Jan Frodeno is the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, and in his first two full Ironman events in 2014 he took third at Ironman Frankfurt and third at the Ironman World Championship. This weekend he returns to Frankfurt to try and knock off, among others, the last two Ironman world Champions, Frederik Van Lierde and Sebastian…
Jim Knaub was an Olympic Trials pole vaulter before he was paralyzed back in 1978. During his career his won the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon five times and the Los Angeles Marathon three times. His biggest impact, though, was on the paralyzed kids and adults who he served as a role model for.…
The scene was set. It was November of 1986 and the brand new event was called The Desert Princess Duathlon. Two 10K runs on either side of a tough 62K bike out in Palm Desert, California. The world’s top ranked triathlete, Scott Molina, going head to head against the world’s top ranked duathlete, Kenny Souza.…
New Zealand’s Callum Millward, the host of Cupcakes with Cal, has had a great start to his season. In March he took sixth at his debut Ironman in Melbourne at the Asia Pacific Championship with an 8:14. Now living and training in Boulder, he recently won his hometown 70.3 and is looking for a top…
Rick Kozlowski will be the race director for the final time at the San Diego International Triathlon on June 28th. Koz came on to chat about his thoughts on the event – one of the longest-running events in triathlon – and his love of the sport. If you haven’t signed up for SDIT yet, go…
What would a father do for his son? In honor of Father’s Day, check out our conversation with Alex Smith, who just completed Challenge Denmark with his son, Harrison. Their charity is at harrisonsfund.org. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on…
Eric McIntyre is a 58 year old grandfather who decided to create the Pancreatic Cancer Victory Tour to honor and support his wife Liz, who is going through treatment for the disease. The plan was to ride 75 miles a day, go through 18 states and ride 7,200 miles while chronicling his journey on lazarex.org…
Christine Adams is the CEO of a true family business called In Motion. They own the Carlsbad Marathon and Half Marathon, they have a training program called In Motion Fit, and the ViaSat Triple Crown that includes Carlsbad, the La Jolla Half Marathon, and the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. Check out carlsbadmarathon.com. Subscribe…
It was early evening on August 14, 2014. Juan Carlos Vinolo decided against riding his bike on the coast because it would be safer to ride the one-way loop around Fiesta Island, near Sea World in San Diego. The island is the birthplace of the sport of triathlon and the go-to spot for weekday evening…
Derek Garcia was living in Coeur d’Alene when he heard that the Ironman was coming to town. “My first thought was that the Ironman was, for some reason, abandoning the Big Island of Hawaii and moving their event to Idaho,” he laughs. Before he did his first multi-sport race, he thought that once you put…