From our Classics Interview Series: Enjoy this interview with Steve Larsen from the summer of 2008 Steve Larsen did it all as an athlete. He grew up in Davis, California where local boy Dave Scott was his hero. Greg LeMond set him up on his bike, and he began bike racing at the age of…
For three years, from 1998-2000, former Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda and motocross legend David Bailey went head-to-head in Kona in the handcycle division. Moleda had been paralyzed when he was shot in the back during a mission in Panama. Bailey was a legend in the sport of motocross and at the top of his game…
Kaisa Sali had watched the Ironman World Championship on TV in the early 1990s and, at the age of 12, told her dad she wanted to ride the length of the Ironman bike course, 180k, on her tiny pink mountain bike. They finished at grandma’s house and, when little Kaisa found out they had only…
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…
Heather Jackson finished fifth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in 2015 and third in 2016. She came on to chat about her career, her love of the sport, and her goal of winning triathlon’s most important event. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels…
From our Breakfast with Bob interviews at Ironman Mont Tremblant: enjoy the audio from our pre-race interview with Rachel Joyce It had been a while since Rachel and I chatted, so it was great to catch up. Rachel talked about what it is like to be a parent, as well as what it has been…
Canadian Lionel Sanders just won the Challenge World Championship after a classic one-on-one battle with 2014 Ironman World Champion Sebastian Kienle. Speaking of classics, this interview with Lionel is one of my all-time favorites! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
Aussie Lauren Parker had finished tenth and second in her age group at the Ironman World Championship. In April of this year she was training for Ironman Australia when both bike tires flatted at the same time and she ended up paralyzed. Three months after her accident we chatted about what she has been through…
Liz McTernan from the UK was paralyzed in a scuba diving accident on June 19, 2005. She found paracycling seven years ago, became one of the world’s best handcyclists, and just punched her ticket to Kona for her first ever Ironman this October. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…