One of America’s premiere triathletes, Ben Hoffman has gone from racing on the collegiate level at the University of Montana at Missoula to racing head-to-head with the best triathletes in the world. Ben has six Ironman wins in his career plus a ninth, fourth, and second place at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share a story about 6-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott. …..I was standing behind Dave Scott as he signed autographs and chatted with his…
24 year old Molly Cuevas is a former collegiate field hockey player who had never run a marathon when she decided to run 3,000 miles across the US and raise funds for the Challenged Athletes Foundation along the way. She will be leaving Santa Monica on April 1st and we chatted about what she is…
Ben Bowley from Today’s Plan came on to chat about their coaching and training platform, which started in cycling but has shown huge growth during their first year in multisport. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville UCAN Toughman Velofix Polar Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville…
4:29 miler Sean English was on his way to church with his family in early April 2017 when a Jeep with six passengers inside rolled over on the highway. His family stopped to help and Sean was hit by an impaired driver and ended up losing his leg below the knee. Seven months after getting…
I joined 2004 Olympian and winner of 29 Ironman 70.3 races, Andy Potts at his triathlon training camp in San Diego for a fun conversation in front of his campers….we talk about Andy’s swimming background, what it was like racing on the ITU circuit, and get lots of training insights. Watch the interview on the…
Shaina Allen and Mike Esposito were creating a promotional video on The Miami Heat Wheels wheelchair basketball team when they realized that the stories unfolding in front of them were incredible. The award winning documentary they created, ‘The Rebound’ is now available on Netflix and at reboundthefilm.com. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe…
Julie Weiss, aka The Marathon Goddess, ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks in order to honor her dad who had died 35 days after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She has now run over 100 marathons and raised over $500,000 for Pancreatic Cancer research. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville UCAN…
Rich Izzo is the founder and CEO of the Toughman Triathlon Series, which will have 12 events in 2019 including five in Chile and four in the US. For the Toughman Championship event on September 15th, corporate teams have become a bigger and bigger part of the half-Iron distance event with Morgan Stanley leading the…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share a story about my friend Tom Sullivan: It didn’t take him long to figure it out. Tom Sullivan, blind from birth, could hear…