To me, what The Challenged Athletes Foundation does so well is to provide independence to people facing unbelievable challenges in their lives. I invited three amazing athletes to come in studio to talk about what they have had to overcome along the way. Roderick Sewell, Rudy Garcia-Tolson and Blake Leeper are three athletes with no legs…
It was early evening on August 14, 2014. Juan Carlos Vinolo decided against riding his bike on the coast because it would be safer to ride the one-way loop around Fiesta Island, near Sea World in San Diego. The island is the birthplace of the sport of triathlon and the go-to spot for weekday evening…
The man they call One Arm Willie Stewart joined me for a little chat after finishing the epic SPY Belgium Waffle Ride – a mere 140 plus miles with 13,000 feet of climbing. Just another on the very long list of amazing accomplishments for this adventure-loving athlete. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors…
Scout Bassett is 4’9” tall and weighs all of 84 pounds. On a wall inside the Challenged Athletes Foundation headquarters, there is a classic photo of Scout back-to-back with NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton, who is 6’11” tall. The quote next to the photo? “It’s not how big you are, it’s how big you play.” Scout…
Mohamed Lahna has completed the infamous Marathon des Sables, considered the toughest running event on earth, and this past summer completed the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon plus three full Ironman events. It’s amazing what he has accomplished considering that the young man from Morocco was born with a short right leg and didn’t become an athlete…
In her 11th try, Meredith Kessler finally was able to win Ironman Arizona. Why does she chew gum during the swim portion of any race she does? Is she actually getting better even though she has completed 53 iron-distance events in her career? Tune in and find out! Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO…
The date was April 4, 2004. Camp Taji is located 30 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Army Major Anthony Smith, a former scholarship athlete at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss. in football, basketball and track, was part of the 1st Calvary Division, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. “We were a special operations group that…
In 1998, 1999 and 2000, Carlos Moleda and David Bailey had three classic races at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. The fact that Bailey was a former motocross star and Moleda had been a Navy SEAL added depth to an already great story. The rivalry between these two great athletes made the handcycles and the…
One of the fastest growing companies around is Strava. Alyssa Berman from Strava came on to chat about the growth of the brand and their new partnership with GU and The Challenged Athletes Foundation. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group…
Rudy Garcia-Tolson is a double above knee amputee who has won two gold and one silver medal in the Paralympics in the 200 IM. Blake Leeper, his roommate, has won a Bronze at 200 meters and a silver at 400 meters in the London Paralympics and is a double below knee amputee. The two were…