From our Breakfast with Bob: Nice, France Edition: Rudy von Berg Rudy burst onto the triathlon scene when he won the legendary 2017 Wildflower Triathlon. How long has he been connected to triathlon? Back in 1998, when he was all of five years old, he remembers watching his father race the Ironman World Championship. WATCH…
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From our Breakfast with Bob: Nice, France Edition: Javier Gomez How many people have won an ITU World Championship, an Ironman 70.3 World Championship, the XTERRA World Championship, plus an Olympic Silver Medal? Javier Gomez just might be the only person in that very elite club! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.…
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From our Breakfast with Bob: Nice, France Edition: Holly Lawrence While racing the Oceanside 70.3 in 2018, Holly actually took second place with what was diagnosed as a fractured ankle. She was out for eight months, but the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Champion is back and ready to add to her collection of great races.…
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Ron Mix was the second AFL player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame behind his San Diego Charger teammate Lance Alworth. Now 81 years old, the man they called ‘The Intellectual Assassin’ was called for holding only two times in his ten year career and, believe it or not, when he…
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From the January 2000 issue of Competitor Magazine By Bob Babbitt Klaus Barth The moment is frozen forever. The head is tilted back as his eyes search the heavens. With his fists clenched and the mouth wide open, the expression is one of pure, unadulterated joy. I squint through the photographer’s loop to check…
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Rick Steele headed over to this year’s Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France looking to have a great race. Little did he know that besides swimming, cycling, and running, he would end up saving the life of a fellow competitor. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix…
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On July 4, 2004, Beth James and her three kids were driving home from a gathering when their vehicle was struck by two cars that were drag racing through the streets. Beth’s youngest daughter Liza ended up with severe brain damage from the crash. Being a long-time runner and triathlete, Beth and Liza created Team…
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Steve Katai graced the covers of Triathlete magazine and Competitor magazine when he won the Degree Everyman Ironman Contest over 15 years ago. The prize? Moving to San Diego from Ohio and receiving a salary from Degree while training with Ironman legend Paula Newby-Fraser for his first-ever Ironman. Over the years, Steve has become an…
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Dallas Eakins is the new head coach for the Anaheim Ducks and he is also a very accomplished mountain biker who just finished his tenth-consecutive Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. I loved his stories about what he learned from his nearly two seasons as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, his tenure with the…
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David Goggins is one of the few people on the planet who has one million Instagram followers and follows absolutely no one. That fact alone speaks volumes about the man! This former Navy SEAL went from a 290 pound body builder to an endurance sports legend with a fifth place in his first Badwater 135…
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