Talk Story: Boxing Lessons

Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories. This week’s story is one about me and my father: Boxing Lessons “….Fathers and sons share a unique relationship. Most of our communication is of the barely-speaking variety. When you’re about 4 or 5, a glove and a ball…

Dick and Rick Hoyt – Babbittville

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…

Boxing Lessons – Babbittville

From the archives: Remembering my dad on Father’s Day…… The ceiling above my head is a mere four feet high. The pavement my knees are scraping against is raw and abusive. As a child, the crawl space under my parent’s home was always one of my favorite places to be… Memories stored in rows and…

The Puzzle

I originally wrote The Puzzle in 2008, after Craig Alexander won his first Ironman Triathlon World Championship title.   The pieces are small and scattered all over the jagged emptiness of the Big Island lava fields. The edges have been blasted to bits by the hellacious winds that can, at different times of the day,…

Alex Smith – Babbittville

What would a father do for his son? In honor of Father’s Day, check out our conversation with Alex Smith, who just completed Challenge Denmark with his son, Harrison. Their charity is at harrisonsfund.org.   Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes  Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance  Zone  TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on…

Derek Garcia – Babbittville

Derek Garcia was living in Coeur d’Alene when he heard that the Ironman was coming to town. “My first thought was that the Ironman was, for some reason, abandoning the Big Island of Hawaii and moving their event to Idaho,” he laughs. Before he did his first multi-sport race, he thought that once you put…

Craig Alexander – Babbittville

Craig Alexander is the three-time Ironman World Champion and the course record holder. It’s always a treat to get to chat with Crowie about the most important moments in his legendary career. During our interview, we chatted about his daughter Lucy, who has become quite an accomplished swimmer and runner. “As a runner, I think…