Amelia Boone is a lawyer living and working in Chicago who just happens to be a Runner’s World Cover Gal and the best female Spartan Racer on the planet – with a win at the 2013 Spartan World Championship. She came on to chat about her early days of playing soccer and softball before leaving…
Julie Dibens came from England to the U.S. to swim at LSU. Her early triathlons included racing the Danskin and the USTS Series. In her career she made two Olympic teams, raced in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, won three XTERRA World Championship titles and the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In 2010 she was…
She is known as the Queen of Pain and absolutely nothing slows her down. Rebecca Rusch is a four-time champion at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, but this time around she is coming back to ride with some of our injured troops and share her course knowledge with them on race day.…
Todd Wells remembers coming to his first Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, taking third place, and vowing not to come back. He has now won the event twice and, at the age of 39, is coming back as the defending champion. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Willie Stewart was working construction in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C. not long after graduating from high school. His arm got entangled in a rope and, as he was being dragged toward a huge fan, the all-state wrestler had two options: lose his head or lose his arm. It was a moment that would…
Sebastian Kienle is the 2014 Ironman World Champion and he would like nothing better than to defend his title this October in Kona. We chatted about his career, how winning the Ironman World Championship changed his life, and about another German named Jan Frodeno who just went 7:49 at Ironman Frankfurt. Subscribe to Babbittville…
Allie Wagner from KUSI TV in San Diego came in studio to chat about the stories that moved her the most, running the Rock ‘N’ Roll San Diego Half Marathon, and how she is starting to train for her next challenge: the San Diego Triathlon Classic on Saturday September 12th. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio…
Cliff English coaches Ironman World Champion Leanda Cave, two-time Wildflower Champion and Ironman Coeur d’Alene Champion Heather Jackson, and four-time Olympian Hunter Kemper. The former cyclist came on to chat about his athletes and his philosophy of coaching. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville UCAN Toughman…
With the US and World Hip Hop Dance Championships in San Diego for the week featuring 3,500 dancers from 50 countries, we had Rollie and Vince in studio from the Canadian dance crew ‘Project Fam’ along with dancer and judge Paul Kirkland who, in his 16 year career, has performed with Madonna and Jennifer Lopez,…
John Salt is the main man behind the Niagara Falls Barrelman Triathlon, a half iron distance point to point event that takes participants past Niagara Falls twice. After being in the business up in Canada for over 14 years, John’s perspective on the importance of the athlete experience is refreshing. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio…