Eric McIntyre decided to ride his bike 7,000 miles around the U.S. and visit 18 states along the way as part of The Pancreatic Cancer Victory Tour in honor of his wife, Liz. We chatted with Eric on the show already, so this time it was Liz’s turn to take us through her thoughts about Eric’s…
It’s one thing to run a fast marathon at the end of an Ironman. But it becomes extra special when you have to run that fast to actually win the race. Mirinda Carfrae was 14:32 back off the bike and in eighth place at the 2014 Ironman World Championship when she uncorked a course record…
We were live in studio with Lesley Paterson co-hosting after her huge win at XTERRA Costa Rica – where she won despite having fractured her shoulder the day before. With us were Eric Lagerstrom and Magali Tisseyre, both fresh off big wins of their own. It was great to have three triathletes focusing on three…
Karen McKeachie is a 15-time National Age Group Champion and a six-time World Champion in triathlon. Growing up in a small town in Michigan, there really weren’t many opportunities for girls to play sports. Karen has more than made up for lost time. When she got into running she set a personal best of 2:48…
Simon Whitfield won the first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport of triathlon and his stories about that first Olympic experience, racing against legends like Simon Lessing and Javier Gomez, plus spending time in England with Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, are epic! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…
Susan Williams is the only American triathlete, male or female, to own an Olympic medal from the sport of triathlon. And to think that her goal before getting into triathlon at the advanced age of 24 was to be an astronaut. She won her bronze medal in Athens back in 2004 and is about to…
When former collegiate field hockey player Gina Bartolacci ran her first marathon in 2011 in Indianapolis, she went 3:36 and qualified for Boston. Since then she has lowered her personal best over 50 minutes to 2:45 and is hoping to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
Classics Interview Series: Davis Phinney In this classic interview from 2004, Paul Huddle and I chat with legendary American cyclist Davis Phinney after Davis and I had attended the Ride for the Roses event in Austin. Davis takes us through his amazing career, including how he would look for Ron Kiefel’s wheel when it came to…
Who the heck is ‘The Real Starky’ and why should we care? Long-time salesman Ben Hobbs saw something special in the sport of triathlon and decided the time was ripe to create a little controversy among the world’s swim, bike and runners, and if anyone in authority got pissed at some of his antics or…
Bernard Lagat came on to chat about growing up in Kenya, racing against the legendary Hicham El Guerrouj in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, becoming an American citizen and then representing the U.S. in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games. In 2014 at the age of 39 he broke the American record at the Carlsbad…