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Growing up in Australia, Brett Murray was bullied, even though he was very involved with – and successful at – team sports. It was something he never forgot and during the past 11 years he has become one of the most sought out speakers on the topic. He is now a triathlete and uses the…
Clayton Treska was a 290 pound Marine when he was first diagnosed with testicular cancer. After getting a clean bill of health, he started training for triathlon before persistent back pain turned out to be a reoccurrence of his cancer, but this time the diagnosis was much worse: terminal. His journey from there to the…
Heather Jackson and Jesse Thomas came on together with Paul Huddle and me to chat about their favorite all-time race, the Wildflower Triathlon. Heather, the former hockey player, has won Wildflower three times in a row. Thomas, the former basketball player and steeplechase star, has won four in a row. During our conversation they both committed…
Breakfast from Kona Interview: Diana Bertsch and Mayor Billy Kenoi Ironman Hawaii race director Diana Bertsch and Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi joined us on Breakfast from Kona to welcome everyone to Ironman Week and to Kona! Mayor Billy raced this year and inspired everyone in his wake! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes …
Tim DeBoom is the last American to win the Ironman World Championship, which he did in both 2001 and 2002. We chatted about both training with and racing against Peter Reid, running down Chris McCormack at the 2002 race in Kona, and the uncertainty surrounding the 2001 race since it was only a month after…
He graduated with a degree in finance, had a great job overlooking Sydney Harbor…and was miserable. In this in-depth conversation with two-time Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack, he takes us through his career step by step. Knocking off the unbeatable Simon Lessing, getting passed over for the 2000 Olympic team even though he was ranked…
Molly Huddle was a one person cross country team her senior year in high school with her dad as her coach. She went undefeated, set 12 course records, and took fourth at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship. In 2014 she had a huge year, breaking her own national record at 5,000 meters and…
Diana Bertsch is the long-time race director for the Ironman World Championship and the Vice President of Ironman’s World Championship events. What is it like to oversee the most important event in endurance sports? You can feel Diana’s passion for the event, the brand, the volunteers, and the Big Island come right through the phone…
Grant Fisher from Grand Blanc, Michigan just won the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship for the second straight year, only the fifth boy in the history of the event to win two in a row. Mike Scannell has personal bests of 2:16 for the marathon and a 29:02 for the 10K. Mike has been coaching…