Lucy Charles from the UK was dealing with a shoulder injury from years of elite level swimming when she jumped into the sport of triathlon. As an age group athlete in 2015 she won the 18-24 age division at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship and the Ironman World Championship. In 2017 she won her first…
Willie Stewart just might be the greatest endurance athlete you’ve never heard of. Who else with only one arm has kayaked the Grand Canyon, run the HURT 100, taken home a Paralympic Medal in Cross Country skiing, won the Catalina Marathon overall, completed numerous Ironman Triathlon, Escape from Alcatraz, and XTERRA events, plus motivated thousands…
It’s not often that I am left speechless during an interview. In this interview, Jorge Mendoza takes us through his night of horror when he woke up in a pool of blood from a vascular issue in one leg and nearly bled to death. His journey from that night forward proves once again the far-reaching…
Nicole Ver Kuilen is a University of Michigan grad who lost her leg to cancer when she was ten years old. On September 1st she is leaving Seattle and the plan is to swim, ride, and run 1,500 miles to San Diego for The Challenged Athletes Foundation San Diego Triathlon Challenge on October 22nd. Nicole…
Heather Jackson finished fifth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in 2015 and third in 2016. She came on to chat about her career, her love of the sport, and her goal of winning triathlon’s most important event. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels…
Classics Interview Series: Jim MacLaren, June 2005 Jim MacLaren has had an amazing life. A 300 pound football player at Yale, in 1985 he was hit by a New York City bus while on his motorcycle and became a lower leg amputee. Eight years later, MacLaren was hit again, this time by a van while…
From our Breakfast with Bob interviews at Ironman Mont Tremblant: enjoy the audio from our pre-race interview with Rachel Joyce It had been a while since Rachel and I chatted, so it was great to catch up. Rachel talked about what it is like to be a parent, as well as what it has been…
From our Breakfast with Bob interviews at Ironman Mont Tremblant: enjoy the audio from our pre-race interview with Marino Vanhoenacker. It was a real treat to get to sit down with the great Marino Vanhoenacker. We talked about how Marino first got into the sport of triathlon, his incredible record of 15 Ironman wins (now…
Mary Beth Ellis won 11 Ironman titles in her awesome career including three at Ironman Mont Tremblant. Since we will be doing Breakfast with Bob from Ironman Mont Tremblant, we reached out to MBE to get her insights into one of her favorite events. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Canadian Lionel Sanders just won the Challenge World Championship after a classic one-on-one battle with 2014 Ironman World Champion Sebastian Kienle. Speaking of classics, this interview with Lionel is one of my all-time favorites! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…