Join us for our 2018 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Boston Pre-race interviews filmed at the Boston Marathon Expo Friday – Sunday, April 13 – 15 Watch all the interviews on: Facebook YouTube In Person at the Hyland’s Booth at the Boston Marathon Expo (339 – 341) Friday Line Up All times Eastern.…
For three-time Olympian Tim Don, 2017 was the year that he went went 7:40:23 at Ironman Brazil, the fastest time ever for an Ironman, and also the year where he was hit by a car in Kona three days before the Ironman World Championship and ended up with a fractured C2 vertebrae. Tim is now…
Kathrine Switzer is the woman who helped create the women’s running boom. And, believe it or not, it all started when officials tried to throw her off the Boston Marathon course way back in 1967. It was wonderful to get to chat with a true pioneer in endurance sports. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on…
With Meb Keflezighi’s final marathon as a professional on November 5th in New York City, we wanted to salute the American running legend. I’ve had the pleasure of covering Meb since he was a standout high school runner in San Diego. As much as Meb is a standout runner, he is even more outstanding as…
2017 Ironman World Championship Boston Marathon Qualifiers From our friends at SportStats…. There were 135 Ironman World Championship finishers who ran qualifying times for the Boston Marathon on October 14th. Which means they are the chosen few who, after someone tells them they qualifed for Boston in Chicago or New York and then asks…
As a dad, what would you do if doctors told you that your son Rick was a vegetable and that he should be institutionalized? If you’re Dick Hoyt, you ignore the experts and prove everyone wrong. They started with Dick pushing Ricky at short running events but quickly moved up to the marathon. The Boston…
Leading in to this year’s Boston Marathon, I filmed a few of my favorite Boston Marathon stories for our friends at Hylands. Dave McGillivray In this episode, I share how it all started for Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray. Dick and Rick Hoyt In this episode, I recount the incredible story of…
Teammates on the Hyland’s Powered Women’s Boston Marathon team, Jessica Leonard and Nancy Heydinger chatted with us at the Boston Marathon Expo about the Girls on the Run program, the significance of running the Boston Marathon, and their journeys to get to the starting line. Watch the video interview with Jessica and Nancy here. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio…
It was an honor to get to chat with some amazing women for our Postcards from Boston interviews at the Boston Marathon. I think you’ll find these teammates from the Hyland’s Women’s Marathon Team inspirational, and they definitely will spark your running fever! Jessica Leonard and Nancy Heydinger Teammates on the Hyland’s Women’s Boston Marathon team,…
During our Postcards from Boston interview show, we chatted with a few Ironman Champions, accomplished age-group Ironman athletes, and one of the all-time great Ironman legends: Dick Hoyt. There’s a connection between the Ironman and the Boston Marathon….both ultimate endurance events in their categories….even Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray can trace his endurance roots…