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…
Rich Izzo is the main man behind the TOUGHMAN Triathlon Series and TOUGHkid triathlons. He has created a great brand that is definitely on a roll. Visit their website at ToughmanTri.com. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts…
Growing up in Australia, Brett Murray was bullied, even though he was very involved with – and successful at – team sports. It was something he never forgot and during the past 11 years he has become one of the most sought out speakers on the topic. He is now a triathlete and uses the…
Clayton Treska was a 290 pound Marine when he was first diagnosed with testicular cancer. After getting a clean bill of health, he started training for triathlon before persistent back pain turned out to be a reoccurrence of his cancer, but this time the diagnosis was much worse: terminal. His journey from there to the…
Heather Jackson and Jesse Thomas came on together with Paul Huddle and me to chat about their favorite all-time race, the Wildflower Triathlon. Heather, the former hockey player, has won Wildflower three times in a row. Thomas, the former basketball player and steeplechase star, has won four in a row. During our conversation they both committed…
Breakfast from Kona Interview: Diana Bertsch and Mayor Billy Kenoi Ironman Hawaii race director Diana Bertsch and Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi joined us on Breakfast from Kona to welcome everyone to Ironman Week and to Kona! Mayor Billy raced this year and inspired everyone in his wake! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes …
Tim DeBoom is the last American to win the Ironman World Championship, which he did in both 2001 and 2002. We chatted about both training with and racing against Peter Reid, running down Chris McCormack at the 2002 race in Kona, and the uncertainty surrounding the 2001 race since it was only a month after…