Every time I look at this one particular image, it makes me laugh. Technology, money, media, and the masses were coming fast, but the classic image of Cowman on the bike wearing his miniature cow horns in the same frame as the eventual champion never gets old. Even 33 years later, it continues to…
How fun is this? The first-ever Ironman was held on the island of Oahu on February 18, 1978 and 40 years later, on February 18, 2018, the first-ever Ironman champion, Gordon Haller, joined us with the Tri Club of San Diego for an awesome Q&A about his historic win. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on…
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…
The 2017 Ironman World Champion joined us on the morning after his victory to talk about his race. Watch the interview with Patrick here. 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…
The 3-time Ironman World Champion shared insight into her incredible victory the morning after her race. Watch the interview with Daniela here. 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 Foundation Cruse…
Daniela Ryf is on the brink of joining the rarefied air of winning the Ironman World Championship three years in a row. She comes in to Kona after a training block on Maui, and after a huge win at the 70.3 World Championship in September. The “Angry Bird” seems ready to fly on Saturday! Watch…
The two-time defending Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno talked with us about what he learned from last year’s race, and what it’s like to balance life as a professional athlete and a dad. Watch the interview with Jan here. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone …
We kicked off our 2017 edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona with Sebastian Kienle. The 2014 Ironman World Champion shared insight into how he approaches racing here in Kona. Sebastian also talked about his charity initiative this year with More Than Sport, giving back to the island. Info can be found here: https://www.morethansport.org/pages/sebi Watch…
It was the toughest call she had ever had to make…. Three-time Ironman defending champion, Chrissie Wellington, was forced drop out the morning of the 2010 race with a viral infection. With Wellington not in the race, Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae won her first Ironman World Championship title. So when Wellington crashed hard during a group…
Welcome to Part 4 of our 3rd annual Babbittville Countdown to Kona! This year we are featuring 50 of our favorite Ironman sound bites from our Babbittville interviews. Follow along on our countdown each day on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Part 4 of the Kona Countdown: 20 #KonaCountdown 20 days Today’s…