and Canada. The next one coming up is October 28 in Tejon Ranch. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance …
Phil Keoghan is best known for the Amazing Race, but he is also a huge cycling fan, and accomplished cyclist. Phil joined me to chat about LE RIDE. The documentary follows Phil and his friend Ben Cornell as they attempt to recreate the original route of the 1928 Tour de France. Averaging 240 kilometres a…
From our Classics Interview Series: A short, but memorable interview with Pat Tillman. Pat Tillman gave up a lucrative career in the NFL to fight and die for his country in Afghanistan. During every off-season of his pro football career, Tillman would set a goal outside of football and go for it. One year he…
He raced for the U.S. in the 2016 Olympic Triathlon and is still competing on the ITU circuit. This year the 24 year old has jumped into longer distances and took third at Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico, fifth at the Ironman 70.3 North American Championship in St. George and then an impressive second at the…
Kaisa Sali had watched the Ironman World Championship on TV in the early 1990s and, at the age of 12, told her dad she wanted to ride the length of the Ironman bike course, 180k, on her tiny pink mountain bike. They finished at grandma’s house and, when little Kaisa found out they had only…
It’s B-A-C-K! After a one year vacation while Lake San Antonio became a lake again, the legendary Wildflower Triathlon will be back in 2018 over the May 4th weekend to celebrate it’s 35th anniversary. Registration opens up at wildflowertriathlon.com on September 19th. Wildflower’s founder Terry Davis came on to chat about one of the world’s…
Semper Tri is one of the coolest triathlons around. You get to race on Camp Pendleton and finish on a hovercraft. How awesome is that? Jill Prichard from camppendletonraces.com came on to chat about one of my all-time favorite events, coming up on September 23rd. Thinking of racing? Use code BOB17 and get 15% off registration.…
Rocky Harris is the new CEO at USA Triathlon and, after a great conversation, I feel the sport is in great hands! 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…
Race director JT Lyons joined me to chat about the San Diego Triathlon Classic coming up on Saturday, September 9th at Liberty Station. To register go to sandiegotriathlonclassic.com 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…