Announcing Babbittville Classic Rewind Many of you know me from Breakfast with Bob. But did you know I started hosting a radio show – The Competitors – all the way back in 1990? Yep. Back in 1990, I was looking for a way to create more awareness around the amazing endurance athletes I was covering…
A few weeks back, the founder of Spartan Race, Joe De Sena, called me. Covid-19 was wrecking havoc with the world of endurance sports and he was hoping to put a coalition of endurance sports leaders together to see if they could combine forces to get some government support for an industry that has been…
Introducing a new feature for Babbittville Radio: Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’ll share some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports. Today: Chicken Soup and a Glow Stick. Aussie Chris Legh had won north of 60 races in his career including Ironman California in…
Susan Sullivan launched the Women Sports Film Festival last year and the second annual extravaganza will be held in Oakland on September 28-30 Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on Stitcher Challenged Athletes…
How do you go from armed robbery and serving a double life sentence in prison to completing an Ironman triathlon? John McAvoy’s story is one you have to hear to believe: He discovered rowing while in prison, set seven UK indoor rowing national records and three world records. When he got out of jail, John discovered…
Anthony Sullivan went from selling surf t-shirts at street fairs in England to becoming one of the most successful pitchmen in history. He also has a long history in endurance sports and is hoping to one day complete an Ironman. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels…
Sam Renouf from the Active Network joined me to chat about the growth of endurance sports worldwide and how Active works with event directors and participants to enhance the race day experience and beyond. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
James Shields has pitched in both the 2008 and 2014 World Series and has been an All-Star, finished third in the Cy Young voting and, in this era of starting pitchers only going six innings, completed 11 games in one season and was nicknamed ‘Complete Games James.’ He came on to chat about his career,…
In this segment, Huddle interviews me about getting into endurance sports back when the earth was still cooling in 1978, my first Ironman in 1980, plus the history behind Competitor Magazine, Competitor Radio, the Competitor Awards, and Muddy Buddy. We also chatted about the sale of the Competitor brand to a private equity firm in 2008…
Since I have been involved in the wonderful world of endurance sports for the better part of the past three decades, I have decided that it was about time to secede from the Union and create a paradise of my very own. Of course, if you would like to come and inhabit what I shall…