Bill Bell, a brand new inductee into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, is 92 years young and simply one of the legends of triathlon. He didn’t get into endurance sports until he was over 50, but he certainly made up for lost time. He completed over 300 triathlons, 32 Ironman races and 158 marathons…
It had been a little over eight years since Ryan Hall became the first American to run a half marathon in under an hour when he went 59:43 in Houston and became a star, not just in the U.S. but worldwide. Two Olympic teams and a 2:04:58 Boston Marathon later, Ryan took time to chat…
Stephen Madden was the editor-in-chief of Bicycling Magazine. He came on the show to chat about the challenge of covering the Lance Armstrong era, his favorite cycling moments and cyclists, plus his move into CrossFit. His new book, Embrace the Suck, takes you through his journey from a novice in CrossFit to someone who can…
Bob Penny ran for the South Eugene High School Axemen, a school with a tradition of creating great runners. He is now going through inkshares.com to write a book about the history and tradition of that legendary program and the runners who made it great. The book is called Purple Dynasty: Records, Championships and Tradition-The South…
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…