Remembering Jim Howley, 12/12/1960 – 7/29/2025 As we remember Jim, who passed away on July 29th after a battle with cancer, we’re sharing this piece I wrote about Jim in 1996 for my 25 Years of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship coffee table book. It’s May 1996 and the sun is setting behind the green…
John Howard is one of the greatest endurance athletes of all time. He went to three Olympic Games as a cyclist, won the 1981 Ironman World Championship, went over 152 miles per hour on his bike to set a land speed record, and his most recent book: ‘The Black Cyclone: A Hero the World Forgot’…
2018 was the 40th anniversary of the Ironman World Championship, and I took a look back at each of my years at the Hawaii Ironman, starting in 1980 on the island of Oahu. I missed the first two years, 1978 and 1979, but since 1980, I haven’t missed a World Championship. In honor of the…
Enjoy this interview with Kat Matthews from our Breakfast with Bob: 2023 Edition. Recorded August 29th Kat Matthews was training in Texas for her Kona debut after the PTO US Open last Fall when she was hit by a car and had life-threatening injuries including a fractured skull and multiple fractured vertebrae. Less than a…
After the 2022 Ironman World Championship in Kona we spoke with the women’s and men’s top 3 finishers on our Breakfast with Bob from Kona Championship Edition. Chelsea Sodaro: Champion Chelsea Sodaro finished in 1st place at the 2022 Ironman World Championship in Kona. Here is our post-race conversation: In a race for the ages,…
For our Breakfast with Bob from Nice Edition, we chatted pre-race with the top 5 finishers at the 2023 Ironman World Championship. Sam Laidlow Sam Laidlow finished in 1st place at the Ironman World Championship in Nice. Here is our pre-race conversation: We chatted with the reigning Ironman World Championship silver medalist Sam Laidlow about…
Congratulations to the 2023 IRONMAN Lake Placid champion: Joe Skipper! Enjoy this interview with Joe from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Joe Skipper ran 2:37 at Ironman Wales and went 6 hours and 47 minutes at the Sub-7 Challenge. He has two 2nds and a 4th place finish at Challenge Roth. Can…
Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Sebastian Kienle is the 2018 Challenge Roth Champion, the 2014 Ironman World Champion, a two-time 70.3 World Champion….and one of our all-time favorite people on the planet! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Congratulations to Daniela on her incredible record-breaking victory at the 2023 Challenge Roth! Here is our conversation from a few days before the race. Daniela Ryf won back to back Challenge Roth titles in 2016 and 2017. She’s also the 5-time Ironman World…
Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Congratulations to Magus on his incredible victory at the 2023 Challenge Roth! Here is our conversation from a few days before the race. Magnus Ditlev is the defending Challenge Roth champion. He finished 3rd at the PTO European Open in May, on the…