Skye Moench, a Salt Lake City based triathlete, joined us to chat about her amazing background – she left her career as a CPA to become a professional triathlete – and her huge win at Ironman Frankfurt in July, which put her on the starting line in Kona. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Sarah True is a two-time Olympian who quickly transitioned to the Ironman 70.3 distance. Her fourth place at the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was foreshadowing for her epic race a few weeks ago at Ironman Frankfurt. It was her first full marathon and her first full Ironman but she proved that she certainly was…
Coming off his 3rd place finish and 2:39:45 record-breaking marathon at the 2016 Ironman World Championship, Patrick Lange of Germany, was looking forward to a great 2017 season. But for three months in 2017 he was so tired he could barely train. When doctors finally figured out his problem, he had very little time to…
Australia’s Sarah Crowley is having an epic season with wins at the Australian Long Course Championship, the Asia Pacific Ironman Championship, the European Ironman Championship in Frankfurt, and the ITU Long Course World Championship in Penticton. Next up? Her second attempt at the Ironman World Championship. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe…
Lucy Charles from the UK was dealing with a shoulder injury from years of elite level swimming when she jumped into the sport of triathlon. As an age group athlete in 2015 she won the 18-24 age division at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship and the Ironman World Championship. In 2017 she won her first…
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…
She just had the greatest triathlon season in history, winning the Ironman European Championship, the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, the Ironman World Championship plus the Triple Crown of Triathlon that came with a million dollar bonus. I loved hearing that Daniela is chatting with the powers-that-be at Swiss Cycling about possibly going for the 2016…
Sebastian Kienle is the 2014 Ironman World Champion and he would like nothing better than to defend his title this October in Kona. We chatted about his career, how winning the Ironman World Championship changed his life, and about another German named Jan Frodeno who just went 7:49 at Ironman Frankfurt. Subscribe to Babbittville…
I was on stage at the Ironman World Championship Carbo Party in October of 1993 interviewing Mark Allen and Germany’s uber-cyclist Jurgen Zack. At that point in time, Allen was the dominant guy in Kona. Once he finally figured out how to knock off six-time champion Dave Scott in 1989, he went on to win…
Daniela Ryf is a two-time Olympian who in 2014 won the Ironman 70.3 Championship and took second in Kona. Undefeated in 2015, she is the woman to beat at Ironman Frankfurt. I chatted with her while she was actually driving the bike course to get a feel for how technical it is. Subscribe to…