From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition show, enjoy this interview with Lucy Charles-Barclay. It’s not often that someone jumps into the sport of triathlon and has immediate success. But UK’s Lucy Charles-Barclay, in three short years as a pro, has taken second in Kona three years in a row, won the Challenge Championship…
From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition show, enjoy this interview with Ironman Triathlon legends Erin Baker and Scott Molina. Erin Baker and Scott Molina are two of the most decorated triathletes of all time and in 2018 they were inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame together. In this wide-ranging chat we go…
From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition interview show, enjoy this epic interview with the one and only Greg Welch. Australia’s Greg Welch won the 1994 Ironman World Championship, finished second in 1991, and took third in both 1989 and 1996. But his 11th place finish in 1999, despite the fact that he was…
Above photo from Bill Bell’s 96th birthday celebration November 2018, by Daniel Burr, with Cherie Gruenfeld at Bill’s choice: Five Guys. Taking a look back at the legendary Bill Bill. I wrote National Treasure for the May, 2012 issue of Triathlete Magazine, when Bill was nearing 90….. Bill Bell was in his late…
Cam Wurf rowed in the 2004 Olympics for Australia, still cycles professionally, trains on a regular basis with the 2017 Tour de France and Vuelta Espana champion Chris Froome, broke the bike course record in Kona on October 14th, and is training for his EIGHTH Ironman of the year. On top of all that….the guy…
Mike Reilly has called over 330,000 people across Ironman finish lines around the world since 1989. Ironman New Zealand, in March will be his 160th Ironman event behind the microphone. He is special and his enthusiasm for our athletes and the Ironman is contagious. He is the voice…. The Voice of Ironman! Subscribe to…
As the greatest BMX rider of all time, Dave Mirra won 24 medals and 12 golds at the X Games and became the star of his very own video game. Now a dedicated triathlete, Dave came on to chat about his BMX career and transitioning from an event that takes 90 seconds to one that can take upwards…
Andrew Messick is the CEO of the Ironman. We had a wide-ranging conversation on a variety of topics. One of which was his rationale behind holding firm on not supporting 50 pro women to Kona. Here are few highlights from our conversation on this topic, in which we agreed to disagree: Bob Babbitt: Andrew, in tennis…
Classics Interview Series: Dave Orlowski Looking back at some of our classic conversations, this one with Dave Orlowski, who finished third in the first ever Ironman on Oahu back in 1978 is one of my favorites. Hey, I think he is the only guy in history to complete the Ironman bike ride in jean shorts. Love this conversation!…