Michelle Vesterby from Denmark came in studio to chat about her wild journey from party girl to world class long distance triathlete. 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…
Two years in a row, two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion Melissa Hauschildt came to Kona hoping to race the Ironman World Championship, and both times she wasn’t able to race because of injuries. The former steeplechase star has kicked off 2016 with two huge wins and it’s full steam ahead for Kona 2016. Subscribe to…
Sarah Piampiano is a 35 year old former-top-ski-racer-turned-pro-triathlete with an amazing back story. She went from 120 hour work weeks at HSBC Securities to the life of a struggling professional triathlete in 2012. After winning a full Ironman and two Ironman 70.3 races plus finishing seventh in Kona this past October with the second fastest…
Sarah Reinertsen finished the Ironman Triathlon World Championship, starred on The Amazing Race, and was on the cover of both Runner’s World Magazine and ESPN Magazine. When it comes to groundbreaking amputee athletes, Sarah is at the very top of the list. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
If you’ve visited Babbittville in the past, you know that it’s a great place to ride, run, and swim because the wind is always at your back, the roads are always smooth as silk, and the ocean is always warm and crystal clear. Another reason to visit Babbittville is to meet some of the very…
He didn’t get into the sport of triathlon until 2010, and he only became a pro because he figured he could get a few comp entries and maybe some housing when he traveled to a race. Joe Skipper from the U.K. wondered after each of the past four seasons if he was wasting his time…
The 2014 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona had lots of highlights. Here are just a few snapshots from last year. [box style=”media”] Watch all of the 2014 Breakfast with Bob interviews on our Babbittville YouTube Channel [/box] …
Hector Picard almost lost his life back in 1994 when 13,000 volts went through his body twice. He fell two stories to the ground, spent four weeks in a coma, had second and third degree burns over 40% of his body, and lost all of his right arm and a major part of his left…
Paula Newby-Fraser is known as the Queen of Kona, and rightfully so. From 1985-1996 she won the Ironman World Championship eight times, took second once, third twice, and fourth once. We call that domination! Paula came on to chat about her first triathlon and Ironman experience, her long time rivalry with New Zealand’s Erin Baker,…
She used to ride her mountain bike to track practice, and since her dad spent time lifting weights, Angela Naeth joined him in the weight room. So when the Canadian got into triathlon and won her first race in 2007, it was obvious right from the start that she’d be great on the bike. Her…