Sam Long was kind enough to join us in San Diego for our 28th Annual Challenged Athletes Foundation Best Weekend in Triathlon. His relay partners were Paralympic Paratriathlete Jamie Brown swimming the mile, Sam cycling 41 miles, and the first double-amputee to finish the Ironman World Championship, Roderick Sewell, doing the ten mile run. After…
2020 Year in Review: Celebrate the Little Things As we look back on 2020 and the havoc of this horrific pandemic, for me, the words of cycling legend Davis Phinney from our Endurance Awards Gala many years ago resonate more than ever. Here was a guy who had been one of the world’s best cyclists…
Zach Campbell was a motocross champion at the age of 13 before being paralyzed in a motocross accident not long after winning the 2001 Alabama Summer Motocross Championship. He began driving Legends cars with hand controls and his goal now is to get back into racing. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels…
Richard Browne’s life changed forever when he was 16 years old back in 2007. He slipped and fell through a plate glass window and ended up having 13 surgeries over the next three years to try and save his leg. In 2010 he had his leg amputated below the knee and by 2012 he was…
The amazing Angela Madsen is in the midst of rowing 3,000 miles from California to Hawaii. She took time out from rowing 12 hours a day to chat with us on her satellite phone. During the conversation we surprised Angela with a $2500 Challenged Athletes Foundation grant! Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
Lera Doederlein was born with deformed legs in Russia before being adopted by the Doederlein family. After struggling with leg braces and arm crutches, she had both legs amputated above the knee at the age of 14, and for the first time ever, sport became part of her life. Lera is now, at the age…
Meet Tyler Jones. He’s an 18 year-old below-knee amputee and long-time CAF athlete who has run 12:03 for 100 meters and is a hopeful for the 2021 Paralympic Team. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on…
Liv Stone is coming off winning a Gold Medal at the AMPSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championship. As a double above-elbow amputee from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was only introduced to surfing a few short years ago, her journey to the top of the sport has been amazing! Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
Long-time runner and triathlete Glenn Hartrick was paralyzed in a bike accident on June 12, 2014. In this conversation, Glenn shares his journey from that horrific moment in time to the finish line of the 2018 Ironman World Championship. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
Eric Byrnes, from the Major League Baseball Network, is a former pro baseball player as well as a top age group triathlete. With PE going away in schools, he decided to create the Let Them Play Foundation to, hopefully, create some major change in the system. His film ‘Let Them Play’, which showcases his triathlon…