Taylor Knibb, 23, became the youngest American triathlete to make an Olympic team when she won the final U.S. Olympic qualifier in Yokohama, Japan. Taylor did her first triathlon when she was 11 and never looked back. What a treat to get to chat with Taylor!   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel…

Helle Frederiksen of Denmark had a remarkable career where she raced in the 2012 Olympics, won the 2018 ITU Long Distance World Championship in her hometown, won ten 70.3 races, and took home two $100,000 checks in the same year when she won both the Hy-Vee Triathlon and Challenge Bahrain in 2014. Her new book…

In this very special interview with four-time Ironman World Champion and five-time 70.3 World Champion Daniela Ryf, she was as honest and raw with us as she has ever been. Daniela revealed that she has been dealing with a serious foot injury that could have ended her career, that she is now coaching herself after…

Dean Karnazes has always been one of my favorite guests because he is never afraid to push the boundaries. Could he run 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states and create a film showcasing the journey? Of course he could. Could an ultrarunner become a New York Times best-selling author? Dean made that happen…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Miami series, enjoy this interview with Lucy and Reece Charles-Barclay. Lucy and Reece, aka Team Charles-Barclay, joined us on Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Miami for a pre-race conversation. Lucy raced at Challenge Daytona in 2019, and that ended up being the last time she raced before Challenge…

Australia’s Emma Carney was the most dominant female triathlete in the world in the late 1990s and her new book “Hard Wired: Life, Death, and Triathlon” gives the reader an inside look into the highest highs and lowest lows of her life. Emma joined me for a wide-ranging conversation about her career and the Australian…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Miami series, enjoy this interview with Jodie Stimpson. It’s so great chatting with Jodie Stimpson. A few days after this interview, Jodie went on to win Challenge Miami.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri UCAN Endurance  Zone …

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Miami series, enjoy this interview with Jan Frodeno. Lots of pre-race excitement with world champion Jan Frodeno in Miami for his first race in over a year.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri UCAN Endurance  Zone  TV…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Miami series, enjoy this interview with Lionel Sanders. It was great to catch up with Lionel Sanders at Challenge Miami. Enjoy this pre-race conversation with the one and only Lionel Sanders!   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…

How special is Sara Hall? She won the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship in 2000 and, 20 years later at the age of 37, she is still going strong. On December 20th she set out to break Deena Kastor’s American Record for the marathon (2: 19: 36) in the Marathon Project marathon and missed…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Lionel Sanders. A few days prior to the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona, Lionel Sanders joined me for a chat. Always awesome getting to chat with the great Lionel Sanders!   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.  …

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Sebastian Kienle. Every interview with Sebastian is a classic. Here, we chat a few days before the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri UCAN Endurance …

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Alistair Brownlee. The two-time Olympic gold medalist, Alistair Brownlee, joined me a few days prior to the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona for a chat.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Nicola Spirig. It was great to catch up with multiple Olympic medalist Nicola Spirig at Challenge Daytona a few days before the PTO 2020 Championship.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Vincent Luis. A few days prior to the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona, Vincent Luis joined me for a chat. I loved getting to know this talented triathlete a little better. His story about going to Kenya to train after a…

From our Breakfast with Bob – not quite – Kona Edition 2020 series, enjoy this interview with Lionel Sanders Is there anyone who is more fun to chat with than the always amazing Lionel Sanders? Fresh off of breaking Canada’s one-hour cycling record by going 51.304 KM which came one week after running a 5K…

From our Breakfast with Bob – not quite – Kona Edition 2020 series, enjoy this interview with Sebastian Kienle. When they talk about the world’s most interesting man, in my humble opinion Sebastian Kienle is right at the top of the list. The two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion, 2014 Ironman World Champion, and 2018 Challenge…

From our Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Daytona series, enjoy this interview with Chris and Nik Nikic. A conversation with groundbreaker Chris Nikic, the first Down syndrome athlete to finish an Ironman, and his dad, Nik. Chris and Nik chatted with us about race day in Florida, and their training pathway to an Ironman. “What’s…

From our Breakfast with Bob – not quite – Kona Edition 2020 series, enjoy this interview with Natascha Badmann. Natascha Badmann is a six-time Ironman World Champion and a true legend in our sport. Who else ends up with a sore arm after every race from cheering on all of the other athletes? Only Natascha…

Rocky Harris is the CEO of USA Triathlon and our conversations always go in a lot of different directions and are always a ton of fun. With the Endurance Exchange going virtual in 2021 (January 21-23) the time was right to re-connect!   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe…