Matt Dixon is the main man behind Purple Patch Fitness and works with top pros Meredith Kessler, Jesse Thomas, and Tim Reed, as well as Ironman hopeful, actor Sean Astin. Matt’s insight into the athletes he works with plus what he learned from his swimming and professional triathlon career make this a fascinating interview. …
Robbie Maddison is a Freestyle Motocross legend who trains on the road bike and mountain bike, has a background as an endurance athlete, and recently rode waves in Tahiti…on his motorcycle! Check out the amazing video that has had over 60 million views on YouTube, Facebook, and through Robbie’s sponsors and supporters. He is this…
Austrian Alban Lakata was a two-time Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race champion (2012 & 2013) and the course record holder (6:04:01). In our pre-race Breakfast with Bob chat, Alban said he thought he was ready to take the course record down under 6:00. He is definitely a man of his word! Although…
Sarah True just qualified for her second U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team in Rio by finishing fourth in the test race. During our conversation Sarah shared what she learned from the injury that laid her up for nearly a year back in 2010 and from finishing in fourth place only ten seconds off the podium at…
Ben True is not only married to a two-time Olympic qualifier in triathlon, Sarah True, growing up he was sort of the Bo Jackson of endurance sports, a high-level athlete in both cross country skiing and running. Ben decided to hang up his running shoes and go full-time into skiing after reaching a major running…
It was the ultimate good news/ bad news scenario. U.S. steeplechaser Evan Jager was in Paris about to win the steeple at the Diamond League event. The good news? He set a new American record with his 8:00.45. The bad news? He tumbled over the very last hurdle and ended up in second. The 2012…
“I am just a boy from Belgium,” says Marc Herremans. But he is so much more. He was sixth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in his debut in 2001, but was paralyzed in training early in 2002. His journey back to Kona to complete and finally win that race in a handcycle is…
Christoph Sauser took a bronze medal home to Switzerland from the 2000 Olympics in mountain biking, has won the legendary Cape Epic Stage Race a record five times, and for the past three years has taken second at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Last year he finished only 18 seconds…
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…