This year for our Breakfast with Bob from Kona pre-race interviews, we had the honor and pleasure of chatting with the women’s top ten before their outstanding performances at the 2019 Ironman World Championship. Enjoy looking back at what they had to say and how they were feeling prior to the sport’s biggest race.…
As we reflect back on our 2019 edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona (our 10th annual) and the 58 interviews we filmed during the week leading into the Ironman World Championship and on our Championship Edition after the race, it’s hard to pick a favorite – they were all awesome chats with incredible…
Sunday, October 13, 2019 Championship Edition Interviews Filmed on location at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai 2019 Ironman World Champion: Jan Frodeno 2019 Ironman World Champion: Anne Haug 2rd Place: Timothy O’Donnell 2nd Place: Lucy Charles-Barclay 3rd Place: Sebastian Kienle 3rd Place: Sarah Crowley Watch all the interviews on…
Michellie Jones just might be the most versatile and winningest female triathlete in history. She took a silver medal at the first-ever Olympic Triathlon in 2000, won the 2006 Ironman World Championship, and paced visually and hearing impaired Katie Kelly to a Paralympic gold medal in the first-ever Paralympic Paratriathlon in 2016. She also has…
Leading into the 1994 Ironman World Championship, there were rumors that 6-time champion, Dave Scott might be racing again. Reflecting on the buzz he was generating, I wrote about the Dave Scott mystique for Competitor Magazine: Still Lord of the Lava. You’re standing at a trade show. Any trade show. It could be a…
My feature on Tim DeBoom’s 2001 Ironman World Championship for our December, 2001 issue of Competitor Magazine Tim DeBoom needs it. Badly. Sure, he’s happy for his friend Peter Reid. But fair is fair. He has waited in the shadows long enough. His year, his life, and his career are wrapped around this…
Daniela Ryf is the most dominant triathlete on the planet right now. Fresh off her win and new course record at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, the four-time Ironman World Champion joined us for a Q&A with the always awesome Tri Club of San Diego. Watch the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share a story about 6-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott. …..I was standing behind Dave Scott as he signed autographs and chatted with his…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share an article I wrote about the great Chrissie Wellington after she had won three Ironman World Championship titles. It’s a look at what…
In 1989 Mark Allen had one of the greatest years in the history of the sport. He won the Nice Triathlon, an event he ended up winning 10 times, he won the Ironman World Championship for the very first time in a classic battle with six-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott, and he won the…