Classics Interview Series: Linda Sweeney Linda Sweeney flew over to Kona to do the fourth ever Ironman World Championship back in 1981. She ended up winning the race even though she rode a bike with a basket on the front that carried a cassette player blasting tunes for her throughout the bike ride. By the…
Scout Bassett is 4’9” tall and weighs all of 84 pounds. On a wall inside the Challenged Athletes Foundation headquarters, there is a classic photo of Scout back-to-back with NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton, who is 6’11” tall. The quote next to the photo? “It’s not how big you are, it’s how big you play.” Scout…
Evie Stevens played tennis at Dartmouth and, after college, was working 50 hours a week on Wall Street. So how did she get from Manhattan to London as an Olympic cyclist? Evie’s story is beyond amazing. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix…
When she finished her film, Half the Road, little did athlete, author, journalist, and filmmaker Kathryn Bertine know that, less than a year after the film’s release, women would actually be allowed to race on the last day of the 2014 Tour de France, and she would be in that race. Kathryn came on to…
From our Classics Interview Series: Dennis Christopher Dennis Christopher had very little background in cycling when he was picked to star in the 1979 film Breaking Away. Little did he know that the movie would become a classic. The show starts with a short soundbite from Jonathan Vaughters on the first time he met…
Scotland’s Lesley Paterson grew up as the only girl playing in the local rugby league and then moved on to fell running with her dad. The two-time XTERRA World Champion came in studio to share her story and to talk about how she found out she had Lyme disease and how she is dealing with…
Imagine being great at soccer, but having your eyesight deteriorate to the point where you could barely see the ball. Imagine making the high school swim team, but having your teammates take advantage of your disability by putting icy hot in your underwear. Imagine dealing with depression to the point of becoming suicidal. Then imagine…
Jim O’Hara is one of the premiere running coaches in Southern California and he came on to chat about the best ways to have success with your running. One great idea? Rather than scheduling a 50 minute run for yourself, schedule a 40 minute run but also schedule in 10 minutes for your post-run stretch.…
Valerie Silk was never an athlete and couldn’t understand why her husband at the time wanted to connect their business, the Nautilus Fitness Center, to an obscure event that only had 15 people entered. The year was 1978, the event was called the Ironman, and Valerie Silk was the person who would guide what would…
From our Classics Interview Series: Frank Shorter A lot of people may not remember that the Olympic Gold and Silver medalist in the marathon, Frank Shorter, was also an accomplished duathlete and ended up beating John Howard in the Desert Princess Run/Bike/Run back in 1988. Frank came on to chat about the value of cross training. Subscribe…