In response to our interview with Ironman CEO Andrew Messick, top pro Rachel Joyce came on to talk about the issue of 50 Women to Kona. We also chatted about her foot injury and her recent coaching change. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
Andrew Messick is the CEO of the Ironman. We had a wide-ranging conversation on a variety of topics. One of which was his rationale behind holding firm on not supporting 50 pro women to Kona. Here are few highlights from our conversation on this topic, in which we agreed to disagree: Bob Babbitt: Andrew, in tennis…
When Venus Williams stood up and took a stand on equal prize money for professional women tennis players, the arguments against her and her supporters were that the men’s field was stronger than the women’s at most events, that the men played the best of five sets rather than the best of three sets, and there…